Assistant Director, Financial Due Diligence, Private Equity, Consumer, London

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.

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

Exceptional academic background or equivalent experience

Previous experience with financial due diligence and transaction services

Experience of corporate and private equity transactions

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

Full travel mobility

Flexibility for international travel

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 focused 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.

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