Assistant Director, Financial Due Diligence - Consumer, M&A in London

This is your opportunity to join Deloitte's growing Mergers and Acquisitions 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 corporate and private equity 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.

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.

• Quickly develop an understanding of the target business and its drivers
• Interpretation and analysis of information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business
• Review and analysis of historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets
• Review and analysis of projections, and underlying assumptions
• Review of the adequacy of working capital facilities, including consideration of financing limits, term and covenants
• Evaluation of potential synergies
• Reporting of potential key issues for our client including identification of risk or price affecting considerations
• Review of sale and purchase agreement and correlating findings of due diligence process therein
• Review of financial structures and associated credit agreements
• Leading and developing service offerings and evolving propositions to drive practice growth
• Leading training and developing team members in role
• Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

• Demonstrable experience in the Consumer industry
• High level report writing and reviewing skills, with an appropriate focus on attention to details, conciseness and risk management
• Previous experience with financial due diligence and transaction services or equivalent
• Good problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience of operating with senior level stakeholders
• 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
• Full travel mobility
• Flexibility for international travel
• Experience of corporate and private equity transactions or equivalent
• Fluency in a major European foreign language would be an advantage
• Strong excel skills - quick and accurate manipulation of data
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness
• Strong client focus - be focussed on high quality service

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.

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.

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.