Acquisitions Director

PIE Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PIE Recruitment seeks an experienced M&A professional to originate opportunities and lead deals from the first conversation with founders through to completion. You will manage transactions cradle to grave with autonomy and substantial upside for sensible valuations.

The role targets profitable niche market leaders with long-term ownership potential and a culture that values results over bureaucracy. The successful candidate will build relationships with entrepreneurs, work directly with senior

Qualifications

• A proven record of completing M&A transactions from start to finish.
• Genuine origination experience and evidence of developing opportunities directly with business owners.
• Strong commercial, financial and valuation judgement, ideally developed in corporate finance, Big Four, investment banking or a similar environment before moving client-side.
• Resilience, independence and the confidence to operate without a large deal team or close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Originate acquisition opportunities directly with founders and shareholders, rather than relying on brokers to build the pipeline.
• Run transactions cradle to grave, including assessment, valuation, negotiation, internal approval, due diligence and completion.
• Build trusted relationships with entrepreneurs and make a credible case for permanent, long-term ownership.
• Work directly with senior stakeholders while retaining personal accountability for getting deals done.

Skills

M&A experience

Origination experience

Financial judgement

Deal negotiation

Independent worker

Education

Corporate finance background

Investment banking experience

Job description

Competitive six-figure base + substantial deal-related bonus | UK

A rare opportunity to own acquisitions properly. You’ll originate your own opportunities and run deals from the first conversation with a founder through to completion, with real autonomy and significant upside for doing good deals at sensible valuations.

The target is profitable, niche, market-leading businesses typically generating £2m to £15m EBIT. This is long-term ownership, not a three-to-five-year PE cycle. Acquired businesses retain their identity and operating independence, giving you a genuinely different proposition to take to founders.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Originate acquisition opportunities directly with founders and shareholders, rather than relying on brokers to build the pipeline.
• Run transactions cradle to grave, including assessment, valuation, negotiation, internal approval, due diligence and completion.
• Build trusted relationships with entrepreneurs and make a credible case for permanent, long-term ownership.
• Work directly with senior stakeholders while retaining personal accountability for getting deals done.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• A proven record of completing M&A transactions from start to finish.
• Genuine origination experience and evidence of developing opportunities directly with business owners.
• Strong commercial, financial and valuation judgement, ideally developed in corporate finance, Big Four, investment banking or a similar environment before moving client-side.
• Resilience, independence and the confidence to operate without a large deal team or close supervision.

Who They Are

A highly successful international investment group that acquires profitable niche market leaders and holds them for the long term. The culture is informal, direct and low on bureaucracy. Results matter more than presentation theatre.