Strategy (CDD)- Manager (On-site)

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Job Description

• Provide investment and acquisition guidance through commercial due diligence work and strategic advice to companies and investors across sectors such as Technology, Media & Telecom, Retail & Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Energy and Financial Services
• Lead project/workstreams pertaining to commercial due diligence, growth strategy, new market entry, pricing and commercial excellence
• Work closely with the EY MENA stakeholders on new pursuits and support the practice in developing end-to-end proposals and proposal presentations
• Leverage expertise in team management and stakeholder relationships to conduct in-depth market research and the ability to find innovative solutions to obtain and analyze non-public information through unstructured data sources.
• Develop a robust market database that highlights market size, key segments, and growth trends.
• Provide an overview of the competitive landscape and analyze the key market players.
• Assess the underlying factors driving market demand and the position and strengths of competitors in these key dimensions.
• Provide an assessment of the attractiveness of the business, with economic viability, growth perspective and identification of growth opportunities and relevant market risks.
• Leverage EY's global tools and extensive industry-specific expertise.
• Strong storyboarding skills, and ability to make judgement on filtering out relevant data and information pertaining to the projects and client requirement
• Ready to travel onshore to deliver the project (on a need basis), by working together with engagement team
• Demonstrating excellent skills in project execution, including project management, problem-solving and facilitation
• Ability to contribute meaningful ideas and work productively with other team members as well as on independent assignments
• Proactively engage with customer to Identify, build and develop new opportunities to propel the team. Adherence of all process compliance as well as timely reporting of facts & figures.

Candidate Profile

• 8-12 years of proven experience in executing commercial due diligence projects across various sectors as well as growth strategy projects (preferably in a similar strategy/company consulting environment), with an understanding of IT and operational due diligence related topics
• Demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis, working in environments with limited access to information
• Risk and compliance: knowledge of ethics and independence, regulation and how to work effectively within guidelines and to mitigate risk
• Ability to leverage EY's internal network and interact with external subject matter experts to ensure market expertise and relevant project credentials.
• Financial analysis experience with the ability to link operational analysis to P&L, cash flow and balance sheet
• Good Business sense and logical reasoning and should be to conceptualize research storyboard along with strong PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written
• Self-starter, proactive, comfortable working independently and taking on significant responsibility
• Experienced in presenting findings clearly in reports and other deliverables to clients

Other details

• People who identify with EY values, demonstrate integrity, respect for others, recognize the importance of teamwork, and want to join a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

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