EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Corporate Real Estate - Senior Director

Join EY's Corporate Real Estate Team

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EY-Parthenon's unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, and corporate finance delivers real-world value solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY's full spectrum of services, we've reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity. With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI-powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, Boards, Private Equity, and Governments every step of the way enabling you to shape your future with confidence.

EY has built an industry leading corporate real estate (CRE) consulting practice. We work with our clients to address their most complex CRE issues and challenges. We advise our clients on strategic, operational, and analytical matters. You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, and formal learning. That's how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our commitments to our stakeholders.

Our team of strategic advisors sits at the heart of a global EY real estate network that delivers high quality advice through every phase of the real estate and M&A lifecycle. You will leverage EY's global network to support various account teams and M&A advisors on major transactions to tackle some of the largest and most complex corporate real estate and workplace challenges facing our clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Director with EY-Parthenon's Strategy and Execution Corporate Real Estate practice, you'll have the opportunity to make intelligent and informed decisions about people, place, and technology, during major M&A and divestiture engagements, or during corporate transformations. You will be an important part of our diverse, talented, and highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high-profile corporate real estate engagements. You will spend your days working on strategic and / or operational corporate real estate issues, while working with practice leadership and client management to deliver innovative solutions.

A Senior Director should have broad knowledge of at least three core CRE consulting disciplines - including CRE operating model and organizational design, CRE support for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / Divestiture transactions (pre-deal due diligence, integration support, and separation support, post close support), portfolio, occupancy strategy, and CRE IT / digital workplace strategy. This knowledge should be grounded in a passion for solving complex and often ambiguous client challenges. You will manage and execute projects across all sectors, supporting our client service teams across a national practice.

Skills and Attributes for Success

To qualify you must have :

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Finance, or other business-related field and a minimum of 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of related work experience.
• Graduate degree in a relevant field / discipline is preferred.
• Supporting business development and driving delivery of strategic projects for clients in the field of corporate real estate and transactions.
• Knowledge and experience in at least three of the corporate real estate transaction services disciplines of buy-side and / or sell-side due diligence, integration, divestiture, as well as portfolio, and occupancy strategy.
• Experience supporting project management activities, such as resource planning, schedule development, engagement pricing, and budget management.
• Exceptional writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Experience leading and managing teams and projects in complex business environments.
• High proficiency with the MS Office Suite of Products (including MS Excel and MS PowerPoint).
• You must either reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location for this position.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary.

Ideally, you'll also have :

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, analytical, logical thinkers with a passion for transactions and real estate 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 client goals.

What we offer you

At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. We also provide a flexible vacation policy, time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter / Summer breaks, Personal / Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client-serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. EY accepts applications for this position on an ongoing basis.