Senior Manager - Deal Technology: IT Infrastructure

Location

Toronto

We are seeking a Senior Manager to join the Deal Technology (DT) team within EY-Parthenon Canada. This is an exceptional opportunity to build a career at the nexus of technology and private equity investing.

The DT team helps private equity clients evaluate investment opportunities by identifying key risks and value creation levers in the IT domain. This position is seeking a senior individual to support the expansion of our infrastructure practice.

• Project Execution
  • Diligence
    • Infrastructure and Technology Diligence:
      Lead market‑leading infrastructure and technology diligence of companies, providing inside‑out assessments of on‑premise and cloud infrastructure, architecture, technical debt, hosting models, IT operations, and migration processes. Enable investors to understand a company’s IT capabilities, scalability, and ability to execute against its corporate strategy, while identifying risks and opportunities.
    • Integrated Diligence:
      Collaborate with EY‑Parthenon teams to combine infrastructure diligence with financial and operational due diligence, providing clients with a cohesive view of their target investment and clear value creation priorities.
  • Strategy
    • Infrastructure Optimization:
      Assess a company’s IT organization for capacity, talent, and process, and provide actionable recommendations to improve productivity, reliability, cost efficiency, and alignment with business strategy. Conduct site visits, interviews, data reviews, hands‑on evaluation, primary research, and benchmarking.
    • Cloud and Migration Strategy:
      Evaluate clients’ infrastructure roadmaps and migration alternatives, assessing cost, risk, and alignment with strategic objectives. Advise on cloud adoption, re‑platforming initiatives, and large‑scale migrations or post‑merger integrations.
    • Costing and Optimization:
      Analyze infrastructure spend, identify cost‑saving opportunities, and recommend optimization strategies for both on‑premise and cloud environments. Support clients in building robust business cases for IT investments and migrations.
    • Post‑Merger Integration:
      Lead post‑merger consolidation or rationalization of IT portfolios, leveraging deep technical and market knowledge to drive synergies and operational excellence.
  • Conduct in‑depth interviews with key organizational stakeholders, industry experts, and customers.
  • Analyze business plans and pro‑forma financial models to help identify key assumptions and drivers.
  • Contribute to people initiatives; mentor, coach, recruit, retain, and train staff.
  • Ensure quality of delivery:
    Mentor junior team members, providing guidance on project execution and ensuring high quality of delivery.
  • Stay updated about the latest developments in technology and constantly update the due diligence process accordingly.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaborate with partners, case teams, and client teams on day‑to‑day project activities with a high degree of ownership.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with regional case teams and clients throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Mentor junior team members, providing guidance on project execution and ensuring high quality of delivery.
  • Present findings to stakeholders and facilitate brainstorming on evolving deal hypotheses.
• Quality and Innovation
  • Stay updated on the latest developments in IT infrastructure, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure), and migration best practices, continuously improving the diligence process.