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Infrastructure Advisory – Assistant Director, Strategy and Transactions

The team is part of EY Global Delivery Services (GDS), SaT. As a part of GDS Infrastructure Advisory team, we support EY Global Infrastructure Advisory Practices on engagement delivery and Business Development support across the Transport, Health and Human Services and Power & Utilities sectors with a focus on consulting services in infrastructure projects service delivery.

The GDS IA team is part of the Economics Advisory and Infrastructure Advisory (EA-IA) team and focusses on both the government and private sector. With Economics also added as a part of EA-IA, the team supports all activities across the Infrastructure value chain predominantly before Financial Close. Additionally, the team works a lot with the IA practices of Oceania, US, Canada, UKI, Western Europe and Maghreb (WEM) along with Singapore. As a part of service delivery, the team is responsible for undertaking the following set of activities:

Responsible for managing end to end engagement across the life cycle of Infrastructure project

Prepare business proposals and presentations

Carry out and research and data collection, conduct study in a variety of fields within public and private sector

For public sector clients, providing support from project evaluation to procurement, and financial close that includes:

Plan and scope projects, manage stakeholders

Infrastructure procurement (Bid evaluation) support including financial capacity analysis, and techno commercial analysis

Study of public-private partnership (PPP) financing model and contracts for large-scale infrastructure projects

Write policy papers, develop relevant recommendations

Develop and review project finance and CBA (Cost Benefit Analysis) model

Deliver a robust business case report

For private sector clients supporting engagements for strategically manage capital and transactions, asset sales, and divestments

Managing portfolio and capital allocations more efficiently through company outside in analysis

Develop Industry factbooks and Points of View

Feasibility studies and business plan assessment

The opportunity

The EY GDS SaT Infrastructure Advisory team is seeking an experienced Infrastructure sector professional with exceptional writing and financial analysis to join our team. The individual will support engagements and business development initiatives in the transport, health and human services and power and utilities sectors. A key part of the role will be to maintain strong communication with the practice offices and keep them informed of our evolving service offerings in order to drive growth, and willingness to understand the local policy and market environment of client offices they serve.

Your key responsibilities

As a senior member of the sector practice at Infrastructure Advisory, the person would:

Leading and managing engagements related to Infrastructure Advisory

Plan and scope projects manage stakeholders

Responsible for demand generation for projects for allocated regions

Identifying new services within business and working with partners and senior managers on learning and piloting activities from GDS

Manage/handle multiple requests at a time and guide team members accordingly

Measure, monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

Building relationships with EY offices across the globe, demonstrating knowledge of regional practices business and developing open communication channels

At a detailed level, the responsibilities include:
Responsible for growing/managing a region from a revenue perspective (targets)

Leading engagement delivery and BD support related engagements for various practice offices

Be responsible for leading client interactions, maintaining an exceptional quality of deliverables, building relationships and support onshore practices in generating new business within the transport, health and human services (healthcare, urban development, education and tourism) and power & utilities

Take responsibility for driving improvements in the team’s understanding of requirements across key competency and sectors, and translate this into consistently high-quality deliverables

Assist the practice offices with all forms of high-quality deliverables such as:

Policy Conceptualization and Understanding

Legal and Contract Documentation – Preparation and Review

Economic analysis

Desktop sector research and other adhoc requests

Assist the practice offices with high quality business development support including:

Proposal preparation support

Benchmarking studies across key indicators

From a modelling perspective (desirable), the candidate should be able to assist the practice offices with all forms of high-quality deliverables such as:

Cost benefit analysis as part of feasibility studies/Business cases

Project Finance model build

Project Finance model enhancement and sensitivity analysis

Manage a team of 10-12 people and act as a counsellor for team members by being responsible for their career management discussions

Maintain strong communications with the clients in practice offices through email, skype, video conferences and any others form of communication

Measure, monitor and improve client service by closely collaborating with the client and guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery and ensuing billing

Manage workflow within the team including work allocation, adherence to timelines and quality reviews

Identify L&D requirements of counselees

Travel on assignments abroad, as required

Skills and attributes for success

Exceptional business writing skills

Demonstrated experience of working in infrastructure either transport or power and utilities sectors

Understanding of policy, regulatory norms in transport/P&U/social infrastructure

Understanding of legal and contract documentation in various projects

Prepared responses to tender notices issued by Government as well as multilaterals (Asian Development Bank, World Bank, USAID, DfID) and proven research for Infrastructure/P&U projects

Exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Knowledge of PPP/PFI modelling is preferred

Possess good project and time management skills with the ability to multiple tasks in parallel

Coach and mentor team members on writing, technical skills and soft skills

Have strong knowledge of excel functions

Responsibilities, Qualifications, Certifications – External

To qualify for the role, you must have

Minimum of a Post Graduate in Management / MBA from a reputed college / University. Specialization in Finance / Power / Infrastructure Management will be preferred or MBA in Finance or a degree in Chartered Accountancy or Master’s in Public Policy

Demonstrated experience of producing high quality written deliverables, particularly in a business case or policy development context

Experience of 12-15 years in policy advocacy and analysis, commercial due diligence, regulatory support

Ideally, you’ll also have

Experience of working in professional services industry will have an edge

What we look for

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-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1500 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.

Opportunities to work with EY SAT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

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’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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