M&A Due Diligence Officer (Lettings) in Harrogate

• We're a boutique consultancy at the heart of M&A within the UK lettings agency sector.

For more than a decade we've run in excess of 900 due diligence programmes for the sector's most acquisitive companies - when a lettings agency business changes hands, we're often the ones working in the background making sure it goes smoothly.

• Due to continued growth we are looking to expand our core team - we are looking for someone who is sharp and curious with an investigative mindset and who has ambitions to become an expert - someone who can pick their way through messy data, spot what matters and confidently share findings.
• You don't need a background in property.

You need to be the kind of person who reads a document carefully, asks the right follow-up questions and knows how to communicate with different stakeholders.

• *This a non-finance role*

What you'll do

• Dig into lettings and estate agency files to check everything stacks up - spotting inconsistencies, gaps and red flags.
• Complete Risk Registers that decision makers and their legal teams will rely on to structure and close deals.
• Running your own projects, you will liaise with the internal Deal Team, external advisors as well as the key players on the sell-side, managing deadlines and flagging issues before they become problems.
• Being an integral part of the live Deal Team, you will be at the centre of deals from pre offer, through diligence and on to post-completion business integration - you'll see how deal obstacles are overcome and how acquisitions actually get made .
• Typical Week
• Digging through an agent's landlord and tenant lettings files , spending time at the office of a Seller and completing a Risk Register which will be used by the buy-side acquisitions team and their lawyers.
• You will work both independently and collaboratively, contributing to regular Deal Team Huddles where we check in with each other to share what we have discovered about the Target and to make sure that we support each other with any tricky bits.

What we're looking for

• Good at keeping secrets – all our work is NDA protected – no loose lips.
• Confident at talking to people at every level, from junior staff to senior stakeholders, with patience and tact.
• Strong written communication – clear, professional and confident – enjoying research and the ability to pull together key findings into a clear and concise paper, matter more to us than your degree subject.
• A 2:1 or above in any discipline,

OR experience that shows you can research, analyse and report under deadline pressure.

• High attention to detail and genuinely good organisation - you'll be juggling multiple live projects.
• At ease with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to travel and stay overnight when required.
• Nice to Have
• Lettings or block experience is a bonus, NOT a requirement - full training will be given.
• What you'll get
• A genuine seat at the table on live M&A deals from day one – you will not be sat on the sidelines.
• Training and development.
• An opportunity to become a genuine expert across a key sector disciplines.
• 28 days paid holiday, plus additional days over the Christmas period, increasing with service loyalty.
• Competitive salary - variable to the individual experience and character.
• Performance related bonus scheme.
• What is it like at Letts Acquire
• We are a small supportive team – we strive continuously for operational excellence; we are truly client focussed and work very hard on their behalf - we are delighted when we see our deals announced in the press and we are extremely proud of the contribution our work is having on the revolution of the UK property sector.
• From £28,500.00 per year - experience dependent
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