Valuations & Modeling Manage

The opportunity

EY is looking for a Manager to join our leading Valuation and Modelling and Economics practice.

The role is open to qualified candidates across MENA, with flexibility on the final hiring location for the right candidate.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager within Valuation Modelling and Economics team, you are likely to spend your day-to-day working on commercial issues, working with management on parts of the acquisition process or transformation plans and regularly undertake financial modelling and valuations for strategic priorities.

Skills and attributes for success

You will play a strategic role in helping clients identify sources of value creation and quantifying them. A solution-oriented mindset is essential to act as a true Corporate Finance advisor, leveraging EY capabilities to assist clients in solving their issues and unlocking potential for value growth. In a commercial capacity, you will regularly advise businesses on valuation issues related to acquisitions, divestitures, or restructuring, and provide fairness opinions on transactions and restructurings. Additionally, in the regulatory and accounting domain, you will collaborate with management during the acquisition process to understand how the value of acquired intangible and financial assets will impact accounting requirements, providing fair value opinions for financial reporting purposes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or engineering with at least 6 years of relevant work experience;
• Solution-driven individual with a proven record of solving complex problems, completing challenging projects, and developing client relationships in the Infrastructure businesses.
• Autonomous with experience in reporting to senior colleagues and handling business valuation, capital allocation, and portfolio optimization.
• Strong financial modeling skills including experience with project finance models
• Broad understanding of accounting principles and IFRS standards, including those related to fair value measurements, business combinations, and impairment testing.

Ideally, you ll also

• Have previous valuation and /or financial modelling experience in professional services/Big 4 Firm.
• Have previous experience in coaching teams of junior and senior staff.
• Have experience in Power & Utilities and / or other Infrastructure sectors.
• Have an achievement of or significant progress towards a CFA;

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, analytical, logical thinkers with a passion for corporate finance and have a very strong attention to detail. Being a strong team player is critical with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of our clients goals.