EY-Parthenon - Deals - Financial Diligence - Healthcare - Senior Director

EY • San Francisco, CA

3d • $152,400 - $395,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director will lead teams delivering financial due diligence for healthcare transactions within EY-Parthenon’s Deals practice. The role advises major organizations, fast-growing companies, and private equity firms throughout the diligence lifecycle, helping clients assess deal value, reduce transaction risks, and understand business profit drivers and performance trends. Work includes evaluating assumptions about future performance and supporting purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters. The Senior Director also contributes to people and practice development, business development, client pursuits, and long-term client relationships. The role is based in Chicago, Nashville, or San Francisco, with in-person teaming at a client site or EY office at least 60% of the time (on average, three days per week over the applicable engagement, project, or performance year).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and 8 years of related work experience, or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
• Significant public accounting and prior financial due diligence experience.
• Deep healthcare industry knowledge, particularly in healthcare providers, health plans/risk sharing, and/or ancillary health businesses.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting internal and external relationships.
• Must reside within commuting distance of the selected office location.
• Willingness and ability to travel and work beyond standard hours when necessary, including travel beyond the work location based on client and project needs.
• Must be able to meet the in-person teaming expectation: at a client site or EY office at least 60% of the time, averaging three days per week over the course of an engagement, project, or performance year.

Nice To Haves

• Proven record of excellence in a mergers or acquisitions transactions role.
• Active CPA certification.
• Experience at another large professional services organization.
• Knowledge of using firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.
• Established networking skills in a relevant industry.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead teams delivering financial due diligence project work.
• Analyze financial data and identify key trends driving a business’s performance.
• Discuss business performance and forecast assumptions with senior client management.
• Help prepare reports presenting findings and recommendations on key financial and business issues in transactions.
• Manage and execute financial due diligence engagements.
• Develop and communicate engagement fees and timelines.
• Analyze financial and operational results of businesses being acquired or sold by reviewing accounting records and interviewing management.
• Identify negotiation factors related to purchase price and deal structuring.
• Identify post-acquisition actions intended to achieve anticipated earnings and cash flow improvements.
• Research industry trends and technologies, including seasonality and cyclicality affecting cash flow requirements, and provide insight to clients.
• Understand EY service lines and present ways the firm can serve clients.
• Contribute to people and practice development.
• Participate in business development and pursuit activities and cultivate long-term client relationships.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Pension plan
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid holidays
• Winter and summer breaks
• Personal and family care time off
• Other leaves of absence to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior