Assistant Director - M&A Advisory - Birmingham

Ernst & Young; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Corporate Finance in Birmingham is seeking an Assistant Director to join the M&A practice, supporting deal execution and origination. The team regularly closes high profile transactions for private equity, corporate and entrepreneurial clients.

You'll play a key role in growth, with opportunities for progression as the Midlands M&A team connects with national and international Corporate Finance. This role offers exposure to a high-performing team and a culture that values technical excellence

Qualifications

• Significant experience in M&A advisory.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Strong client engagement and transactional documentation.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for projects from start to finish across all transaction stages.
• Act as main client contact during the transaction process.
• Oversee project teams and coordinate workstreams.
• Lead delivery of high-quality transaction documentation.
• Coach and develop junior team members.
• Originating new opportunities and expanding your business network.
• Lead due diligence workstreams and support negotiations.

Skills

Personal drive

Learn quickly

AI tools awareness

Job description

EY Corporate Finance is seeking an Assistant Director to join the Birmingham office 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. In joining our team, you will be expected to play a key role in supporting our growth plans, with strong career progression opportunities, as the Midlands M&A team is an integral part of Strategy and Transactions. 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.

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 workstreams
• 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
• 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
• Experience with leading due diligence workstreams, and supporting on final transaction negotiations, including SPA negotiations, EV to Equity Value bridge and funds flow analysis
• 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#
• Demonstrable knowledge of leveraging AI tools and evidencing efficiencies or innovative approaches to work through use of AI

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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