Global Head of Transaction Advisory

In today's fast-paced and complex business environment, success in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions hinges on insightful decision-making. As Global Head of Transaction Advisory at Tantrum, you will be at the forefront of guiding clients through critical strategic decisions. This leadership role offers you the opportunity to work on high-impact, cross-border transactions while growing and leading a team of talented professionals.

The Opportunity

Our Transaction Advisory team partners with clients ranging from start-ups to large corporations, providing advice on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring initiatives. We offer end-to-end support throughout the transaction lifecycle, helping businesses achieve their financial and strategic goals. As Head of Transaction Advisory, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across sectors and geographies, playing a key role in delivering tailored solutions to complex business challenges. Our focus goes beyond just executing deals; we aim to deliver maximum value to clients by assessing operational, financial, and market factors. Whether you're advising on mergers or analyzing potential investments, you’ll bring expertise and insights that shape the future of our clients’ businesses. This role provides ample room for professional growth, allowing you to lead transformative projects and build a high-performing advisory team.

The Role

As Global Head of Transaction Advisory, you will have full responsibility for the leadership, performance, and strategic direction of the Global Transaction Advisory Division (GTAD). You will oversee all transaction advisory activity globally, ensuring consistent quality, commercial performance, and strategic alignment across regions and service lines.

• Global Leadership & Governance: Provide strategic leadership and oversight of GTAD globally, ensuring regional and functional leaders operate within a clear, consistent governance framework.
• Executive & Client Engagement: Act as a senior trusted advisor to global clients, investors, and internal stakeholders on complex and strategic transaction matters, particularly for high-value or high-risk engagements.
• People & Leadership Management: Lead, mentor, and develop GTAD senior leadership, fostering accountability, collaboration, and a high-performance culture across regions and functions.
• Business Growth & Commercial Performance: Own the global GTAD growth agenda, including revenue performance, margin management, pipeline development, and expansion into new markets and service lines.
• Strategic Oversight: Ensure that transaction advisory services align with broader firm strategy, supporting long-term value creation rather than purely transactional outcomes.
• Risk & Quality Management: Maintain oversight of transaction risk, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance across all regions, ensuring robust controls and escalation mechanisms are in place.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other global leaders across finance, legal, strategy, and operations to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end transaction solutions.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Proven ability to lead and scale a global advisory platform, managing senior leaders across multiple regions and disciplines.
• Deep expertise in transaction advisory, with strong judgement on complex, cross-border, and high-stakes transactions.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, profitability, risk, and quality at an enterprise level.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with credibility at board, investor, and C-suite level.
• Strategic mindset, able to translate market trends and firm objectives into actionable global advisory strategies.
• Strong governance and decision-making capability, particularly in high-risk or time-critical situations.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, capable of aligning diverse regional teams behind a common vision.

To Qualify for the Role You Must Have:

• Minimum 25 years’ experience in transaction advisory, corporate finance, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrable experience leading large, complex, and multi-jurisdictional advisory teams at senior or executive level.
• Strong track record of managing senior leaders and building scalable global operating models.
• Deep financial and commercial expertise, including oversight of deal structuring, valuation, and transaction risk.
• Proven experience operating in high-pressure environments with significant financial, reputational, and regulatory exposure.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

• Strong business development experience, including shaping and executing global growth strategies.
• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. CFA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent).
• Extensive experience in cross-border transactions, with a strong understanding of regional market dynamics and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working within a global, matrixed organisation with multiple service lines and geographies.

What We Look For

We seek motivated, results-driven leaders with a passion for transaction advisory. You will need to demonstrate strong strategic thinking, client management capabilities, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, evolving business environment. We are looking for professionals who can lead global teams, manage complex projects, and deliver exceptional value to our clients.

What We Offer

We offer a highly competitive executive compensation package. At Tantrum, you will be entrusted with genuine authority and provided with the platform, resources, and autonomy to shape a global advisory business. You’ll benefit from:

• Enterprise leadership mandate: A senior leadership role with real influence over the firm’s strategic direction, operating model, and long-term value creation agenda.
• Investment in capability and thought leadership: Access to ongoing development, global market insights, and the opportunity to shape industry-leading thinking in transaction advisory.
• Autonomy with accountability: The freedom to build, evolve, and lead the Global Transaction Advisory Division, supported by clear governance, strong partnerships, and institutional backing.
• Global platform and reach: The opportunity to operate on a truly global stage, working with senior leaders, investors, and clients across multiple regions and markets.
• Collaborative partnership culture: A high-calibre, inclusive environment built on mutual respect, shared standards, and collective success, where leadership is both visible and supported.
• Sustainable leadership model: A pragmatic and flexible approach to how senior leaders operate, recognising the importance of balance, resilience, and long-term performance at executive level.

If you meet these requirements and are looking for your next global leadership role, we would love to hear from you.