Associate Director – Value Creation

Warner Scott Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job sharing

Direct access to Partners and Leaders

Global network of specialists

Job summary

Warner Scott Recruitment is seeking an Associate Director to lead its Value Creation team, guiding client relationships end-to-end and overseeing delivery across carve-outs, synergies, integrations, and post-deal value creation. The role emphasizes coaching, business development, and budget oversight within a global advisory network.

The successful candidate will have track records in complex, fast-moving engagements, deep sector exposure in specialist lending, insurance, or investment

Qualifications

• Significant experience across at least two: carve-outs/separations, synergy assessments, integrations, operational due diligence, or post-deal value creation.
• Sector depth in specialist lending, insurance, or investment management.
• Experience leading teams through complex, fast-moving work.

Responsibilities

• Owning client relationships end-to-end, from leading meetings and workshops to taking real accountability for delivery.
• Cutting through complex, often ambiguous information to identify what actually matters and shape the right solution.
• Building and running teams, and genuinely enjoying doing it.
• Developing new business through proposals, pitches, and your own network, while raising the profile of the practice internally.
• Coaching more junior colleagues and taking an active role in their development.
• Supporting Directors and Partners in running the team day to day, including project budgets and cost control.

Skills

Client relationships

Team leadership

Mentoring

Budget management

Excel

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Change management

Transformation management

Value creation

Deal execution

Tools

Excel

Job description

A leading global advisory and consulting network, spanning more than 100 countries and tens of thousands of professionals, is looking for an Associate Director to help lead its Value Creation team.

This isn't a diligence-and-done kind of team. It works on what actually happens inside a deal: carve-outs and separations, synergy assessments, integrations, and the value creation work that happens long after signing. Clients come back to this team because it stays close to them through the deal and beyond, acting as a genuine transformation partner rather than a one-off advisor. That's part of why the practice is growing, and why it now needs someone to help lead its next stage.

The role

You’ll work across corporate and private equity clients in financial services - specialist lending, insurance (carriers and brokers), and investment management - on deals ranging from owner-managed business sales to multi-billion-pound mergers. In practice, that means:

• Owning client relationships end-to-end, from leading meetings and workshops to taking real accountability for delivery
• Cutting through complex, often ambiguous information to identify what actually matters and shape the right solution
• Building and running teams, and genuinely enjoying doing it
• Developing new business through proposals, pitches, and your own network, while raising the profile of the practice internally
• Coaching more junior colleagues and taking an active role in their development
• Supporting Directors and Partners in running the team day to day, including project budgets and cost control

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience across at least two of: carve-outs/separations, synergy assessments, integrations, operational due diligence, or post-deal value creation
• Sector depth in at least one of specialist lending, insurance, or investment management (retail banking experience considered alongside one of these)
• A track record of leading teams through complex, fast-moving work
• A background in professional services or a similarly advisory-driven environment, with strong report writing, Excel, and presentation skills
• Sharp analytical thinking and excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience with project, change, or transformation management

Why this one's worth a conversation

• Genuine flexibility, including reduced hours and job shares that are actively supported, not just tolerated on paper
• Direct access to Partners and Directors from day one, not years into the role
• A global network behind you, including specialist colleagues across IT, HR, Finance, and Operations
• A culture that backs up its language on inclusion: this is a team that wants your whole self at work, not a version of it