Salary:	Competitive
Location:	Al Safat
Type:	Permanent
Advertiser:	Ernst & Young
Posted:	08 February 2012
Reference No.:	GJM-35453

As a Transaction Support Manager, you||ll participate in due diligence engagements related to transactions involving private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers. You||ll analyze the financial and operational results of companies targeted for sale by reviewing accounting records and participating in or leading interviews with management. Drawing on your experience, you||ll assist in managing engagement economics by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders, ensuring that work complies with our Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures. You||ll also participate in business development initiatives. As an influential member of the team, you||ll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and support their development.
People responsibilities

• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to feedback for staff
• Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training Transaction Support professionals
• Maintain an educational program to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures
• Build strong internal relationships with members of the Transaction Support team and other Ernst & Young services

Technical skills requirements

• Understanding of purchase accounting
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Understanding of Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures

Additional skills requirements

• Professional accountancy qualification
• Strong academic record, including a degree
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to work well within a team
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas
• Proficiency in Arabic language skills are highly desirable

Who we are
The right transaction can enhance an organization||s growth, competitiveness and profitability. As a transaction support professional at Ernst & Young, you||ll help clients achieve their strategic goals, working directly with senior management teams for both buyers and sellers. You||ll work in a dynamic, forward-looking environment serving many of the world||s largest organizations, fastest-growing companies and private equity firms on some of the most complex deals in the global market. This will provide opportunities for international experiences across multiple industries working for a fully integrated global transaction business worldwide. We||ll help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to be an effective advisor and provide opportunities to help you achieve your potential. We||re committed to helping you succeed professionally and personally.

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About Ernst & Young

We have a long history in the Middle East, having opened our first office in 1923. We have always operated as one seamless firm throughout the region, thereby enabling us to meet our client's local and regional demands in an efficient and well organised manner. The culture of Ernst & Young throughout the world is to ensure that we understand our clients concerns and work with them to provide creative, innovative, and cost effective solutions. The skills and diversity of our staff enable us to achieve this in a manner appropriate to our part of the world.