Transactions - Financial Due Diligence - Senior Manager

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth. Working on iconic deals with national and global clients, we put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate.
About the team

In Transactions, we support a broad range of clients including private equity firms, investment funds and corporate clients through mergers, acquisitions and disposals. Advising throughout the lifecycle of the deal, we work on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, where our people develop specialist sector understanding and build key skills in financial due diligence. We have an excellent reputation of bringing deep industry expertise and actionable insights through analysis and deals experience.

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join as a Senior Manager, where you will analyse financial and non-financial information in the context of our clients' Value Creation investment hypotheses. You will prepare financial due diligence reports and communicate due diligence findings using our cloud based platform, for our corporate and private equity clients to assist them with deal related decision making.

You will also be responsible for leading, coaching and developing teams, interacting with senior management and business owners to understand areas such as historical and projected business performance among wider commercial issues.

Skills and experience

• ACA qualified or equivalent
• Industry experience in any of the following: Energy, Utilities, Mining and Infrastructure; Financial Services; Healthcare and Pharma; Industrial Manufacturing and Services; Retail, Consumer and Leisure; Real Estate; or Technology, Media and Telecommunications
• Ability to identify key drivers of a business and potential deal breakers (financial and non-financial)
• Understanding of the processes in due diligence work, including dealing with risk management processes and procedures
• Excellent business writing and Excel skills (e.g. report writing)
• Experience with Alteryx, PowerBI and other data analytics and visualisation tools
• Excellent analytical skills and commercial awareness
• Interpersonal skills (nurturing talented teams, mentoring and developing staff, confident interacting with clients and management)