EY-Parthenon - Strategy Realized - Energy - Oil & Gas - Senior Director

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Location: Houston.

 

 

 

Strategy and Transactions - EY Parthenon - Strategy Realized - Energy & Industrials – Senior Director

 

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Senior Director within EY-Parthenon you will help make that happen. You will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high impact projects. The EY-Parthenon sub-service line comprises three competencies: Strategy Realized; Transaction Strategy and Execution; and Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy. EY-Parthenon Strategy Realized is a leading advisory organization focused on strategy consulting. We are committed to combining our creative thinking with our clients’ smarts to deliver actionable strategies.

 

The opportunity

In today’s complex business landscape, creativity has become a necessary ingredient for sustained success. EY-Parthenon Strategy Realized 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.

 

We strive to amplify the impact of our strategies and make EY-Parthenon Strategy Realized the global advisor of choice for business leaders. You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities

 

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Director you will act as the primary client contacts on EY-Parthenon Strategy Realized teams and are responsible for translating client needs into project tasks and deliverables. You will manage day-to-day problem-solving and team analytical activities and serve as the key liaison between consulting team members, EY-Parthenon partners, and our clients. You are also responsible for mentoring, inspiring and developing our incredibly talented and ambitious junior resources. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to support the growth of the business by working alongside partners on new opportunities with potential clients, including preparing for and participating in pitch meetings, creating proposals and working on the sales process.

 

Our teams work on a variety of client issues including, but not limited to, developing long-term strategies for organizations, evaluating potential business acquisitions, improving educational achievement outcomes, developing new marketing channel strategies, reducing operating costs, and evaluating new business ventures.

 

Skills and attributes for success

· Play a leadership role in helping grow the EY-Parthenon Strategy Realized business

· Define the objective and scope of strategy engagements and client deliverables in consultation with the partner

· Lead teams in the execution of both commercial due diligence and strategy engagements

· Develop business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, macroeconomic forecasting, and portfolio optimization

· Drive business development activities in key sectors and internally across the broader EY and Strategy & Transactions organization

· Manage, develop, and mentor junior team members at the Associate, Senior Associate, Consultant, and Director levels

· Develop, foster, and maintain relationships with clients

 

 

To qualify for the role, you must have

· A bachelor's degree with outstanding academic performance and 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience

· Experience managing business strategy projects in complex environments

· Management consulting experience

· A minimum of 5 years’ experience working with energy, chemicals and industrials in a leadership role, either as a management consultant or as an employee, with knowledge and experience across the respective value chains

· Demonstrated ability to lead teams on complex assignments and develop individual team members

· Strong quantitative skills to supervis