The Role: Senior/Experienced consultant – Nairobi, Kenya
At EY, we’re All in to Shape your Future with Confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. We will provide you with motivating and fulfilling experiences throughout your career to help you on the path to becoming your best professional self. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity:
With a unique transformative Strategy and Transactions offering, we will become the leading strategic CEO, C-Suite, Board, PE and Government advisor of the future. In doing so, we will have a key role in driving EY to become the #1 transformation advisor of choice. With an unmatched depth in strategy, transactions, technology, and sector expertise, we will redefine the market by orienting around value.
You will be working in teams with experienced professionals, where you will learn and develop the skills you need across the strategy and transaction lifecycle, across a range of situations and sectors.
As you progress your career with EY, you will have the opportunity to work on more complex transactions, increasingly leading teams, building relationships with our clients and other members of the corporate finance community and take on broader roles within our business.
Key responsibilities:
- Help clients achieve their strategic goals, whether they are acquiring or divesting assets
- Advise clients during the transaction lifecycle to identify key value drivers (risks and opportunities) and challenge assumptions about future performance
- Work with other EY service teams to deliver an integrated service to our clients
- Work on cross-border assignments in collaboration with other EY offices globally
- Perform industry, regulation and company research utilizing online tools and publicly available information
- Utilise data analysis tools (Alteryx and Power BI) to evaluate financial statements and operational performance
- Assist in the preparation of valuations for a variety of purposes such as financial reporting, transactions, tax, and litigation
- Analyse and present complex financial information, including navigating financial models
- Assist in preparing detailed report and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties to effectively communicate findings and recommendations
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
Our projects typically involve managing multiple stakeholders and thus require you to give the best advice using your knowledge and experience to provide the best outcomes.
Skills and attributes for success
- Strong understanding of accounting and technical knowledge
- Excellent analytical, project management, communication, interpersonal, and teaming skills
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
- Flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines
- Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills
- Building and sustaining relationships with colleagues across the business, supporting them and promoting a collaborative culture
- Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of second-class upper honours or equivalent in any relevant fields of study, including but not limited to; – Commerce, Accounting or Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or International Business.
- A minimum overall grade of a B in KCSE and B in both English and Mathematics
- At least four years of transaction work experience
- Entrepreneurial mind set and business acumen
- Passion for helping clients achieve their potential
- Able to analyse financial and non-financial information to formulate views and conclusions
- Familiar with fundamental concepts of accounting including IFRS
- Good presentation skills
- Possess data analysis & critical thinking skills with a flair in MS Excel applications
Ideally, you’ll also have (not compulsory but highly advantageous)
- MBA, Master in finance or other relevant masters degree
- CFA/CPA/CA/ACA/ACCA or similar financial qualification