Job description

Requisition ID:  588402

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

EY’s Financial Services Valuation, Modelling and Economics team, has grown significantly in recent years. To support our ambitious plans, we are now looking to strengthen our team at the Senior Consultant level.

Working in Valuations Modelling and Economics, you will get the opportunity to work with major corporate and private equity clients, investment banks, funds and government departments providing them with data analytics support and advice on a wide variety of transaction and advisory assignments, including:

Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures – buy-side and sell-side

Financial restructuring

Planning, budgeting and forecasting

Decision support

Resource modelling and optimisation

Regulatory submissions

The opportunity

Any major or complex transaction or decision will require technical expertise to utilise manipulate data to provide deeper insights into a business involved in a transaction and add value beyond the normal deal process. We work closely with our clients to understand their issues and help design sophisticated solutions to execute and support them through a range of outcomes. Success in this environment requires a passion for learning along with exceptional client handling and communication skills.

Underpinning everything is our focus on developing a talented team through investment in technical and commercial training and knowledge transfer. Our team offers excellent career progression and the opportunity to take on client-management responsibilities.

Why financial services? By working in our financial services team, you will be working with some of the market leaders in the banking and capital markets, wealth management and insurance industries.

Your key responsibilities

As an Analytics professional, you will have the opportunity to design and build analytical models (dashboards, financial and simulation models, etc.) to support complex financial and M&A decisions. You will collaborate with multiple stakeholders across different business functions to identify key drivers and provide meaningful insights for our clients. In this role you will:

Explore financials and the underlying data of a business to determine key insights and performance drivers

Leverage technology, analytical tools and techniques (Power BI, Tableau, R Shiny, etc) to analyse and visualise data in supporting M&A activities

Develop simulation and scenario models to assess potential outcomes of a strategic decision

Support our valuations and diligence teams when more complex analysis is required

Skills and attributes for success

Interest and aptitude in advising market leading financial services clients

Progress towards/completion of CA and/or CFA qualifications is highly desirable

A bachelor's degree and approximately 2 to 4 years of related work experience

A degree in data science, finance, economics, accounting or business, with demonstrated aptitude in quantitative and qualitative analysis

Experience in using BI tools (Power BI, Tableau etc.) including experience manipulating data to facilitate strong insights

Experience with SQL, Python, or R is desirable but not required

Excellent analytical, communication, organisational, interpersonal, and teaming skills

What we offer

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Continuous learning: personalised career development including coaching, experiences and formal learning so you’ll develop the mindset and skills you’ll need to thrive in the future.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

At EY, you’ll be rewarded and recognised based on your performance and our comprehensive benefits package can be tailored to your individual needs.

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable, and everyone experiences a sense of belonging. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or phone +61 3 8650 7788 (option 4).

We understand the importance of social distancing at this time so our recruitment and onboarding process may be managed virtually so we can continue to prioritise the safety and wellbeing of EY people, clients, guests and the broader public.  

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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