Senior Manager Operational Due Diligence Strategy & Execution

Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Senior Manager for Operational Due Diligence in Belfast or Derry-Londonderry. The ideal candidate will assist in business origination, lead projects, and engage with senior clients to develop strategies for value creation. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, consulting experience, and flexibility for broader operational and IT tasks. This role offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment, contribute to team development, and shape the future with confidence.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Inclusive and empowering culture

State-of-the-art methodologies

Qualifications

• Professional services or consulting experience required.
• Ideally have due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience.
• Strong analytical skills linking operational analysis to financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Assist in business origination and client pitches.
• Lead project delivery with senior client stakeholders.
• Contribute to practice development initiatives.

Skills

Industry experience (engineering, supply chain)

Consulting experience

Flexibility

Role model capabilities

Job description

Senior Manager-Operational Due Diligence-Strategy & Execution-Belfast or Derry-Londonderry

Location: Belfast

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 22 Jan 2026

Requisition ID: 1677940

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Assistant Director (Senior Manager), Operational Due Dence, Strategy & Execution, EY-Parthenon

At EY-Parthenon, our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, tax 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.

The opportunity

As an Assistant Director within our ODD team, you’d assist in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations to potential clients to help sell work, and leading project delivery working with senior client stakeholders within tight timeframes for some of EY’s most demanding clients. As a consultant you’ll advise clients across all sectors, supporting key decision makers in developing and executing strategies for value creation.

You would also be expected to contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work.

Skills and attributes for success

• Industry and functional experience: engineering, supply chain or graduate scheme experience at a large corporate
• Consulting experience: be familiar working in a large-scale consulting environment or industry role where you can demonstrate the ability to perform and summarise analysis into management insights and recommended actions at pace
• Flexibility: be flexible to support on broader Operational and IT work
• Role model: act as a role model and support development of junior team members, coupled with the recruitment and training responsibilities

To qualify for the role you must have

• Professional services / consulting;
• Transactions: ideally due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience; or
• Deep understanding of one or more core operational functions
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements, and understand the implications of findings to client strategy

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers
• Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment
• A track record of successful project delivery in corporate businesses where you are responsible for managing project team members and vendors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing and reviewing high-quality reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership

What we offer you

We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 25,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn more about careers at EY-Parthenon.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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