Strategy Senior Manager or Director in Financial Services – EY Parthenon in Athens, Greece

Strategy Senior Manager or Director in Financial Services – EY Parthenon

Strategy and Transactions

Requisition # ATH000HK

Post Date 6 days ago

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY-Parthenon teams work with clients to navigate complexity by helping them to reimagine their eco-systems, reshape their portfolios and reinvent themselves for a better future. With global connectivity and scale, EY-Parthenon teams focus on Strategy Realized — helping CEOs design and deliver strategies to better manage challenges while maximizing opportunities as they look to transform their businesses. From idea to implementation, EY-Parthenon teams help organizations to build a better working world by fostering long-term value. EY-Parthenon is a brand under which a number of EY member firms across the globe provide strategy consulting services.

The opportunity

EY-Parthenon has more than 25 years of experience in questioning the status quo with and for clients, as well as advising on strategies that are centered on each clients potential. We are multi-sector professionals and have built up in-depth knowledge in our core sectors. In addition, we deploy the focused competencies of our network in areas such as digitalization and analytics.

CESA (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia) EY-Parthenon is recently established and fast growing. This is providing new team membersbroader responsibilities, more exposure to clients, and overall a significant opportunity for personal growth and development.

Therefore EY-Parthenon is looking to attract Senior Managers/ Directors with experience in Financial Services who are looking for entrepreneurship and responsibilities in a fast paced environment.

Your key responsibilities

The EY-Parthenon Senior Manager/Director will have a leading role in the development and execution of the strategy services.

The selected candidate will be expected to:

• Build and maintain long term relationships with clients

• Develop the business and acquire new clients and engagements

• Lead client projects and engagement teams to deliver high quality outputs

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of all phases and aspects of strategy development and implementation

• Successfully supervise, coach, and mentor all levels of staff

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong Project Management skills and experience in strategic transformation and restructuring projects

• Deep experience in group / business unit strategic planning, performance improvement strategy (uplift in pricing, productivity, sales, etc). Market entry strategy as well as business planning are important too.

To qualify for the role you must have

• At least 10 years working experienceeither in strategy consulting and/or in an in-house strategy/corporate development at a leading financial institution

• Educational background from civil, bio- or business engineering or economics.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a practical ability to shape the business agenda and define strategic roadmaps

• Experience with managing multiple complex business projects in parallel

• Strong people and leadership skills (incl. cross-functional collaboration, team management and people development & coaching)

• Proven external relationship building capabilities leading to successful business development

• Merger planning and post merger integration, synergies achievement experience.

• Entrepreneurial spirit, team player and advanced communication skills

• Proficient knowledge of English

What we look for

Senior Manager/Director level candidates who will be able to build on their current strategy development, working on a number of diverse and demanding projects for a broad range of clients in Financial Services sector.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, plus benefits that suit your needs including a private health insurance scheme, life insurance and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions and an exclusive EY benefits club. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Apply now.

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