Senior Manager - Carve-out/Merger Integration Advisory

Ernst & Young

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP946-235

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Senior Manager - Carve-out/Merger Integration Advisory - Financial Services focus - Dubai

As a Transaction Support Senior Manager, you'll participate in and lead due diligence engagements related to transactions involving private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers. You'll analyze financial and operational results of companies targeted for sale by reviewing accounting records and leading interviews with management teams. A key part of your role will be to manage engagement economics and communicate significant issues, fees and estimates-to-complete to partners and clients and to assist partners in generating new business opportunities and building client networks and relationships. As a role model for Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM), you'll make sure that project teams understand and comply with our Q&RM guidelines. And as a respected professional, you'll build, manage and motivate high-performing teams and help key staff to build sustainable competencies.

Client Responsibilities
• Evaluate historical and pro forma financial information and identify trends and fluctuations that may impact cash flow requirements and deal valuation
• Identify issues for purchase price reductions, deal structuring, or deal termination and communicate advice to clients
• Identify post-acquisition action steps to achieve anticipated earnings and cash flow improvements
• Research and assess technical accounting issues and evaluate implications on transaction valuation and structuring
• Plan, prepare and review deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with clients, Ernst & Young teams and other parties
• Understand Ernst & Young's service offerings and actively identify opportunities to serve clients better

People Responsibilities
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all levels of staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to feedback for all levels of staff
• Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training Transaction Support professionals
• Maintain an educational program to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis
• Understand, follow and communicate workplace policies and procedures to all levels of staff
• Build strong internal relationships with members of the Transaction Support team and other Ernst & Young services

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of the transaction environment
• Understanding of purchase accounting and transaction structures
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Understanding of Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures

Additional skills requirements
• Professional accountancy qualification
• Strong academic record, including a degree
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to work well within a team
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Strong client and relationship-building skills
• Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas
• Proficiency in Arabic language skills are highly desirable

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region

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Senior Manager salaries in UAE

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AED 28,500

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