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IT Pre Deal Responsibilities
- Conduct rapid diagnostics & detailed IT due diligence looking into a company's immediate and future major Technology issues, digital propositions, product profitability, cost base, processes and overall options for performance improvement
- Analyzing target data to build up a view on the technology of the business including cost, products and systems, and IT contracts
- Develop hypotheses / insights on key issues and actively contribute to the wider team discussion, highlighting the impact of technology on the business strategy, operations, and ultimately, deal valuation
- Developing an understanding of IT benchmark and qualitative information to provide insights to clients to describe a typical IT function
- Assisting in client communications, calls and meetings
- Contribute to drafting a robust, well-structured report, that captures key findings and conclusions
- Supporting the identification or review of client synergies for IT
- Assist in development of financial models for IT, including synergy savings, one-time costs, and stranded costs
Wider responsibilities
Interacting with senior client stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders (Partners and Directors)Preparation of proposal materials and development of team propositions and initiativesBe actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new / existing clientsDefine and conduct appropriate primary and secondary research, and quantitative analyses, to validate hypotheses and address all scope areasCompetently build robust and transparent market models and analytical spreadsheetsCollaborate with project team members - often across disciplines - to flag and address emerging diligence issuesContribute to business development activity including developing successful pitches and selling, on from the initial "diagnostic" project phase into implementation workQualifications
Mandatory SkillsMBA / Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited college / university preferably with major in technology4 to 7 years of technology consulting experience focused on the deal advisory integration and separation processesExperience in assessing Information Technology processes, technologies, and frameworks, including :Application Support & MaintenanceApplication Portfolio RationalizationNetwork & Data Center Operations ManagementInfrastructure Optimization (, consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)Knowledge about enterprise business applications (, ERP, CRM)Experience in assisting with technology assessment / diligencePreferred Skills
Candidates with prior Consulting (Strategy, Management, or Technology) or Deal experience (mergers and acquisition, integration)IT specialization such as IT Strategy, applications, infrastructure, architecture, securityExperience in facilitating client meetings, workshops and interviewsHigh quality outputs on Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Knowledge or experience on Visio, Power BI, SmartSheet would be beneficialComfort with ambiguity, fluid consulting situations and a highly pressured environment as characteristics of transactionsAbility to work well under pressure, learn quickly and leverage skills in new situationsAbility to travel at a low / moderate levelEY Building a better working world
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