Join EY as an Assistant Director - M&A Advisory in Edinburgh or Glasgow, Scotland. In this full-time role, you will lead high-profile corporate finance transactions, manage client relationships, and drive business origination within a high-performing team.
Requirements
Significant experience working in M&A advisory, including playing a lead role in executing transactions
Strong financial acumen with experience in structuring, financial modelling (LBO, DCF), and valuation analysis
Excellent client management, commercial judgment, and communication skills
Ability to manage and coach junior team members
No specific degree or minimum years of experience are explicitly stated in the posting
Skills & Responsibilities
Financial Modelling: Structuring and modelling the financial implications of transactions using LBO and DCF techniques to assess value.
Transaction Execution: Managing corporate finance projects from start to finish, overseeing work streams, and leading deal negotiations.
Client Relationship Management: Acting as the primary point of contact for clients, building a professional network, and originating new business opportunities.
Valuation and Research: Researching key value drivers, analyzing trading and transaction multiples, and preparing pitch documents and information memoranda.
Team Leadership: Overseeing project teams, reviewing junior work, and coaching team members to support their development.
Potential transition routes: People from corporate finance, investment banking, or private equity roles may bring strong financial analysis and deal execution skills, alongside meeting the required M&A advisory experience.
Job description
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Assistant Director - M&A Advisory – Scotland (Edinburgh or Glasgow)
The opportunity
EY Corporate Finance is seeking an Assistant Director to join either of the Glasgow/Edinburgh offices of our M&A practice, to support deal execution and deal origination. The team has a strong local reputation and regularly closes high profile transactions. It advises private equity, corporate and entrepreneurial clients on strategic reviews, acquisitions, disposals, mergers, leveraged transactions and finance raisings and currently has a healthy book of live deals and near-term opportunities. This role provides an exceptional candidate with the opportunity to work with a high-performing team as part of the national and international Corporate Finance business.
Your key responsibilities
Corporate Finance AD’s play a key role in the team and advise on a wide variety of corporate transactions, interacting with clients and other professionals such as bankers and lawyers, taking a lead role in overseeing / managing the transactions on a day-to-day basis, being closely involved in deal negotiation. Main responsibilities include:
Taking responsibility for projects from start to finish covering all transaction stages from initial proposal right through to completion
Acting as the main point of contact for clients during the transaction process
Overseeing the work of project teams and coordinating various work streams
Leading and managing the delivery of high-quality transaction documentation
Coaching and contributing to the development of junior team members
Originating new opportunities and further developing your own business network
Skills and attributes for success
What we look for
We would expect interested applicants to be able to demonstrate the following attributes:
Significant experience of working in M&A advisory, including playing a lead role in executing transactions
Demonstrate confidence in client situations, gaining client acceptance and demonstrating value through advice and insight
Sound commercial judgement and an ability to generate creative solutions to problems and 'think on your feet'
Demonstrate strong financial acumen and a solid understanding of financial statements
Experience in structuring and modelling the financial implications of transactions
Research and analysis of key value drivers at a market and business level
Researching and profiling potential acquisition targets and prospective buyers and presenting the strategic rationale for potential transactions
Experience of valuation analysis, including trading multiples, transaction multiples, LBO and DCF modelling
Agility to convert analysis into various outputs to present results in a clear and concise manner
Preparation of pitch documentation, client reports and key documentation for fund-raising, acquisitions and disposals including information memoranda and business plans
Ability to manage junior team members
Strong time management skills, including informing the team of progress and highlighting any issues (as appropriate)
Ability to identify potential deal opportunities. Pro-actively building and developing a network of internal and external relationships amongst professional intermediaries, private equity houses, corporate targets and clients
Ideally, you’ll also have
High degree of personal drive and motivation to succeed
Ability to learn quickly and keep abreast of developments
What we offer you
We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 25,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn more about careers at EY-Parthenon.
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