EYP-CDD-Associate Manager

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Senior - Commercial Diligence - Education & GPS

Full job description

We are seeking an experienced team member with expertise in Commercial Due Diligence, Strategy Consulting, and Education sector research to join our Education CDD practice. This is an exceptional opportunity to be part of a leading firm while playing a pivotal role in the growth of our Education practice. As a member of our EY-Parthenon Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) team, you will work closely with private equity investors and corporate clients to evaluate investment opportunities across multiple sub-segments within the education sector. The role requires a hands-on approach to diligence execution and the ability to independently drive key workstreams from hypothesis generation through final recommendations.

Your key responsibilities:

• Utilize an "answer-first" approach to lead commercial diligence engagements and growth strategy engagements for private equity and corporate clients.
• Independently own and drive critical diligence workstreams, including market assessment, growth outlook, customer analysis, competitive benchmarking, and target positioning.
• Lead day-to-day CDD execution, develop hypotheses, structure analyses, manage junior team members, and synthesize findings into client-ready recommendations.
• Conduct detailed market and value chain assessments across Education end markets, identifying growth drivers, margin dynamics, competitive intensity, and key transaction risks.
• Review transaction rationale to identify critical business issues, commercial risks, and value creation opportunities relating to proposed investments.
• Support management interviews, expert calls, customer research, and triangulation of multiple data sources to develop evidence-based conclusions.
• Support business development activities by leading pursuits and strengthening relationships with existing clients.
• Participate in building a sector-focused Education practice and contribute to knowledge development, credentials, and thought leadership within the Education sector.
• Collaborate effectively with global stakeholders across cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Strategy Consulting, Commercial Due Diligence, or Transaction Advisory experience with leading consulting firms, including Big 4, MBB, and boutique consulting firms.
• Demonstrated experience delivering Commercial Due Diligence, growth strategy, market assessment, or transaction-related engagements.
• Relevant sector experience in Education, including sub-segments such as K-12, Higher education, Education services and technology, professional learning, test preparation and assessments, adjacencies such as Govtech, Edtech etc..
• Proven ability to independently manage workstreams, supervise analysts, and deliver high-quality outputs with limited oversight.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to assess industries, markets, competitors, customers, and value chains to identify investment risks and opportunities.

Ideal candidate profile

• 5 -7 years of experience in Commercial Due Diligence, Strategy Consulting, or Transaction Strategy.
• Strong understanding of Education markets and business models.
• Experience working on multiple buy-side / Sell side Commercial Due Diligence engagements.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced private equity timelines.
• Able to independently structure problems, manage stakeholders, and translate analyses into actionable investment insights.
• Demonstrated ability to coach junior team members while remaining heavily involved in analysis and storyline development.

What the job would entail

As part of our EY-Parthenon team, you will help clients develop their investment strategies and evaluate potential transactions. Working with EY-Parthenon’s proprietary frameworks, you will help clients to take steps the best way to raise, invest, optimize, and preserve their capital. This includes conducting commercial due diligence, developing growth and market entry strategies, and conducting strategic portfolio reviews. The client base spans across industries and includes Private Equity firms, Blue chip corporates and multinational investors

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations - Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland, and the UK - and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies, and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We will introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You will develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success, as defined by you: We will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

What working at EY offers

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies - and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees, and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-prominent, multi-disciplinary team of 3000 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally with prominent businesses across a range of industries

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