Assistant Director, Value Creation Services (Financial Services), M&A

Deloitte LLP; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic professional to join their Value Creation Services team. This role offers the chance to work closely with Private Equity and corporate clients, delivering operational diligence and performance improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in performance improvement, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to navigate senior stakeholders. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while working in a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters personal and professional growth. Embrace the chance to thrive in a culture that values your unique contributions and supports your career development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive team culture

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Strong track record in delivering performance improvement initiatives.
• Experience in navigating senior stakeholders and managing projects.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in assessing value creation potential and developing action plans.
• Work hands-on with management teams to implement initiatives.

Skills

Performance Improvement

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Project Management

Business Development

Education

Degree in Finance or Business

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Are you looking for a move into Value Creation Services (VCS)? We are keen to hear from you! VCS is a hands-on, delivery focused M&A team. We support Private Equity backed Financial Services focused businesses. We assist them to accelerate their performance, delivering improvements to their cash & EBITDA position. Our team is pragmatic in its approach and helps businesses overcome challenges by supporting management (and owners, where appropriate) to drive sustainable operational change. We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

Connect to your opportunity

You will have the opportunity to work closely with our Private Equity and corporate clients in delivering a range of operational diligence and performance improvement initiatives. Successful candidates will benefit from a demonstrable strong track record in delivering performance improvement initiatives, experience in navigating senior stakeholders and strong analytical skills, including Excel/PowerPoint capability.

Your Responsibilities:

• Assisting Financial Services clients in assessing the value creation potential within their business, and developing action plans to deliver against performance improvement initiatives.
• Working hands-on with management teams to get buy-in across the business and implement agreed initiatives within an accelerated timeframe to maximise value.
• Supporting corporate, private equity and financial investors across the full M&A lifecycle.
• Working with FS-focused colleagues from Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory (SRTA), Technology & Transformation, and the broader Deloitte network, to provide our clients with a coherent overview of the business operations, performance gaps and the potential for rapid improvement.
• Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable track record of successfully delivering performance improvement programs or delivering an operational turnaround at an accelerated pace within a consultancy or corporate background.
• FS sector focus, ideally across a range of FS sub-sectors.
• Proven experience in the implementation of either cost reduction, cash and working capital or liquidity management initiatives.
• Credentials in pre-deal operational due diligence and/or pre/post-deal carve out and integration.
• Track record in business development, including generation of new leads and building out existing projects.
• Experience with private equity portfolio companies is desirable.
• Senior stakeholder and project management capability.
• Experience in managing and developing talent.
• Very strong analytical skills and experience in Excel and/or other BI tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, etc.).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Flexibility for international travel.

Our Commitment to You:

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step:

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.