SaT-IA-Assistant Manager

EY-Infrastructure Advisory - Strategy and Transactions - Assistant Manager

The team is part of EY Global Delivery Services (GDS), SaT. As a part of GDS Infrastructure Advisory team, we support EY Global Infrastructure Advisory Practices on engagement delivery and Business Development support across the Transport, Health and Human Services and Power & Utilities sectors with a focus on consulting services in infrastructure projects service delivery.

The GDS IA team is part of the Economics Advisory and Infrastructure Advisory (EA-IA) team and focusses on both the government and private sector. With Economics also added as a part of EA-IA, the team supports all activities across the Infrastructure value chain predominantly before Financial Close. Additionally, the team works a lot with the IA practices of Oceania, US, Canada, UKI, Western Europe and Maghreb (WEM) along with Singapore. As a part of service delivery, the team is responsible for undertaking the following set of activities:

• Responsible for leading end to end engagement across the life cycle of Infrastructure project
• Prepare business proposals and presentations
• Carry out and research and data collection, conduct analyses in a variety of fields within public and private sector
• For public sector clients, providing support from project evaluation to procurement, and financial close that includes:
• Plan and scope projects, manage stakeholders
• Infrastructure procurement (Bid evaluation) support including financial capacity analysis , and techno commercial analysis
• Study of public-private partnership (PPP) financing model and contracts for large-scale infrastructure projects
• Write policy papers, develop relevant recommendations
• Develop and review project finance and CBA (Cost Benefit Analysis) model
• Deliver a robust business case report
• For private sector clients supporting engagements for strategically manage capital and transactions, asset sales, and divestments
• Managing portfolio and capital allocations more efficiently through company outside in analysis
• Develop Industry factbooks and Points of View
• Feasibility studies and business plan assessment

The opportunity

The EY GDS SaT Infrastructure Advisory team is seeking an experienced Infrastructure sector professional with exceptional writing and financial analysis to join our team. The individual will support engagements and business development initiatives in the transport, health and human services and power and utilities sectors. A key part of the role will be to maintain strong communication with the practice offices and keep them informed of our evolving service offerings in order to drive growth, and willingness to understand the local policy and market environment of client offices they serve.

Your key responsibilities

• As a senior member of the sector practice at Infrastructure Advisory, the person would:
• Leading engagement delivery and BD support related engagements for various practice offices
• Be responsible for leading client interactions, maintaining an exceptional quality of deliverables, building relationships and support onshore practices in generating new business within the transport, health and human services (healthcare, urban development, education and tourism) and power & utilities
• Assist the practice offices with all forms of high-quality deliverables such as:
• Business Case preparation including cost benefit analysis
• Government side tender evaluation
• Financial modelling and analysis
• Economic modelling and analysis
• Desktop sector research and other adhoc requests
• Assist the practice offices with high quality business development support including:
• Proposal preparation support
• Desktop sector research
• Company Infopacks/Pitch-books
• Benchmarking studies across key indicators
• Manage a team of 3-5 people and act as a counsellor for team members by being responsible for their performance appraisal
• Maintain strong communications with the clients in practice offices through email, skype, video conferences and any others form of communication
• Measure, monitor and improve client service by closely collaborating with the client and guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery
• Manage workflow within the team including work allocation, adherence to timelines and quality reviews
• Travel on assignments abroad, as required

Skills and attributes for success

• Exceptional business writing and economic or financial modelling skills
• Demonstrated experience of working in either transport, health and human services or power and utilities sectors
• Prepared responses to tender notices issued by Government as well as multilaterals (Asian Development Bank, World Bank, USAID, DfID)
• Exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Possess good project and time management skills with the ability to multiple SaTks in parallel
• Have good knowledge of research databases like Factiva, ThomsonONE, Capital IQ, BMI etc. will be preferred
• Coach and mentor team members on writing, technical skills and soft skills

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum of a Master's degree in economics, or finance or Business Administration with 8 to 10 yrs relevant experience working in Infrastructure sector (working in either transport, health and human services or power and utilities sectors)
• Demonstrated experience of producing high quality written deliverables, particularly in a business case or policy development context
• Demonstrated experience of undertaking either economic or financial modelling

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SAT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What working at EY offers

At EY, we're dedicated to helping our clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies - and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you