EY Senior Manager - Strategy Transactions & Operations 

Switzerland, Zurich, Zurich 

903482360

Your key responsibilities

• You will work on projects that span the entire lifecycle of a transaction, from technology due-diligence, IT carve-out and integration planning, day-1 readiness and IT exit readiness

• You will lead projects developing IT strategies in the context of performance improvement initiatives or value creation plans

• You will effectively link business strategy and technology, define recommendations, impact and actionable plans

• As a Senior Manager you will be responsible for project management including commercials and risk, client relationship and thought leadership in your area of expertise

• You will develop excellent client relationships with senior clients and be responsible for a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and work products

• You will lead business development activities including answering to proposal requests, upselling on existing engagements, opening up new relationships and manage / attend pursuit meetings with clients to sell work

• You will lead practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work

• You would act as a role model and develop junior team members, coupled with the recruitment and training responsibilities.

Skills and attributes for success

• Applicable industry and/or consulting experience related to transactions, M&A or IT strategy and transformation projects

• Have a broad range of IT experience including, infrastructure, applications, databases and networks or a deep understanding of one or more core aspects of a typical IT function

• Program and project management expertise and a familiarity with industry standards such as e.g., ITIL or TOGAF

• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights

• A track record of successful project delivery in corporate businesses where you are responsible for managing project team members and vendors

• Experience in building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers.

• Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment

• Demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis

• Bachelor's degree and approximately 10 years of related work experience; or a Master's/MBA degree and approximately 10 years of related work experience

• A degree in business, accounting, finance, engineering, computer science or related field

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both verbally and in writing, in English and German / French

• Ability and willingness to travel.

Strategy&Operations includes the following suite of domains:

• (Strategy) Corporate/Business Unit/Digital Business Building, Commercial/Customer Strategy, Operations Strategy/Supply Chain, Corporate Due Diligence, Operational Due Diligence, Economic Advisory;

• (Operations) Working Capital, Transaction Tech, Deal Management & Execution, Deal HR, Value Creation/Cost Takeout, IT/Tech/Cybersecurity Due Diligence.

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