Associate

About the Role

EY-Parthenon's Strategy and Execution sub service line, the Value Creation practice, helps PE firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate companies realize better returns by unlocking value and accelerating time to money through targeted operational improvements. The practice rapidly defines, quantifies, and helps realize significant incremental and sustainable value through revenue enhancement, cost and margin improvement, and working capital reduction.

Key Responsibilities

As an Associate-Consultant in EY-Parthenon’s Strategy and Execution Value Creation practice, you will be a vital member of the team executing operational focused projects. You will work on projects that span the entire lifecycle of a transaction, including:

• Operational due diligence focusing on EBITDA upside and operational risk.
• Buy side carve out and integration planning.
• Post-acquisition 100-day plans and value creation planning.
• Ongoing performance improvement.
• Exit readiness planning to inform an optimal strategy for maximizing returns.

Skills and Attributes For Success

• Project Management: Be part of project teams comprising colleagues from across EY-Parthenon sub service lines.
• Business and Commercially Driven: Working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients.
• Business Development: Assist in aspects of pursuits, including presentations and client meetings. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work.
• Learning: Learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching, and experiences.
• Building Relationships: Strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice, and support to key decision makers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or Analytics and 1 year of related work experience; or a graduate degree and some related work experience.
• Strategy and operations management consulting experience.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving/modeling skills, and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Experience in operational due diligence, operational restructuring, and performance improvement.
• Experience in business integrations, divestitures, and/or carve-outs with a demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Deep understanding of financial statements and operational performance metrics.
• Experience leading and managing in complex business environments.
• The ability to prioritize effectively on projects and the skills to adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
• The expectation for this role is in-person teaming, at client site or in an EY office, a minimum of 60% of the time or on average 3 days a week over the course of an engagement, project or performance year.
• You must either reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location for this position.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary. In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs.
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.

Qualifications

• A proven record of excellence in a transactions role.
• Experience working in operational improvement in a corporate setting.
• Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
• MBA is preferred.
• Dynamic individuals who thrive in ambiguous situations to help clients solve their most critical strategic, business, and economic challenges.

Locations: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco