Transaction Advisory Manager

Location: London

Travel: Yes

Career Level: 7

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital and AI capabilities across all services.

We are looking for a Transaction Advisory Manager with experience leading pre and post deal engagements in a consulting environment.

Inclusion and diversity are woven into the fabric of our business, and our core values of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, Integrity and Respect for the Individual have enabled us to create One Global Network for clients all over the World.

As a team:

• You’ll join Accenture’s Transaction Advisory team, which is a network of M&A and Private Equity professionals across Europe, Asia and North America.
• The Team supports corporate and Private Equity Clients in delivering projects that span across the deal lifecycle.
• Our practitioners provide dedicated support from M&A strategy, target screening and due diligence to transaction management, merger & synergy planning, as well as carve-outs and divestitures.

In this role you will:

• Lead strategy engagements addressing our clients’ business challenges, delivering lasting and distinctive outcomes and value.
• Work within multinational teams on client-facing projects or program workstreams, developing business cases, assessing strategic and investment opportunities, or defining digital solutions.
• Make, build and sustain trusted senior client relationships by remaining highly attuned to client needs and styles. Present key findings to C-suite clients.
• Support and drive business development activities including opportunity identification/qualification and proposal development/presentation.
• Support practice/community building efforts such as recruitment, actively mentoring others and contributing to performance management and training activities; develop offerings, assets, capabilities and relevant thought leadership.

We are looking for:

• A minimum of 4 years’ experience at a top tier or boutique consulting firm, Big 4 or through an ‘in-house’ consulting / business development role.
• Knowledge and experience across multiple areas of the M&A lifecycle.
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrable ability to manage clients and teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Analytical mindset and ability to frame hypothesis and adopt recognized Strategy frameworks and techniques.
• Experience of research, quantitative analysis and leveraging GenAI tools to streamline pre and post deal M&A workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience in delivering reports and presentations to senior corporate and Private Equity clients.
• Experience of building relationships at different levels and functions internally and with clients.

Set yourself apart:

• An appreciation of how technology, digital and AI can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems.
• Comfort with the quantitative skills required to develop financial/operational models and supervise data analysis.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial statements.
• Leadership and the ability to quickly build effective teams, establish trust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication.
• Experience with staff development and ability to mentor junior to mid-level practitioners.
• Personal impact and charisma to lead meetings, presentations and workshops.
• Exposure and/or involvement in sales origination and commercial management, coupled with an entrepreneurial mind-set.
• Experience in developing thought leadership publications to share Accenture’s perspective on key trends in the M&A industry.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes, mental well-being tools and discounts on a range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Moreover, you have access to our Employee Share Purchase Plan that enables you to buy Accenture shares at a 15 percent discount.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law.