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The opportunity Strategy & Value Creation is EY’s executive strategy practice. The EY-Parthenon brand is the home of our fast-growing global strategy capability. We advise corporate and private equity clients on strategic and on strategic, commercial, operational, and investment-related decisions that drive long-term value creation. Areas of our work include:
Corporate and BU strategy
Strategy assessment
Market entry strategy and opportunity sizing
Product and business unit strategy development
Divestment options analysis
Purpose-led strategy and long-term value
Digital & AI strategy and innovation
Strategic cost evaluation
Turnaround, operational restructuring and rapid performance improvement
Capital allocation and investment strategy
You’ll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of global and local corporate, government, and private equity clients. You’ll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement. The Canadian Practice is closely integrated with the Americas EY Parthenon organization. We bring the power of our deep global and local insights, client relationships and an informed, current perspective.
This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.
Your key responsibilities We are looking for a candidate to join as a Manager within the Canadian Strategy & Value Creation team.
The Manager will play an integral role that involves working closely with other members of the rapidly growing Americas Strategy & Value Creation team to deliver a variety of engagements.
We are looking for candidates who can:
Structure engagements around hypotheses, and develop and execute project plan to validate hypotheses
Assess growth opportunities, competitive positioning, market dynamics, and other strategic topics through rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis or market, transactional and operational data
Analyze industry trends and disruptions, customer behavior, and emerging market opportunities to identify strategic implications for clients
Support commercial and investment due diligence engagements through market assessments, competitive analysis, and financial evaluation
Develop strategic recommendations related to business growth, operating model transformation, product innovation, distribution effectiveness, and value creation
Translate recommendations into measurable improvements with explicit links to business outcomes
Build trusted advisor relationships with senior client executives and deliver engagements to high client satisfaction
Lead and motivate engagement teams in executing engagements
Coach, train and mentor junior team members with diverse skills and backgrounds
Foster an inclusive culture throughout the team and within engagements and proactively build a personal network within the firm
Support internal practice initiatives such as Learning, Operations, Resourcing, Recruitment
Integrate AI into day-to-day delivery while validating outputs, challenging assumptions, and maintaining accountability for quality
Effectively and responsibly use AI to accelerate analysis, scenario generation, and insight development while maintaining clear linkage to business outcomes
Ideal qualifications for this position include:
Engineering, Finance or Commerce undergrad (MA/MBA is an asset)
At least 5 years of work/leadership experience with demonstrated impact ideally in management consulting or corporate strategy roles, or in private equity or institutional investing roles
Experience developing and evaluating corporate, investment, portfolio, or growth strategies
Experience developing and assessing growth opportunities, market attractiveness, operational business performance improvement and value creation initiatives
Exceptional problem-solving skills – analytical, quantitative and conceptual
Strong understanding of financial and operational drivers of performance including the ability to explain how operational improvements affect financial statements
Solid aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis; advanced modelling skills (Excel) and visualization skills (PowerPoint, Tableau and/or Power BI)
Effective organization and time management skills with ability to work under demanding environment, overtime and adhere to project deadlines
Excellent written and ve
📌 Manager - Strategy & Value Creation (Winnipeg)
🏢 EY
📍 Winnipeg