Manager - Transaction Diligence - Financial Services (Melbourne)

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We are looking for a Manager within the Transaction Diligence (Financial Services) team in our Melbourne office.

What if your career could have a lasting impact on you, and the World?

At EY we believe that whoever you are, your uniqueness helps us stand apart. We bring together extraordinary people like you to build a better working world.

**What’s in it for you?**

As part of our Transaction Diligence team you will work with many of the world’s largest organisations, fastest-growing companies and private equity firms on some of the most complex deals in the global market. You will help to identify key value drivers, challenge assumptions about future performance, search for and advise on hidden value, and work with other EY service teams to deliver an integrated approach to our clients before, during and after the transaction.

Within EY, we have a dedicated Financial Services Office across Transaction Advisory, Consulting, Tax and Assurance that focus on the financial services sector, allowing our transaction advice to be specific for the financial services industry. Our financial services team serve a broad array of banking and capital markets, insurance, and wealth and asset management (including superannuation) clients. You will be part of and can benefit from the deep experience of the EY Financial Services Office across Asia Pacific.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Manage and participate in due diligence engagements related to the acquisition or disposal of businesses by private equity investors or strategic corporate buyers
- Analyse financial/operational results of targets through reviewing accounting records and conducting interviews with management
- Project manage information flows and manage key stakeholders
- Prepare/evaluate pro forma financial information
- Identify issues that impact purchase price and deal structuring
- Based on your analysis write up your findings and recommendations
- Identify business development opportunities and assist Partners and Directors on proposals and new business opportunities by drafting responses, participating in the proposal process, building client relationships and demonstrating knowledge of client business

**What we’re looking for**

Here’s our ‘wish list’, but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.
- A bachelors or master’s degree in accounting, business, finance or economics
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants or international equivalent
- A solid work ethic and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas in a collaborative team environment
- Experience in a Transaction Diligence role within a Consulting environment, working independently and with senior stakeholders on multiple engagement
- Financial services experience within a corporate organisation or chartered accounting audit environment
- Experience in a financial performance and analysis role at a corporate organisation
- A keen interest in working with financial services clients

**What we can offer you**

**Acknowledgement of Country**

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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