Director, Value Creation Services, FS

Deloitte (UK); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte UK in London seeks a capable consultant to join our Value Creation Services team, delivering performance improvement and transaction support across Financial Services. You will work with Private Equity and corporate clients through the deal lifecycle, turning insight into sustainable value.

Join a collaborative, delivery-focused practice that combines rigorous analysis with hands-on implementation, helping clients accelerate cash flow, EBITDA and post-deal value creation while

Qualifications

• Experience delivering performance improvement, transformation or turnaround programmes in consulting, industry or an equivalent environment.
• Experience in one or more of the following: operational due diligence, carve-outs, integrations, 100-day planning or post-deal value creation.
• Knowledge of Financial Services, gained in one or more subsectors; broader cross-sector experience is also valued.
• Evidence of developing client relationships, identifying opportunities and extending the impact of existing work.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with C-suite leaders and other senior stakeholders, including in complex or high-pressure situations.
• Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt messages for different audiences.
• An analytical approach and experience using data and management information to diagnose performance and shape practical actions.
• A commitment to inclusive leadership, with experience coaching, supporting and developing others.
• Willingness to travel internationally when the needs of a project require it; likely travel expectations can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will: Help Financial Services clients identify value creation opportunities and translate them into focused, evidence-based delivery plans.
• Work alongside management teams to build alignment across the organisation and implement agreed initiatives at pace.
• Lead high-quality operational due diligence across a range of transaction sizes, business models and deal structures, producing clear insights and practical recommendations.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Financial Diligence, Regulatory, Consulting and the wider Deloitte network to give clients an integrated view of operational performance, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Create an inclusive, supportive team environment by coaching and developing colleagues, sharing expertise and helping the team succeed together.

Skills

Performance improvement

Turnaround

Due diligence

Stakeholder management

Financial services experience

Job description

You will work alongside Private Equity and Corporate clients throughout the deal lifecycle—from operational due diligence and M&A support to performance improvement and turnaround delivery. We are looking for candidates who can combine commercial insight with practical transformation experience, working collaboratively to deliver measurable and sustainable results.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, 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.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

Join our Value Creation Services (VCS) team and help Financial Services businesses turn strategic ambition into measurable results. We are a collaborative, delivery-focused team working across M&A and performance improvement, combining rigorous analysis with hands-on implementation.

We support Financial Services clients at critical points in their growth and investment journeys. During transactions, we deliver buy-side and sell-side operational due diligence, exit readiness and 100-day planning. After completion, we work alongside management teams to accelerate performance, improve cash flow and EBITDA, and embed sustainable operational change. Our approach is practical, collaborative and tailored to each organisation’s priorities.

We recognise that talented people work in different ways. We are open to discussing formal or informal flexible working arrangements that support excellent outcomes for you, our team and our clients. We encourage you to raise your preferences with us during the recruitment process.

In this role, you will:

• Help Financial Services clients identify value creation opportunities and translate them into focused, evidence-based delivery plans.
• Work alongside management teams to build alignment across the organisation and implement agreed initiatives at pace.
• Lead high-quality operational due diligence across a range of transaction sizes, business models and deal structures, producing clear insights and practical recommendations.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Financial Diligence, Regulatory, Consulting and the wider Deloitte network to give clients an integrated view of operational performance, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Create an inclusive, supportive team environment by coaching and developing colleagues, sharing expertise and helping the team succeed together.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

This role offers the opportunity to apply and deepen your performance improvement, transaction and transformation experience in a fast-growing practice. You will work on varied, high-impact assignments, learn from colleagues with diverse perspectives and help shape the continued growth of our VCS team. We welcome candidates with different career paths who can demonstrate many of the capabilities below; you do not need to meet every criterion to apply.

• Experience delivering performance improvement, transformation or turnaround programmes in consulting, industry or an equivalent environment.
• Experience in one or more of the following: operational due diligence, carve-outs, integrations, 100-day planning or post-deal value creation.
• Knowledge of Financial Services, gained in one or more subsectors; broader cross-sector experience is also valued.
• Evidence of developing client relationships, identifying opportunities and extending the impact of existing work.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with C-suite leaders and other senior stakeholders, including in complex or high-pressure situations.
• Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt messages for different audiences.
• An analytical approach and experience using data and management information to diagnose performance and shape practical actions.
• A commitment to inclusive leadership, with experience coaching, supporting and developing others.
• Willingness to travel internationally when the needs of a project require it; likely travel expectations can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Connect to your service line - Financial Advisory

Strong financial planning is just the start. This is where you can change the fortunes of an organisation, working with great minds across our business. Because there’s one thing that makes our advice better than our competitors: our people.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints. This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm.The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process.

Connect with your colleagues

“One of the things I love about Deloitte is that everyone is genuinely supportive of each person’s individual requirements and career aspirations. I am proud when I look at our organigram and see several female partners and directors”

-Lizzie, Business and Financial Advisory

Connect to your agile working options

Location: London

Your Work, Your Way: We call our hybrid working vision Deloitte Works. And it does. We trust you to make the right choices around where, when and how you work. You’ll be able to make decisions about how you work best, to be collaborative, learn from colleagues, share your experiences, build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Having great conversations with your team and your leadership paves the way for great collaborative ways of working.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more.

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 .

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers