Lead Advisory student opportunities

In Lead Advisory, you’ll help clients grow, invest, innovate and achieve their strategic objectives, whilst developing technical, business and commercial skills that will complement your career.

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What is Lead Advisory?

Mergers & Acquisitions
Today, more than ever, organisations must plan carefully for growth and analyse their capital agenda and related transactions in the context of their overall business strategy. As part of the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team you'll help identify the right transaction and capital strategy for clients.

Capital & Debt Advisory
As part of the Capital & Debt Advisory (CDA) team, you’ll work with leading corporates, private equity and public agencies to evaluate, structure and arrange competitive financing solutions. You’ll help analyse capital structure and identify an optimised capital solution for clients, whether it’s for acquisition, capex or refinancing, and learn the intimate workings of various capital markets.

Infrastructure Advisory
As part of the Infrastructure Advisory team, you’ll work with public sector clients to procure infrastructure-related projects and help private sector clients structure and finance deals. You’ll evaluate different ways of delivering projects, develop financial models and negotiate funding to secure the most competitive terms. You'll learn about key infrastructure sectors, from energy to transport – enabling you to provide highly valued independent advice.

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What could you be doing?

  • Work with a range of EY clients, from entrepreneur-led businesses to the largest global enterprises
  • Work across some of the most complex deals in the global market

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Help organisations plan carefully for growth or divestment, advising them by analysing their capital agenda in the context of their overall business strategy
  • Help identify deals, select the right transaction and capital strategy, and help businesses execute on the deal

Capital & Debt Advisory

  • Provide strategic and critical independent advice to clients raising debt or equity by analysing and improving capital structures
  • Help develop a competitive financing strategy and structure, as well as arrange the right financing solution from deal launch to funding

Infrastructure Advisory

  • Work on the financial and economic analysis of projects, assist public and private sector organisations with infrastructure related transactions
  • Develop and evaluate policy and provide regulatory and investment-decision advice

What will you bring to the team?

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to change language to suit client audience and needs
  • The ability to learn and apply new information quickly
  • Curiosity and 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
  • 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 Lead Advisory

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 Lead Advisory graduate, you’ll take part in:-

  • Financial and credit modelling online course
  • Lunch-and-learn sessions with senior managers facilitating
  • Industry-agnostic engagement

As a vacationer, after our company induction, you’ll start developing an understanding of how our Lead Advisory 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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