The Operational Transaction Services - IT Capability team, advise and support clients through the complete deal lifecycle providing a range of sell-side and buy-side IT services to clients. Services range from complex IT due diligence, post merger integration, carve out/ separation, post deal value enhancement through to corporate restructuring. The team deliver buy side and sell side engagements for corporate firms and private equity houses across the transaction life-cycle. We also provide non-deal related services to strategic Ernst & Young clients.
Technical skills requirements
Exposure to all if not most of the following:
- Extensive experience of corporate transactions, ideally in performing of IT Due Diligence and/or IT post merger integration, separation/carve-out assignments
- Senior IT management experience (within an organisation's IT department or on the IT supplier side)
- Extensive experience of IT advisory and consulting within a professional services environment
The following should be considered as 'must have' attributes:
- Ability to provide deep insights on IT aspects of transaction deals that are relevant and valued by clients and readers of the IT Due Diligence reports
- Very deep knowledge and experience in one or more core aspects of a typical IT environment - for example, specialism in Application or Infrastructure Architecture, Systems Integration, Application Development, IT Financials, IT Strategy and Governance, dynamics of an IT function
- Strong writing skills and experience of producing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership
- Prior Business Development and Transaction experience
Client responsibilities:
- Ability to sell, lead and deliver large, complex IT Due-diligence, IT carve-outs, post-merger integration and corporate restructuring
- Managing and delivering complex IT Programmes supporting clients through post merger integration and separation/carve-outs
- Addressing very complex technical points with senior client staff and managing key client relationships and expectations
- Delivery and review of high-quality, risk-managed reports and other work products in various formats
- Managing the development and delivery of technical proposals, attending sales meetings and delivering sales presentations
- Leading role in conversion of opportunities to wins through involvement in sales proposal/pitch process.
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