Assistant Director - M&A Advisory - Birmingham

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Corporate Finance in Birmingham is seeking an Assistant Director to join our M&A advisory team, supporting deal execution and origination. The Midlands team works on high-profile transactions for PE, corporate and entrepreneurial clients.

You will play a key role in growth, supervise project workstreams, coach junior members and help originate opportunities while building a strong regional network.

Qualifications

• 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 outputs to present results clearly and concisely.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

M&A advisory

Client interaction

Financial modelling

Due diligence

Team leadership

Job description

Assistant Director - M&A Advisory - Birmingham

Location: Birmingham

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 22 Sept 2026

Requisition ID: 1746548

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Assistant Director - M&A Advisory – Midlands (Birmingham)

The opportunity

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.

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 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

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
• 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

What we offer you

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