EY Parthenon - Digital Infrastructure - Sr. Associate/Consultant

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US Strategy and Transactions, EY-Parthenon Strategy – Consultant – Digital Infrastructure

 

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions.  Digital infrastructure, including data centers, fiber, towers, and small cells, are an increasingly critical component of our economy.  Companies and investors need help allocating capital to attractive areas, defining profitable business models, and responding to today’s competitive and dynamic business environment.  As a Consultant within EY-Parthenon you will help make that happen. You will play a key role in our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high impact projects. EY-Parthenon Strategy is a leading advisory organization focused on strategy consulting. 

 

The opportunity
EY-Parthenon Strategy has an ideal balance of strengths – deep and concentrated skills with broad executional capabilities, intimate client relationships with large networks of support, and proven processes along with a progressive spirit to unlock opportunity for our clients. You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. 

 

Your key responsibilities
Consultants identify and analyze the client’s most strategic issues. They are generally the primary contact for our clients, responsible for developing work plans, designing and conducting analyses, synthesizing conclusions and managing other case team members. Consultants work on a variety of client issues, such as developing growth strategies for organizations, performing due diligence on acquisition candidates, assessing attractiveness of potential targets, understanding new markets, turning around underperforming institutions, reducing operating costs and implementing change, and have the opportunity to assume immediate management responsibility.

 

Skills and attributes for success
•    Perform secondary research using a variety of sources (e.g., analyst reports, market research reports, news articles).
•    Executing various analyses (e.g., customer segmentation, market sizing, competitor analysis, macroeconomic forecasting) to support the strategic recommendations.
•    Designing and executing in-depth interview guides with key organizational stakeholders, industry experts and customers.
•    Analyzing business plans and pro-forma financial models to help identify key assumptions and drivers. 
•    Managing and directing the analytical efforts of junior team members at the Associate and Senior Associate levels on a daily basis.

 

To qualify for the role, you must have
•    Outstanding academic performance, with a bachelor's degree and at least 3 year of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 2 years of work experience.  
•    Experience in strategy consulting, private equity, investment banking, market research, or a quantitative type of research function.
•    A strong understanding of the digital infrastructure business models, as well as experience and/or knowledge within the digital infrastructure competitive eco-system and value chain
•    Ability to make detailed assessments of industry, products, markets, competitors and customers to identify risks and opportunities. 
•    Proficient in the English language, including the ability to listen, understand, read and communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, in a professional environment.
•    Effective organization and time management skills with ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines.
•    Willingness and ability to travel, when necessary 

 

Ideally, you’ll also have
•    MBA or graduate degree with at least 2 years of related work experience
•    Excellent problem solving, project management, facilitation and interpersonal skills.

 

What we look for
We are looking for candidates who have a strong aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis and the ability to