Transaction Strategy and Execution student opportunities

In Transaction Strategy and Execution, you’ll help EY clients achieve their strategic objectives in acquisitions and divestments as you build your career.

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What is Transaction Strategy and Execution?

In the Transaction Strategy and Execution team, you’ll help EY clients achieve their strategic objectives in acquisitions and divestments. Covering a wide range of operational aspects in a transaction, including synergy assessments, separation readiness and support, operational due diligence and supporting the integration or separation process.
You’ll have the opportunity to work across the entire deal lifecycle and to tap into our diverse areas of expertise along the way. From a personal development perspective, the learning and exposure to a deal is unparalleled.
You join a market-leading transactions team working alongside exceptional people. You’ll discover the tools, culture and opportunities to help personalise your career journey and excel along the way.
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What could you be doing?

  • Work on market-leading deals
  • Work with a range of EY clients, from entrepreneur led businesses to ASX100 companies
  • Support C-suite clients assess, plan, and execute a divestment or acquisition
  • Develop an understanding of different business functions and contribute to operating model design
  • Perform financial analysis to assess business performance, particularly in relation to operating expenditure and standalone costs
  • Work across the deal lifecycle from due diligence through to integration or separation
  • Perform research and analysis on various sectors and industries
  • Team with colleagues from diverse backgrounds with a range of skills

What will you bring to the team?

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to change language to suit client audience and needs
  • Dedication to collaboration, teamwork and inclusive leadership
  • The ability to solve complex problems and adapt to challenging situations
  • The ability to think creatively and generate ideas
  • Strong business process and analytical skills
  • Resilience and the ability to adapt to new challenges
  • Excellent written and communication skills particularly for report and presentation creation
  • Research and analysis skills, including how to verify, challenge and interpret information

Your career journey in Transaction Strategy and Execution

As a graduate, you’ll be part of our 12-month graduate development program that has been developed for graduates in all service lines, and is focused on connection, learning and celebration.

The program will provide you with the opportunity to network with your peers from other service lines and geographies. Running in parallel to your technical learning, you will develop leadership skills to become a successful graduate, and as you grow as a transformative leader.

As an Transaction Strategy and Execution graduate, you’ll take part in:-

  • Individual career counselling and peer group sessions for learning and development
  • Opportunities to work directly with a client to solve problems and drive value on a deal
  • Ownership of career progression and learning journey, including access to a broad selection of extracurricular learning, along with the opportunity to obtain an MBA degree (EY Tech MBA programme in collaboration with the top-rated Hult University)
  • Monthly sharing and learning sessions

As a vacationer, after our company induction, you’ll start developing an understanding of how our Transaction Strategy and Execution teams work and will be ready to work alongside teams on real client projects. You’ll meet other new vacationers from your office.

Your buddy and your counsellor will help you learn your way around the organisation, set your goals and plan your development while you’re here. You'll be well looked after with ongoing learning throughout the Vacationer Program with sessions facilitated by our Learning and Development team, Campus Recruitment team and service line specific training. The Vacationer Program is a great way to gain valuable audit experience, skills and networks to start building your career.

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