Vice President in London

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end‑to‑end value creation. If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Our Transaction Execution Services group brings a methodical and action‑oriented approach to identifying and creating value for our clients. We provide private equity buyers and sellers with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for diligence, merger planning and post‑merger integration, carve‑outs (stand‑alone and integrated), sale preparation and IPO preparation (both traditional and SPAC). The team combines IMO/SMO and project management expertise with deep Finance & Accounting and Private Equity knowledge across the full spectrum of the deal life‑cycle from pre‑deal diligence, operational interdependencies and synergy reviews to ‘Day 1’ readiness planning and post‑close implementation all the way through sell‑side readiness (sale preparation) and IPO/SPAC readiness.

This role can be based in our London office. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location, with the flexibility to work remotely 1–2 days a week, blending the best of both worlds for efficiency and collaboration.

What You’ll Do

As a VP in a lean, cross‑functional team, you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues to assist clients in a variety of transaction‑related projects focused on helping to prepare companies for a sale and support them throughout the deal process (working alongside CFOs and other executives). You will:

• Work with company management, private equity deal and operating teams, investment bankers, and other third parties to support the development of an equity story and other go‑to‑market materials.
• Utilize both Excel and business intelligence tools (PowerBI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau, etc.) to develop a variety of granular financial, operational, and business segment analysis (profitability, trending, etc.).
• Analyse, quantify, and validate deal‑related assumptions including synergies, add‑backs, and pro‑forma financials.
• Manage and / or support the development and population of an investor‑ready data room.
• Work with CFOs and their teams, respond to due diligence and other deal related questions from either financial (private equity) or strategic (corporate) buyers.
• Regularly and extensively travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdiction.

You will also be assisting private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a variety of corporate development activities, such as:

• Project manage the end‑to‑end process for add‑on acquisitions.
• Perform a variety of due diligence activities.
• Develop financial analysis including deal, merger, and synergy models.
• Prepare deal memorandum and other documents for key stakeholders.
• Execute merger integration planning and post‑merger execution services.

Engagement Examples

Sell‑Side Readiness: A PE‑owned SaaS company required sale preparation and related transaction support. Accordion has been engaged to take a leadership role alongside the CFO in the sell‑side process by preparing key analytical deliverables. These deliverables include historical financial reporting, financial and operational KPIs, a 5‑year financial projection model, and other key analytical materials.

The Accordion team will:

• Serve as an extension of the CFO’s office to support a sale by coordinating and responding to requests from investment banks, the executive team and Sponsor during the preparation process, and to potential buyers during the sales process.
• Leverage business intelligence tools to collect and consolidate all data (transactional, operational, and financial) from a variety of production and financial systems.
• Create a detailed, bottoms‑up 5‑year financial projection model (down to the segment, geography, product type level) that is used to highlight key business performance value drivers and support the desired valuation.
• Analyse the historical performance of the business and prepare financial and operational schedules, including: historical trending Income Statement and Balance Sheet; detailed analysis on revenue (price, volume), operating expenses, and margin by segment/geography; key financial and operating KPIs (ARR, MRR, churn, retention, CLTV, customer acquisition cost, etc.) by business line, geography, and product type; full customer analysis for each business line.
• Manage the population of the data room, including all supporting documentation and analyses from different departments throughout the firm.

Corporate Development Support: A private equity firm has been making a series of add‑on acquisitions across their portfolio. The deal teams are stretched and look to Accordion for outsourced corporate development leadership to manage portfolio company add‑on acquisition deal processes and support financial analysis and associated presentations.

You Have

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or economics; Master’s degree (MBA, Master’s in Finance, etc.) is preferred. Minimum 6‑8 years of experience at a top‑tier private equity firm, investment.