
Director - Deal Strategy & CDD - Consumer, Retail, Leisure
- London
- £120,000 per year
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Leverage existing client relationships, particularly with the UK/European Private Equity and M&A community, which reinforce the team's credibility and generate project opportunities - extensive experience of M&A related projects will be critical, eg Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation etc
- Have the ability to anticipate, understand and articulate client requirements - in advance of and during projects
- Demonstrate excellent communications skills - in written, slide and other reporting formats as well as verbal communications in informal and more formal situations
- Design and run large, complex projects, delivering to client requirements whilst acting as primary client liaison and be an 'ambassador' for the firm
- With limited input, guide the team to client-ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review
- Identify go-to-market, thought-leadership and marketing opportunities to lead on, and take responsibility for taking these to clients
- Demonstrable experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / Corporate Development team in industry
- Strong understanding of the value drivers across the broadly defined Consumer sector: Consumer Goods, Retail & Travel & Leisure businesses - and clear view on how these sectors are likely to evolve going forward
- Experience of leading mid-sized and large projects: designing work plans, team structures and then managing these to (i) excellent client output and (ii) strong project economics
- This should include an extensive coverage of recent M&A transactions, eg CDD, VDD, M&A Strategy or Value Creation projects in the Consumer sector
- Ability to independently generate sales opportunities and maintain strong client relationships
- Initiating marketing and sales efforts, proposals, scopes and pricing for mid-sized and large consulting assignments
- Acting as the source of new business development initiatives and taking these from idea, through design and execution all the way to clients
- You will also need to have the right to work in the UK as the client is not sponsoring visa's at this stage
- Competitive salary within the Big 4 + excellent bonus and career progression.
- Work in a growth area for this business
- Chance for genuine career progression
- Opportunity to work on high profile M&A deals
- London based with willingness to travel on-site with clients