Steve Payne

Senior Advisor to Private Equity : Board Member : Vice Chair Emeritus EY : Former Deputy Managing Principal, Americas : Former Americas, US Executive Committee Member and Global Partner Group

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I have recently retired from EY where I served my clients around Strategy & Operations with a core skill around the liberation of cash from working capital. At EY I held several executive roles culminating at the Chief Transformation Officer for the Americas Area to transition the legacy operating model to one that was focused on Sector and Solutions to allow the organization to better serve clients and our people to help them achieve their boldest ambitions. I have held several leadership positions within the EY organization, including Americas Deputy Managing Principal, and previously as Americas Vice Chair – Consulting, as well as Global Leader for the EY-Parthenon strategy and operations consultancy, and Americas Deputy Leader for Strategy & Transactions. I have advised top-tier institutions on operations management and working capital improvement for more than 30 years, drawing on extensive international experience in Europe and emerging markets in the Americas and Asia-Pacific. I am a passionate supporter of the schools in my current hometown in South Carolina, and work with charitable organizations to provide learning resources and educational programming for students.

Experience

  • Independent Strategic Advisor at Self.
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • EY (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • EY Americas Vice Chair - Transformation
      Jul 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • EY Americas Deputy Managing Principal
      Nov 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • EY Americas Vice Chair - Consulting
      Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • EY-Parthenon Global Leader at EY-Parthenon
    Jul 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • EY (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Global Strategy and Operations Leader
      2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Americas Deputy Vice Chair, TAS
      2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs

    • Managing Partner, Americas Capital Transformation, Transaction Advisory Services
      2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

      I led the Capital Transformation (CT) sub-service line for EY's Americas Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice. This includes, Valuation and Business Modeling, Operational Transaction Services, Working Capital, Restructuring, Investment Banking and Infrastructure Advisory. Our CT team works seamlessly with the two other sub-service lines of TAS, Transaction Diligence and Transaction Tax, as well as the three other service lines at EY, Advisory, Assurance and Tax.

  • President, REL at The Hackett Group
    Nov 2005 - Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    REL, a division on The Hackett Group, which was rebranded from Answerthink. In 2005, Answerthink acquired REL Consultancy Group, a global boutique that focused on working capital improvement.