The Transactions team help their clients drive growth and profitability by offering services like mergers and acquisitions, valuations or business modelling
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Actuaries analyse predictions and statistics to create insurance plans
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Helping companies improve their business performance and profitability
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It's the job of the assurance team to ensure good-quality information is given to clients and investors
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Advising companies and individuals on how to efficiently manage their tax
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Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) help their clients drive growth and profitability by offering innovative solutions in things like mergers and acquisitions (M&A), valuations or business modelling. The role is similar to investment banking, so if you are a strategic thinker with an excellent attention to detail, this could be the career for you.
As a grad
Most large firms will offer graduate programmes in the different areas of TAS, such as Corporate Finance Strategy, Valuations or Transactions Support. As a grad, you’ll be helping to solve real business problems from day one, whether it’s advising your clients on how they can raise capital, or assessing a target company’s finances and business projections, helping to identify opportunities and risks.salary bands and hours
- £29k - £35k
- 40-50 hours per week
training
Your training will be tailored based on the scheme you choose – this could involve working towards a professional qualification, which will most likely be funded by your employer. You’ll generally start the programme with a few weeks of induction and training, the rest you’ll actively learn on the job, through shadowing senior members of the team.progression
Progression will vary based on the programme you choose – typically you’ll move from analyst to consultant after finishing your scheme. The next step of your progression will be to senior consultant or manager, where you’ll be supervising a team of junior consultants and making important decisions. With hard work and drive, you could move up to a partner level at the firm you’re at, or you could choose to move employers.necessary skills and requirements
Skills:- Be extremely driven and motivated to succeed
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in speaking to clients
- Possess exceptional attention to detail
- Be a strategic and analytical thinker
- Have mental and physical stamina
- Be a fantastic team player
- Generally you'll need at a 2:1 from any discipline, but this differs with each employer.
top tips
At application and interview stage, demonstrate your attention to detail, as this is an essential skill needed to succeed in TAS. This could be in reflecting the job description wording in the language you use in your application and CV, or making sure you are dressed especially well at your interview.testimonials
Lydia
Technology Consultant at EY
Working at EY, there's a really good work-life balance. Everyone is extremely friendly and supportive, which definitely helps when you're managing various different projects.
Gurpreet
Transaction Tax Associate at EY Birmingham
EY are a really supportive company that challenge your learning and development, with loads of opportunities for growth. If you can show a keenness to develop technical skills when you start, you'll have a huge advantage in this industry.
Jaymini
Senior Consultant in Financial Services at EY
The best thing about EY is probably the people and the culture. Everyone is always happy to help no matter how busy they are, and even super senior people will always give you their time. Joining the graduate programme, along with hundreds of others, means there's such a strong community where everyone is willing to help out.
Natasha
Graduate on the tax programme at EY
EY have been extremely supportive since I started – I have been sponsored through professional chartered qualifications and have been able to participate in extracurricular initiatives that interest me. I've also been promoted within two years, and have been supported to transition into a different area of the business to pursue my interests and career aspirations. EY are totally behind me driving my own career and for that reason I can't imagine being anywhere else.
Rachel
Senior Consultant in CyberSecurity at EY
EY have a very open and inclusive culture, where individuals are encouraged to be themselves. I find that leadership are easy to talk to, and are always open to suggestions or questions. There isn't too much of a forced hierarchy, and there are no closed doors to offices – literally, our office is open plan.
Eilidh
IT Risk and Assurance Consultant at EY
EY is a great place to develop your skills and further your education. You are always being challenged to do something new so you never feel like you're coasting, but at the same time you never feel bored and you learn a lot.
