M&A Analytics Manager: Data-Driven Deal Insights

Ambition; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complex transactions exposure

Data analytics intersection

Diverse client base

Technical development

Collaborative culture

Career progression

Competitive salary & benefits

Job summary

Ambition is expanding its market-leading M&A Analytics team, offering an exciting role for data-driven professionals. You will transform large datasets into actionable commercial insights to guide deal decisions and performance improvement across mid-market and large-cap transactions.

You’ll partner with deal advisors, data specialists and value creation experts to deliver dashboards and analyses using Power BI, Tableau and related tools. This is a dynamic, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience using data analytics, BI or data visualization tools.
• Strong knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python or R.
• Ability to manipulate and analyse large datasets to generate actionable insights.
• Experience building dashboards, visualisations and management reporting tools.
• Excellent problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Understanding of business performance metrics and commercial decision-making.
• Able to explain technical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Proactive and collaborative in fast-paced projects.
• Exposure to M&A, Transaction Services or Deals Advisory.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex datasets into meaningful commercial insights for deal teams.
• Develop deep understanding of clients, industries and drivers behind business performance.
• Deliver data-led insights to support acquisitions, disposals, integrations and improvement programmes.
• Create interactive dashboards and visualisations using Power BI and Tableau.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities and performance drivers across datasets.
• Support due diligence and transaction advisory teams with detailed analysis.
• Present findings to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate across Deals Advisory, Transaction Services and Value Creation teams.

Skills

Data analytics

Business intelligence

Data visualization

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

SQL

Python

R

Excel Power Query

Power Pivot

Job description

Ambition is expanding its market-leading M&A Analytics team, offering an exciting role for data-driven professionals. You will transform large datasets into actionable commercial insights to guide deal decisions and performance improvement across mid-market and large-cap transactions.

You’ll partner with deal advisors, data specialists and value creation experts to deliver dashboards and analyses using Power BI, Tableau and related tools. This is a dynamic, growth-focused environment.