Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions-Consultant/Specialist

Position: Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions – Consultant/ Specialist Level

Location: London

Responsibilities

• Enjoy a fantastic opportunity to gain transaction experience in one of the world’s most acquisitive firms in our sector by transaction volume. You will get a full view of inorganic strategy and activities across the transaction lifestyle from origination to integration typical of a corporate development role, but with a global transaction volume of 20-45 per annum only usually typical in an external advisory role experienced for more limited point phases of the transaction lifecycle. Unique in the sector.
• Support the origination, evaluation, execution and negotiation of Accenture strategic acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, and divestitures, across Europe; main weighting of activity for this role is the deal execution phase
• Analyse market landscape to find appropriate targets according to inorganic strategy objectives and specified target criteria
• Evaluate acquisition opportunities and target companies, including develop target evaluation criteria, collaborating with sponsoring business strategy teams
• Business and financial analysis of potential merger and acquisition targets to judge viability and “fit”
• Develop financial modelswhich demonstrate impact of M&A on Accenture economics
• Prepare target company valuations
• Perform appropriate due diligence exercises (including interaction with specialist teams), and coordinate across multi-disciplined workstreams
• Support negotiation of key transaction documents
• Prepare reports for senior Accenture executive team and Board review and approval
• Communicate professionally, confidently and competently with target management/owners and their advisors
• Work with operational and integration teams post acquisition to drive success
• Train other Corporate Development team members and share knowledge and techniques

In our team you will learn

• Corporate Development and Corporate Finance techniques and experience from a highly active M&A programme and an experienced team
• Relationships and credibility with a broad range of stakeholders across the external M&A advisory and investment community, and with internal Accenture business sponsors, content experts, deal and operational roles
• Professional communication and relationship-building
• By access to a structured knowledge and experience base building on many closed transactions globally in recent years, and from international experts and external advisors
• Due diligence, both financial and operational
• Advanced programme management
• Deal execution, including operational problem-solving, judgement, legal agreements and negotiation skills

Qualifications

• Up to 5 years of experience gained in Big Four (or comparable) Corporate Finance or Transaction Services, or in other Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory or in a Corporate Development department, preferably with demonstrable experience in M&A transactions and corporate finance techniques
• University degree in finance, and/or ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA qualified
• Strong programme management and commercial skills
• Excellent analytical (including advanced Excel modelling skills), writing, and verbal skills
• Experience using AI tools
• Professional maturity and personal integrity
• Robust communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
• Strong work ethic and ambition
• Proficiency in English. Other European languages will be an advantage

Application Deadline

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