Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions-Consultant/Specialist in London

• Role Responsibilities
• Support the origination, evaluation, execution and negotiation of Accenture strategic acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, and divestitures across Europe; the main weighting of activity for this role is the deal execution phase.
• Analyse market landscape to identify appropriate targets in line with the inorganic strategy objectives and specified target criteria.
• Evaluate acquisition opportunities and target companies, including developing target evaluation criteria and collaborating with sponsoring business strategy teams.
• Conduct business and financial analysis of potential merger and acquisition targets to assess viability and fit.
• Develop financial models that demonstrate the impact of M&A on Accenture economics.
• Prepare target company valuations.
• Perform due diligence exercises (including interaction with specialist teams) and coordinate across multi‑disciplined workstreams.
• Support negotiation of key transaction documents.
• Prepare reports for senior Accenture executive team and Board review and approval.
• Communicate professionally, confidently and competently with target management/owners and their advisors.
• Work with operational and integration teams post acquisition to drive success.
• Train other Corporate Development team members and share knowledge and techniques.
• Team Learning
• Gain corporate development and corporate finance techniques from a highly active M&A programme.
• Build relationships and credibility with a broad range of stakeholders across the external M&A advisory and investment community and internal Accenture business sponsors, content experts, deal and operational roles.
• Develop professional communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Access a structured knowledge base built on many closed transactions globally and from international experts and external advisors.
• Practice due diligence, both financial and operational.
• Advance in programme management and deal execution, including operational problem‑solving, judgement, legal agreements and negotiation skills.
• Job Qualifications
• Up to 5 years of experience gained in Big Four (or comparable) Corporate Finance or Transaction Services, or in other Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory or in a Corporate Development department, preferably with demonstrable experience in M&A transactions and corporate finance techniques.
• University degree in finance and/or ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA qualification.
• Strong programme management and commercial skills.
• Excellent analytical skills (including advanced Excel modelling), writing and verbal skills.
• Experience using AI tools.
• Professional maturity and personal integrity.
• Robust communication, collaboration and relationship‑building skills.
• Strong work ethic and ambition.
• Proficiency in English. Other European languages will be an advantage.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role once a suitable candidate is found.

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