Assistant Director – IT Transaction Services recruitment

The Operational Transaction Services - IT Capability team, advise and support clients through the complete deal lifecycle providing a range of sell-side and buy-side IT services to clients. Services range from complex IT due diligence, post merger integration, carve out / separation, post deal value enhancement through to corporate restructuring.

The team deliver buy-side and sell-side engagements for corporate firms and private equity houses across the transaction life-cycle. We also provide non-deal related services to strategic Ernst Young clients.

Technical skills requirements:

Exposure to all if not most of the following:

- Extensive experience of corporate transactions, ideally in performing of IT Due Diligence and / or IT post merger integration, separation / carve-out assignments

- Senior IT management experience (within an organisation's IT department or on the IT supplier side)

- Extensive experience of IT advisory and consulting within a professional services environment.

The following should be considered as 'must have' attributes:

- Ability to provide deep insights on IT aspects of transaction deals that are relevant and valued by clients and readers of the IT Due Diligence reports

- Very deep knowledge and experience in one or more core aspects of a typical IT environment - for example, specialism in Application or Infrastructure Architecture, Systems Integration, Application Development, IT Financials, IT Strategy and Governance, dynamics of an IT function

- Strong writing skills and experience of producing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership

- Prior Business Development and Transaction experience.

Client responsibilities:

- Ability to sell, lead and deliver large, complex IT Due-diligence, IT carve-outs, post-merger integration and corporate restructuring

- Managing and delivering complex IT Programmes supporting clients through post merger integration and separation / carve-outs

- Addressing very complex technical points with senior client staff and managing key client relationships and expectations

- Delivery and review of high-quality, risk-managed reports and other work products in various formats

- Managing the development and delivery of technical proposals, attending sales meetings and delivering sales presentations

- Leading role in conversion of opportunities to wins through involvement in sales proposal / pitch process.

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