Ernst & Young

Transaction Advisory Services – Valuation and Business Modeling

Position:Valuation and Business Modeling Staff Analyst

Locations:Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose

About Transaction Advisory Services:

How organizations manage their capital agenda today will define their competitive position tomorrow. We work with our clients to help them make better and more informed decisions about how to strategically manage capital and transactions in a changing world. Whether they are preserving, optimizing, raising or investing capital, Ernst & Young's Transaction Advisory Services brings together a unique combination of skills, insights and experiences to deliver tailored advice attuned to our clients' needs – helping them drive competitive advantage and increased shareholder returns through improved decision making across all aspects of their capital agenda. Our Transaction Advisory Services team works with some of the world's largest organizations, fastest growing companies and private equity firms on some of the biggest and most complex cross-border deals in the global market.

We offer integrated, objective advisory services that are designed to help our clients evaluate opportunities, make transactions more efficient and achieve strategic goals. We have an extensive global reach, with nearly 8,000transaction professionals worldwide, and the experience across all markets and industry sectors. We bring together the people needed, wherever our clients need them, to focus on helping achieve success throughout the transaction lifecycle - and beyond. Whether it's a merger, acquisition, strategic alliance, divestment, equity offering or restructuring, we offer the advice our client's need to help make the right deal at the right price at the right time.

Description of Opportunity:

Our Valuation and Business Modeling (V&BM) practice provides advice and opinions as to the value of a business enterprise, equity, debt, derivatives, equipment, intellectual property, and other intangible and tangible assets. Our objective and independent valuation opinions are performed for financial reporting, tax, strategic and tactical purposes. As a V&BM staff analyst, you will serve as a member of multiple client-engagement teams, performing valuations for management planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax and regulatory compliance, restructuring and reorganization, and corporate strategy purposes. Over time, you will learn to identify issues and propose strategies related to the procedures executed; assume a leadership role in report generation and detailed financial modeling; and learn how to maintain and develop positive, productive and professional relationships with client personnel.

Position Requirements:

This opportunity offers the right candidate an excellent environment in which to learn as well as tremendous career potential. To qualify, candidates must have:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Economics with demonstrated aptitude in quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Ability to occasionally travel on short notice
  • Commitment to staying on the cutting edge of financial strategy; must quickly anticipate and respond to the issues that emerge when supporting a business entity in transition
  • Superior project management, interpersonal, communication, teaming, organizational and technology skills
  • Intellectual curiosity; enthusiasm and hunger to learn while working in a fast-paced, dynamic technical environment

How To Apply

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