EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Corporate Real Estate - Transactions - Consultant

Summary

EY is a globally connected professional services organization providing assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transaction services. EY-Parthenon is seeking a Consultant for its Corporate Real Estate Transactions practice to support strategic and operational real estate engagements, transaction advisory, financial analysis, client deliverables and project execution.

Responsibilities

• Assess operating models, organizational structures, and business processes to streamline corporate real estate and facilities management service delivery
• Support transaction advisory engagements, including pre-deal due diligence, integration support and/or separation support
• Demonstrate strong understanding of the corporate real estate functional areas, and the transaction lifecycle, including activities from diligence to sign to close
• Demonstrate strong financial modeling skills and ability to analyze real estate KPIs, benchmarks and operational trends
• Develop innovative approaches to completing scopes of work
• Participate in team problem solving efforts and offer ideas to solve client issues
• Inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members and use current technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services
• Develop presentation materials, briefings, scorecards, and implementation documents
• Maintain responsibility for completion and accuracy of work products. Actively expand consulting skills and professional development through training courses, mentoring, and daily interaction with clients
• Manage the creation of proposals, presentations and other client-facing materials and deliverables
• Communicate EY's point of view on relevant and current CRE topics and trends
• Analyze and draw insights from complex data sets
• Conduct relevant research, data analysis, and create reports
• Client-service oriented work ethic, driven by a desire to act
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building capabilities
• Outstanding listening, written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional ability to present and articulate ideas through storytelling
• Passion for strategic and creative problem solving
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to foster and refresh ongoing client relationships
• Comfort working across multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and distributed teams
• Eagerness to mentor and counsel junior staff
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments

Skills

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Finance, or other business-related field and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 18 months of related work experience
• Credible, related work experience, supporting business development and driving delivery of strategic projects for a large client or set of clients in the field of corporate real estate, management consulting, workplace consulting, or technology consulting
• Experience supporting project managementactivities,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 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. In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs
• What we look for 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
• Graduate degree in a relevant field/discipline is preferred
• Prior professional services or management consulting experience, particularly in an corporate real estate, M&A, divestiture, or transaction advisory
• Professional accreditation in real estate, construction, project management and process improvements, such as PE, PMP, CCIM, QCPR, MCR, SLCR, CPM and Lean Six Sigma
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot

Qualifications

Must Haves

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Finance, or other business-related field and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 18 months of related work experience
• Credible, related work experience, supporting business development and driving delivery of strategic projects for a large client or set of clients in the field of corporate real estate, management consulting, workplace consulting, or technology consulting
• Experience supporting project managementactivities,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 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. In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs
• What we look for 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

Nice to Haves

• Graduate degree in a relevant field/discipline is preferred
• Prior professional services or management consulting experience, particularly in an corporate real estate, M&A, divestiture, or transaction advisory
• Professional accreditation in real estate, construction, project management and process improvements, such as PE, PMP, CCIM, QCPR, MCR, SLCR, CPM and Lean Six Sigma
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage
• Pension and 401(k) plans
• A wide range of paid time off options
• A flexible environment
• A team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model, with most people in external, client serving roles working together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year
• Flexible vacation policy
• Time off for designated EY Paid Holidays
• Winter/Summer breaks
• Personal/Family Care
• Other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being