EY Parthenon Strategy Engagement Manager Education Sector (Assistant Director)

You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of global and local corporate clients and private equity clients. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

The Opportunity

The EY-Parthenon Strategy team is currently seeking to expand their team and recruit Education Practice Engagement Managers who will be able to build on their current strategy development, transaction and commercial experience, and work on a number of diverse and demanding projects for private equity as well as blue chip corporate and entrepreneurial clients.

Education is a large and rapidly growing sector at EY. Within this sector, we are building on our past success and are further expanding our team, with a clear ambition to maintain our leading Education sector strategy practice.

We are hiring Engagement Managers to lead on buy- and sell-side commercial due diligence and strategy engagements spanning a range of Education sub-sectors, including: early years, schools, higher education, vocational education, corporate & professional training, education services, education technology including software, government – across a variety of B2B, B2C, B2G models.

Joining this team as an Engagement Manager gives the right candidates the opportunity to accelerate their career in Education sector strategy. The nature of the role demands a skill set that combines commercial diligence, strategy, qualitative and quantitative rigour to problem solving, with strong creative intuition and a can-do mindset. And a genuine and deep passion for Education sector topics is a clear advantage.

You Key Responsibilities

As an Engagement Manager, you’ll typically be responsible for leading client projects, shaping deliverables, developing client relationships, and the wider team, with the support and coaching of our directors and partners.

You’ll also be involved in developing proposals and leading pursuits, and actively contribute to EY-Parthenon thought leadership and internal operational initiatives.

This will include:

Managing project teams of between 4 – 10 consultants 
Creating an inclusive culture throughout the team and within engagements
Developing our business – identifying opportunities within existing clients and driving sales activity
Working closely with wider EY teams – across Business Consulting, Tax, Strategy & Transactions and Assurance to bring the best of the firm to our clients
Developing a community within the team – owning / developing an offer, or other internal practice build initiatives such as Training, Professional Development, Innovation, Recruitment, etc.
Counselling of Consultants to provide career direction and advice
Developing your own skills and experience and having fun with the team

Skills and attributes for success Successful candidates are intellectually curious, passionate about solving complex problems, hardworking, have an enthusiastic and approachable demeanour with an entrepreneurial mind-set, combined with a passion for Education sector topics. We want people who are great communicators, who collaborate well with people and teams, and who have a real desire to both learn and coach others.

To qualify for the role, you must:

Have a minimum of 5 years working experience 
Have prior experience of strategy consulting, preferably with commercial due diligence experience, or have strong commercial experience and/or relevant transaction experience
Have credible project management experience and demonstrate an ability to plan, deliver, structure, write and present work against tight deadlines
Have analytical work experience 
Have proficiency in MS PowerPoint and Excel
Be willing to share your technical and other knowledge with your team
Have a passion for Education sector topics, relevant work experience within the Education sector, and an interest to focus on sub-sectors within Education as your career develops

Ideally, you will also

Have a relevant Education sub-sector focus 
Be an excellent communicator, both oral and written
Have business development experience
Have a drive to solve complex problems with senior stakeholders
Be an effective time manager, able to keep calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
Be a coach to junior team-members helping them with on-the-job training, informal discussions and formal EY-Parthenon training modules
Be a team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels in EY and with clients, both in the UK and internationally 

What we offer

We offer an attractive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

Continuous learning: Through continuous training, coaching and mentorship, you’ll develop the mindset and skills needed to accelerate your career and become a transformational leader 
Real exposure: Opportunities to work on a wide range of projects and be exposed to senior business leaders and investors across a number of different business models, subsectors and companies
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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

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