EY-Parthenon - Corporate Finance - Business Valuation - Energy - Director
About The Position
EY-Parthenon’s Corporate Finance Business Valuation practice performs financial analysis and valuations for strategic, financial reporting, and tax purposes. The Director helps take solutions to market with existing and target clients, leads professional engagement execution teams, and communicates advice to client executives. The role involves advising clients on complex corporate finance and valuation matters, gathering information across client functions, building financial models, and addressing acquisition accounting and US tax valuation issues. The position specializes in valuing intangible assets, including trademarks, brand names, contracts, customer relationships, patents, technology, and know-how. The role is expected to involve in-person teaming at a client site or EY office at least 60% of the time, or an average of three days per week over an engagement, project, or performance year. The employee must live within commuting distance of the office location and be willing to travel and work beyond standard hours when necessary, including travel beyond the work location based on client and project needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or business and at least 5 years of related business valuation work experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of related work experience.
- Experience performing valuations.
- Financial modeling skills, including experience building models from scratch.
- Demonstrated record of solving complex problems and completing challenging projects.
- PowerPoint skills, including experience building client report-out decks.
- Ability and willingness to travel and work beyond standard hours when necessary.
- Must reside within commuting distance of the office location.
- Highly motivated, detail-oriented, and analytical, with a passion for corporate finance.
- Strong teamwork skills and ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of client goals.
Nice To Haves
- Previous valuation experience in professional services or a Big 4 firm.
- Experience working in or direct knowledge of the Energy sector, including Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Mining & Metals, and Power, Utilities & Renewables.
- Achievement of or significant progress toward a CFA charter or related certification.
- Experience manipulating, analyzing, and synthesizing large data sets.
- Knowledge of leveraging firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.
Responsibilities
- Help take solutions to market with existing and target clients.
- Lead professional engagement execution teams.
- Communicate advice and findings to client executives.
- Advise clients on complex corporate finance and valuation matters in connection with corporate strategy, transformation programs, and transactions.
- Gather information from different functional areas within client organizations to inform strategic insights.
- Build financial models and perform valuations.
- Work with management during acquisitions to understand accounting requirements related to the value of acquired intangible and financial assets.
- Perform valuations for fiscal purposes in the US market and advise clients on US tax valuation issues.
- Specialize in valuing intangible assets, including trademarks, brand names, contracts, customer relationships, patents, technology, and know-how.
- Work in person at a client site or EY office at least 60% of the time, and travel or work beyond standard hours when necessary.
Benefits
- Medical and dental coverage.
- Pension and 401(k) plans.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Paid holidays.
- Winter and summer breaks.
- Personal/family care leave and other leaves of absence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
