Director, M&A, Financial Due Diligence - Private Equity

DELOITTE LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent advisory firm in London is seeking a Director of M&A specializing in Financial Due Diligence. The successful candidate will lead engagements, develop client relationships, and manage diverse teams. Essential skills include strong analytical abilities, stakeholder management, and advanced Excel skills. Experience in corporate and private equity transactions is a must. This role also offers the opportunity for international travel and participation in a client-focused environment delivering high-quality service.

Qualifications

• Lead client interactions and manage overall progress of engagements.
• Coaching and training junior team members.
• Strong emphasis on developing team members' performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engagements across all workstreams.
• Build relationships with senior external stakeholders.
• Interpret financial information and analyse historical data.
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive culture.

Skills

Winning and delivering corporate transactions

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Advanced Excel skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Exceptional academic background or equivalent experience

Tools

Power Pivot

Job description

Director, M&A, Financial Due Diligence - Private Equity

Location: London

Business Line: Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Job Type: Permanent / FTC

Date published: 15-Dec-2025

Working on high profile assignments with some of the best in the field, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, predominantly for private equity and private equity backed businesses, within a highly commercial, client focused environment.

Our core services comprise financial vendor and acquisition due diligence. We work on both UK and international assignments involving cross-border as well as cross-service line teams requiring our people to build wide networks across both the UK and International firm.

Typically, we work within a wider deal team which accesses the firm's vast range of specialist expertise including commercial and operational due diligence, sale and purchase agreement negotiation, treasury, pensions, modelling, merger integration, IT and business intelligence.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead on multiple engagements, leading client interactions and managing overall progress of engagements across all workstreams
• Build and maintain commercial relationships with senior external stakeholders at existing and target clients
• Coach and train junior members of the team, as well as lead the financial due diligence workstream
• Manage all stakeholders such as clients, other Deloitte service leads and, to the extent relevant, overseas teams
• Quickly develop an understanding of the target business and its drivers
• Interpret and analyse information memoranda, business plans and publicly available information on the target business
• Review and analyse historical financial information, including historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets
• Review and analyse projections and the underlying assumptions
• Review the sale and purchase agreement and correlate findings of the due diligence process therein
• Manage project deadlines and economics
• Have a strong emphasis on coaching and developing team members, being responsible for performance management of team members
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
• Report and present key issues to our clients, including identification of risk or price affecting considerations arising from our work
• Lead and develop service offerings and evolving propositions to drive practice growth

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience of winning and delivering corporate and private equity transactions
• Extensive experience of operating with and presenting to senior level stakeholders both internally and externally
• Exceptional academic background or equivalent experience
• Proven ability in leading business development, from opportunity identification to conversion into sales, including developing and maintaining strong client relationships
• Extensive experience writing and reviewing concise, high-quality reports, with appropriate focus on attention to detail and effectively communicating complex financial information
• Strong understanding of risk management principles and processes to ensure appropriate implementation
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to identify, analyse, and resolve complex issues efficiently and effectively
• Advanced Excel skills, including working with Power Pivot, to efficiently analyse and interpret large data sets to provide insightful conclusions
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Flexibility for international travel

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Fluency in a foreign language would be an advantage
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness
• Understanding and practical application of AI tools within a financial due diligence context.
• Strong client focus – be focused on high quality service