EY SaT-LA-Associate Director 

India, Uttar Pradesh 

733213985

As an Associate Director in Lead Advisory, you will lead and execute corporate finance engagements, provide strategic insights to our clients, and manage teams on marquee transactions. Your expertise will be pivotal in guiding clients through the complexities of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, ensuring they achieve their investment objectives.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead a team of professionals managing the entire M&A (buy or sell side) deal cycle, from origination to closure for EY Lead Advisory clients
• Originating and cultivating strong relationships with EY clients and onshore stakeholders and lead the internal business development efforts to grow the regional practice in the defined area of responsibility specifically for Healthcare sector
• Collaborate with other service lines to deliver integrated transaction advisory services.
• Participate actively in building an industry focused and niche M&A Lead Advisory practice with front-end M&A execution support is desirable
• Should have few creds in the Healthcare sector while supporting on proposal stage or at an execution stage, working on deal origination ideas / presentations OR pitch books OR buyer or target identification
• Drive the implementation of L&D priorities in the team
• Preferred to have someone with deal execution process from front for managing client meetings and visits, bilateral discussions etc.
• Share expertise and market insights to enhance the firm's reputation as a leader in Strategy and Transactions space

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of the M&A deal lifecycle. Ability to understand and analyse an industry and company to deliver tactical or strategic insights for inorganic expansion or spin offs or stake sale
• Strong communication, presentation and team building skills and experience in producing high quality meeting decks, client presentations
• Strong knowledge of valuations principles and financial statements
• Strong financial research and analytical skills
• Exposure to DCF valuation, Merger models and financial due diligence

To qualify for the role, you must have

• MBA (Finance) OR Certified Financial Analyst OR Chartered Accountant
• 12-15 years of front-end M&A exposure working in Investment Banking or Equity research engagements handling end to end M&A deals/projects independently.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver key deliverables specifically in healthcare sector
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a focus on client relationship management.
• Strong understanding of financial modelling and company valuation techniques
• Expert knowledge of research databases such as Capital IQ, One Source, Factiva, Thomsonone etc.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills
• Team management skills
• Exposure to tools like Gen AI, VBA, PowerBI etc. will be an added advantage

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you : We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture : You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.