Assistant Director, M&A, Financial Due Diligence - Private Equity

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This is your opportunity to join Deloitte's M&A Transactions private equity team.

Working on high profile assignments with some of the best in the field, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, with a mix of both private equity and corporate transactions, within a highly commercial, client focused environment.

Our core services include acquisition and vendor due diligence, bid defence and support and reporting accountant services for capital market transactions. Typically, we work within a wider deal team which accesses the firm's vast range of specialist expertise including commercial and operational due diligence, sale and purchase agreement negotiation, real estate, treasury, pensions, modelling, fund placement, merger integration, IT and business intelligence. We also often work on international assignments involving cross-border as well as cross-service line teams requiring our people to build wide networks across both the UK and International firm.

We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us.

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Our team provides clients with dedicated support for a transaction or potential transaction. Typically, this involves the investigation of the target from a variety of perspectives to ensure significant value items, risks and other matters have been identified and considered by our client and assisting them in making an informed decision regarding the transaction.

As an assistant director, you will be required to:

• Be a key day to day lead on engagements, leading client interactions and managing overall progress of the project
• Quickly build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and be able to co-ordinate a diverse range of workstreams
• Quickly develop an understanding of the target business and its drivers
• Interpret and analyse information memoranda, business plans and publicly available information on the target business
• Review and analyse historical financial information, including historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets
• Review and analyse projections and the underlying assumptions
• Review the adequacy of working capital facilities, including consideration of financing limits, term and covenants
• Report potential key issues for our client, including identification of risk or price affecting considerations
• Lead on the preparation and drafting of due diligence reports
• Review the sale and purchase agreement and correlate findings of due diligence process therein
• Review financial structures and associated credit agreements
• Lead and develop service offerings and evolving propositions to drive practice growth
• Lead training and develop team members in role
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Essential:

• An ACA or equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience
• Exceptional academic background or equivalent experience
• Previous experience with financial due diligence and transaction services or equivalent
• Experience of corporate and private equity transactions or equivalent
• Proven ability to write and review concise, high-quality reports, with appropriate focus on attention to detail and effectively communicating complex financial information. Also demonstrate a strong understanding of risk management principles and their application within report writing.
• Advanced excel skills, including working with Power Pivot, to efficiently analyse and interpret large data sets to provide insightful conclusions
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify, analyse, and resolve complex issues efficiently and effectively Experience of operating with senior level stakeholders both internally and externally
• Experience in leading business development, from opportunity identification to conversion into sales
• Experience in building and managing client relationships
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Great presentation skills
• Full travel mobility
• Flexibility for international travel

Desirable:

• Fluency in a major European foreign language would be an advantage
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness
• Understanding and practical application of AI tools within a financial due diligence context.
• Strong client focus - be focussed on high quality service

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In an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

Mergers and Acquisitions

We challenge dealmakers to expect more and to see beyond the deal to create sustainable value for shareholders, employees and society. We support corporates, private equity and financial investors across the full M&A lifecycle and are committed to identifying and delivering sustainable value at every stage of the deal.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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- Lizzie, Strategy, Risk & Transaction Advisory

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Manchester with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

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Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

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