Business Tax Services- Passthrough Transactions Group Economics- Manager

Tax Business Tax Services Passthrough Transactions Group Economics Manager

The opportunity

Our Passthrough Transaction Economics Group (PTEG) specializes in the analysis of structured financial transactions covering a variety of industries. Drawing on our academic background in economics and finance as well as our substantial industry experience we work closely with our clients and other groups at EY including M&A Capital Markets Partnerships/Joint Ventures and International Tax. As part of this group youll utilize a wide range of financial and economic modeling techniques including cash flow modeling derivatives pricing term structure modeling statistical analyses debt-equity analyses risk-return analytics and risk management techniques.

Your key responsibilities

Your typical day will involve working in small groups on projects with internal or external clients. Youll be heavily involved in drafting formal deliverables developing customized financial models researching business and capital markets trends and speaking to your findings. On top of this youll be exposed to companies across various industries and located around the world learning new things every day. Well look to you to get familiar with certain tax policies and their implications to build your knowledge around research tools and resources so you can speak articulately about a business industry or market development.

• Assisting in the preparation of financial models and other tools that help our clients execute a variety of financial transactions including asset acquisitions disposition deals capital structure transformations and corporate reorganizations.

• Applying principles of corporate finance to assess the economic implications of particular deal structures
• Preparing reports and client presentations
• Working at all levels of transaction structuring and execution from evaluating alternative structures and bids through closing
• Compiling documentation related to each analysis.
• Managing coaching and developing a team of tax professionals reviewing work and helping to confirm they have the knowledge tools and opportunities they need to excel.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have

• Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFS Institute or Masters degree or PhD in: taxation economics statistics public policy mathematics business finance financial engineering management science and engineering financial mathematics industrial engineering or operations research
• Achieved at least a bachelors degree typically with a concentration in Economics Finance Operations Research Financial Engineering or Statistics
• Minimum of 6 years of work experience in professional services or professional tax organization
• Flexible willing to travel as well as work in excess of standard hours when necessary.
• Proficient with MS Office including MS Excel MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Willing and able to learn work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated writing analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective organization and time management skills ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines.

Ideally youll also have

• Programing skills (VB and/or Matlab) familiarity with other financial software packages
• Familiarity with Bloomberg data terminals and other market research tools exposure to fixed income analytics and option pricing models are a plus.

What we look for

• Were interested in intellectually curious people with a diverse set of interests and backgrounds and an entrepreneurial mindset. Given the multidisciplinary nature of our teams analyses youll also need to have strong communication skills the ability to manage your schedule and the desire to go beyond assigned tasks to see the big picture. If youre ready to make a tangible difference right from the start and bring your big ideas to this growing team this role is for you.