Senior Manager M&A

What You’ll Do

The Senior Manager enhances the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of M&A activity by building and maintaining decision support tools, producing business cases, valuation and financial effects information on potential transactions, and supporting the preparation and delivery of presentations and materials for transaction-related decisions to be taken by the Group CEO, CFO and Board. The role includes negotiating, valuing, due diligence and securing internal approvals, as well as liaising with legal, regulatory, tax, treasury and planning departments.

• M&A project work on all aspects of evaluating transactions including negotiation, valuation, due diligence matters, internal approvals and interaction with Legal, Regulatory, Tax, Treasury and Planning departments within Vodafone. Produce analysis to enable informed decision-making on the merits, risks and implications of an acquisition or disposal by senior management and the Board. Prepare and review Due Diligence datarooms and reports.
• Build and operate tools such as detailed valuation and financial effects models for potential acquisitions and disposals. Responsible for the quantitative aspects of an M&A opportunity, including the business plan of the target business, the valuation, potential synergies or assessing the financial effects on Vodafone Group.
• Maintain up-to-date valuation scenario analysis on specific M&A targets. Build and maintain a knowledge management system and processes to track other transactions in the sector or valuation multiples of other companies.
• Liaise with advisers and counterparties to produce transaction‑related materials.
• Develop material/documentation for projects and meetings including internal presentations and approval documents for the Group Board and M&A steer‑co on proposed transactions. Preparation of Working Group Lists, ‘Insider’ reports, reports to senior management on M&A activity and other analysis on an ad‑hoc basis.

Who You Are

• Practical experience of business and/or financial modelling in Excel.
• Experience in project management.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with ability to effectively challenge more senior colleagues.
• Strong relationship building skills and management skills.
• Strong analytical, numeric mind.
• Ability to deal with diverse cultures and work effectively in a matrix environment.
• Degree qualified (Economics, Finance or Business useful) plus accounting background and/or MBA useful.
• 4+ years of Investment Banking, Private Equity, Accounting or Finance/Strategy/M&A in a corporate background.
• Relevant experience preferably in finance in the telecom industry or investment banking.
• Public M&A, IPOs, debt and equity capital markets experience.
• Experience of evaluating, negotiating and executing M&A.
• Experience of deal integration planning or post‑deal integration execution.
• Chartered accountant qualification or equivalent.

What’s In It For You

• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630 per month.
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year.
• Charity days: 5 days/year.
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks – the first 13 weeks fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay.
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share‑save scheme.
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle‑to‑work, season ticket loan.

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