Manager - Conusmer & Retail

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What does this role entail?

TheConsumer, Retailand Leisure team within M&A Operations is fast-growing andmarket leading team, working on a wide range of client engagements.The M&A deals we work on range in size from £50m to over £5bn and our clients include the most well-known brands and business in the world.We often work onthesehigh profiledeals with top tierprivate equity and corporatefirms across the deals cycle, from pre-deal diligence,synergy developmentand separation planning through Day 1 and into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s widerStrategy& and Consumer Marketspractice (commercial and financial due diligence practice) as part of our go to marketmodel.

Wecompriseboth career-consultants andsubject matter expertsfromindustry, andactively seek diversity of experience in our new team members. Our team includes individuals with experience gained in industry in retail(i.e. Grocery Stores, Fashion Retailers),consumer(i.e. Food & Beverages, Consumer Health, Personal Care, Household Products)andleisure (i.e. Travel, Hospitality, Gaming, Health & Fitness, Visitor Attractions).

Core responsibilities as a

• Pre-deal value creation

  advisory looking for value in a deal on behalf of our clients, and exploring whether full value potential has been bothidentifiedand accurately quantified
• Providing

  operational due diligence

  on both the buy and sell side of a transaction

• Identifyingor reviewing synergies

  available as the result of a transaction and assessing plans for their realisation

• Supporting divestment of subsidiary businesses

  and planning to ensure the carved-out entity can continue tooperateonDay 1
• Assistingthe purchaser with

  100 dayplanning

  , taking control of the new entity and delivering quick wins
• Supporting our clients on the

  integration of their acquisition

  ,in order todeliver the valueidentifiedpre-deal, reduce risk and successfully merge the two organisations
• Across the engagements above, your role will be primarily

  to lead a workstream

  (or a project if it is a short engagement), produce analysis tosubstantiateyour findings and communicate them to key stakeholders verbally and via written report format. You may need to manage Associates or Senior Associates to support you.
• Comply withany

  risk and quality processes

  across the engagement

Must-have skills

Experience

• Excellent stakeholder management

  skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders

• Excellent quantitative and written skills

  , able to build analyses or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information
• A

  healthy curiosity

  , coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems

• Able to work fromfirst-principles

  and stay focused on the ‘why’ when performing analyses or reviewing documentation

• Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity

  to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns

• Adaptable

  , and up for the challenge of mastering new industries and developing experience in a wide variety of product types

• Capability or willingness to develop skill in data analytics

  e.g. Alteryx,PowerBI, Tableau

• Operational management leadership experiencewith a proventrack recordof managing multi-site operations in theconsumergoods

  (e.g. FMCG),

  retail sector

  (e.g. grocery stores, fashion retailers etc) or

  leisure sector

  (e.g.hotels,restaurant chains, cinemas etc)

Or

• Experienceleading workstreams within aprofessional servicesenvironment

  (either in a Deals or Consulting background),

  focused onRetail, Consumer or Leisure industries

Eligibility Criteria

• MBA in Strategy/ Marketing/ Finance from a premium B-School
• Past Experience: 6+ years of prior relevant work experience
• Experience in M&A or management consulting domain