Deal Architect Assistant Director

Location: Anywhere in Country   At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.    We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.  Join EY and help to build a better working world.

At EY, you will have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.    Our Markets and Business Development function brings together business, sector, and account knowledge along with EY competencies and solutions to meet unique client needs. The Markets and Business Development organization shapes and drives an integrated growth strategy across EY’s largest accounts, industry sectors, solutions and services, while demonstrating and achieving market leadership through a client centric culture.    The Opportunity   As a Deal Architect within the Strategic Pricing & Insights Group and broader Pursuits & Commercial Excellence function, you will lead the financial, commercial, and competitive strategy for EY's most strategic, complex, and transformative opportunities.    You will help shape, negotiate, and close new business opportunities by drawing together competitive intelligence, client business and solution requirements, internal EY cost to serve estimates, commercial model structures, pricing methodologies and negotiation strategies. You will guide teams in developing a competitive and compelling business case for our clients and EY through the design and execution of the competitive pricing strategy while establishing the EY cost to serve, seeking opportunities to maximize margins, mitigate risks, and articulate the differentiated value of EY’s offer.    Your key responsibilities   As a Deal Architect, you will support pursuit teams across five core areas:

Position: Help develop, test, and refine the offer design, pricing approach, and commercial strategy to improve competitiveness and increase win probability.

Price: Assess EY’s proposed price points against market benchmarks, client value drivers, and likely competitor positioning.

Solution: Use competitive intelligence and market insights to challenge the solution design, strengthen differentiation, and improve value for both the client and EY.

Commercial Structures: Help design commercial structures aligned to the client’s value drivers while supporting an appropriate return for EY’s risk profile.

Governance: Drive opportunities through the firm's governance framework by translating complex commercial, financial, and risk considerations into a compelling decision-making narrative for executive stakeholders.

You will also contribute to client-facing financial and commercial materials and support negotiation preparation.    Skills and attributes for success   Thriving in a matrixed organization is essential, balancing the needs of the client against business initiatives and goals. Possessing natural coaching skills, you will inspire others with your insights and ability to create and drive differentiated value propositions in the market. You will be a trusted advisor to the Deal Lead and the broader pursuit team, acting in a consultative manner to deliver exceptional service and quality. You will be the catalyst that pulls stakeholders together to drive strategic initiatives and increase win odds while positioning profitable growth.    To qualify for the role, you must have

6+ years of experience in professional services, preferably in pricing and commercials, strategy consulting, solution architecture or commercial and contract management

Expert proficiency in financial modelling, accounting, budgeting, and associated metrics

Proven track record