Strategy & Transaction (Transaction Diligence - Transaction Support) (Manager) (Multi. Po.) (492861)

Strategy and Transactions (S&T) (Transaction Diligence - Transaction Support) (Manager) (492861) (Multiple Positions), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Boston, MA.

Serve as a Transaction Support professional to help clients achieve their strategic goals, in acquiring or divesting assets. Examine financial statements to determine normalized cash flow and to determine the financial statements comply with laws and regulations. Inspect account books and/or accounting systems for efficiency and use of accepted accounting procedures. Organize and maintain financial records. Assess financial operations and make best-practices recommendations to management. Identify ways to improve the processes for finding and eliminating waste. Work on performance evaluations and help organizations plan the cost of doing business. Advise clients across the transaction lifecycle — from strategic assessment to implementation and post-deal integration. Identify key value drivers, challenge assumptions about future performance and work with other EY service teams to deliver an integrated service to clients. Participate in due diligence engagements related to acquisitions by private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers. Inform investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions. Perform strategic development and execution of appropriate transaction structure, including the execution of financial due diligence. Analyze financial/operational results of targets. Identify post-acquisition action steps to achieve anticipated earnings/cash flow improvements. Correlate due diligence findings with client valuations. Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, and economic influences.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field plus 5 years of post-bachelor’s progressive post-baccalaureate related work experience. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field plus 3 years of related work experience.

Must have 3 years of conducting external audits or other financial or tax due diligence experience with a public accounting or professional services firm.

Must have 2 years of experience supervising the planning, execution, reporting on audits or other due diligence of financial statements or taxes prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAS and U.S. GAAP and/or another foreign equivalent accepted accounting standard, such as IFRS.

Must have 2 years of experience supervising audit or other financial or tax due diligence teams consisting of two or more staff members.

Must meet one of the following requirements:

• Hold U.S. Certified Public Accountant licensure; or
• Hold membership to a foreign independent accounting standard setting board AND 1 year of experience preparing financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAS and U.S. GAAP or;
• 2 years of experience supervising the planning, execution, reporting on audits, other due diligence of financial statements or tax due diligence for companies in the financial services sector prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAS and U.S. GAAP.

Requires domestic travel up to 50% in order to serve client needs.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

This particular position at Ernst & Young in the United States requires the qualified candidate to be a "United States worker" as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 20 CFR 656.3. You can review this definition at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title20-vol3/pdf/CFR-2011-title20-vol3-sec656-3.pdf at the bottom of page 750. Please feel free to apply to other positions that do not require you to be a "U.S. worker".

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