Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions-Consultant/Specialist
Position: Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions -Consultant/ Specialist Level
Location: London
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As a Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisition at Consultant / Specialist level you will:
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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.
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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
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Analyse market landscape to find appropriate targets according to inorganic strategy objectives and specified target criteria
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Evaluate acquisition opportunities and target companies, including develop target evaluation criteria, collaborating with sponsoring business strategy teams
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Business and financial analysis of potential merger and acquisition targets to judge viability and “fit”
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Develop financial models which demonstrate impact of M&A on Accenture economics
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Prepare target company valuations
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Perform appropriate due diligence exercises (including interaction with specialist teams), and coordinate across multi-disciplined workstreams
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Support negotiation of key transaction documents
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Prepare reports for senior Accenture executive team and Board review and approval
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Communicate professionally, confidently and competently with target management/owners and their advisors
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Work with operational and integration teams post acquisition to drive success
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Train other Corporate Development team members and share knowledge and techniques
In our team you will learn:
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Corporate Development and Corporate Finance techniques and experience from a highly active M&A programme and an experienced team
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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
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Professional communication and relationship-building
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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
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Due diligence, both financial and operational
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Advanced programme management
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Deal execution, including operational problem-solving, judgement, legal agreements and negotiation skills
Job Qualifications - we are looking for the following experience:
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: ongoing
Accenture reserves the right to close the role once a suitable candidate is found.
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