Manager, Value Creation Services, M&A

Your role will be to use your operational value creation and M&A expertise deliver services ranging across carve-out assessments, performance improvement evaluations, operational due diligence, 100-day planning and synergy development and review assignments. You will be responsible for:

• Providing businesses with both buy- and sell-side transaction operational due diligence;
• Assisting businesses in understanding the true operational capability of potential acquisition targets as well as existing owned businesses, feeding into their overall investment theses;
• Working with these businesses in the assessment and review of potential synergies, the impact and complexities of carve-outs on vendor and target organisations and the stand-alone performance improvement potential of buyouts and corporate divestments;
• Outside the context of M&A transactions, assisting clients in assessing the value creation potential within their business, working hands-on with management teams to get buy-in across the business and implement agreed initiatives within an accelerated timeframe to maximise value, and developing action plans to deliver against performance improvement initiatives;
• Working with colleagues within M&A and the broader Deloitte network, to provide our clients with end-to-end deal services with a coherent overview of the business operations, performance gaps and the potential for rapid improvement;
• Managing the development and completion of the engagement scope and completion of client deliverables;
• Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution;
• Supporting the development of key documents for a transaction e.g. red flag reports, due diligence reports and financial / operational databooks;
• Engaging with colleagues and client senior management to support the completion of the engagement scope.
  
  Corporate operational or consulting experience with a significant role in performing operational due diligence, realising performance improvement or delivering an operational turnaround at an accelerated pace;
• Proven experience in the implementation of either cost reduction, cash and working capital or liquidity management initiatives;
• A good understanding of business operations and the financial impact of operational activities;
• Very strong analytical skills and experience in Excel and/or other BI tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI etc).
Desirables:
• Experience of working in the M&A / deal environment, specifically due diligence or operational performance improvement;
• Experience of operating with private equity portfolio companies and senior level stakeholders;
• Strong commercial acumen and project management capability;
• Exceptional academic background;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Flexibility for international travel.
  
  This is your opportunity to join Deloitte's market-leading Value Creation Services team and work on the largest, most complex and high-profile deals and performance improvement engagements in the UK and globally.
You will be working on high profile acquisitions, disposals, carve outs and performance improvement assessments for prominent corporate businesses and private equity houses across a range of geographies and have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects within a highly commercial environment. You will use your experience of operational performance improvement and M&A operational due diligence and develop an impressive range of operational consulting skills that will multiply your career options. Benefiting from significant client exposure and learning from some of the top practitioners in the field, you will be involved throughout the M&A deal lifecycle. Deloitte's Value Creation Services team supports corporates and private equity backed businesses with a focus on improving the value of the underlying business. Our work takes a pragmatic approach to assess and deliver operational improvements to cash and EBITDA, and on operational considerations throughout the M&A transaction lifecycle, including pre-deal operational due diligence, performance improvement evaluations, synergy and carve-out assessments, divestments, pre-deal full potential assessments and post-deal 100-day plans. The team comprises highly experienced practitioners with a background in operations management, transformation implementation and the operational elements of acquisitions and divestments and is a core part of Deloitte's market-leading Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory group. Collectively we are a group of over 600 professionals who provide M&A and value creation related expertise to corporate organisations, private equity houses and financial institutions. We are widely recognised as the most experienced, dedicated team in EMEA, supporting transactions across all industry sectors. We have worked on over 1,000 of the largest and most complex M&A transactions, divestments, joint venture creations and restructurings. Our extensive experience, first hand insights and tried and tested methodologies give us a distinct advantage to serve a very diverse range of client needs. Our team of highly skilled business professionals with cross-border experience and diverse backgrounds is looking for candidates motivated to work on the headline-grabbing transactions of tomorrow. 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., Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more. What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most., "One of the things I love about Deloitte is that everyone is genuinely supportive of each person's individual requirements and career aspirations. I am proud when I look at our organigram and see several female partners and directors", Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for. 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 worldclass 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.