Manager - Deal Strategy & Commercial Due Diligence - Media (Strategy Consulting) in London

Our client, a leading strategy consultancy is seeking a Manager to join and play a leading role, focusing on deal strategy within the media industry as a part of the wider TMT sector, with scope to work on the wider range of services including growth strategy, cost and operational strategy (including economic profitability analysis) and enterprise-wide transformation. You will be the second hire of a newly established team that has plans to grow to fifteen staff in the next 2-3 years, and you will play an instrumental part in helping to shape the growth of this team. The hiring partner has a family and stressed to agencies that a good work life balance would be accommodated, despite this being a deals environment. He really does want to hire good people who want to be part of a journey and help create the story of this team.

Responsibilities

• Act as a credible client liaison on firm engagements, often taking a “specialist” role with a view to develop long term client relationships; act as an 'ambassador' for the firm.
• Design and run small‑to‑mid‑sized projects and/or larger more complex workstreams – extensive experience of deal‑related projects will be critical, eg Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation etc.
• Produce client‑ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review.
• Take initiative to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex problems and deliver these within the context of the team and client requirements.
• Design and execute detailed financial / business models performing complex scenario and sensitivity analysis; also guide junior team members to reach right‑first‑time output.
• Act as a coach and mentor to junior team members – on and outside of projects – ensuring that they learn on the job and progress in their careers.
• Provide timely feedback and coaching to other team members.
• Take pro‑active role in thought leadership and knowledge management activities.
• Support the practice by proactively getting involved in internal practice matters and business development initiatives, and taking responsibilities for these moving forward.

Your experience

• More than 4 years’ experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / corporate development team in industry.
• Media experience would be preferable, however the partner is happy to meet with candidates with any sector coverage.
• Experience of leading workstreams and/or smaller projects: designing work plans, team structures and managing these to excellent client output and, where relevant, strong financial returns.
• This should include experience of recent M&A transactions, eg CDD, VDD, M&A Strategy or Value Creation projects.
• Evidence involvement developing proposals, scopes and pricing for small and mid‑sized consulting assignments.
• Experience of holding supporting roles in business development activity, helping the team deliver client ready pitches and generating differentiated insights.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with team members and broader stakeholders.
• Track record of building relationships with team members, wider colleagues and clients.
• Examples of internal responsibilities on topics like team management, technical tool insight, liaison with service suppliers etc.

Successful applicants will be contacted within 24 hours to discuss further.