M&A Business Analyst

Harvey Nash; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK seeks an M&A Business Analyst to provide analytical and operational support across multiple divestments. The candidate will analyze stranded costs, consolidate data, and develop automated reporting to support decision-making in M&A activities. A Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related fields is required, along with strong analytical skills and experience with tools like Power BI and Excel. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focusing on strategic M&A processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree relevant to business or finance required.
• Experience in the energy sector is helpful but not essential.
• Experience with dashboarding and automation tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support for multiple divestments and stranded cost analysis.
• Pull data from various sources to create consistent baselines for deals.
• Develop automated dashboards for monitoring M&A activities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data consolidation skills

Automation tools

Project coordination

Excellent communication

Agile/Scrum familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Data / Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Job description

Job Title: M&A Business Analyst

Job Location: Sunbury on Thames - Hybrid

Contract Length: up to April 2026

Industry: Oil and Energy, Legal

Working Hours: 8 per day / 40 per week

Role Purpose

The M&A Business Analyst provides analytical and operational support across multiple divestments, with a strong focus on stranded cost analysis, data consolidation, and building structured, automated reporting. The role supports deal teams by bringing clarity to complex data, enabling decision‑making, and ensuring high‑quality analysis throughout the M&A lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Pull together data from multiple sources (finance, business operations, regional cost bases, TSA models, vendor files) to create a clear, consistent baseline for each deal.
• Analyse and structure cost data to identify stranded costs, cost drivers, risks, and potential mitigations.
• Develop automated dashboards and reporting packs, enabling leadership to track stranded costs, TSA cost recovery, deal impacts, and variances across the M&A pipeline.
• Collaborate with the M&A technology project team and functional SMEs to define scope, requirements, and data needs.
• Refine and document business and technical requirements, ensuring alignment across finance, technology, operations, and programme teams.
• Support completeness of pre‑completion tasks, including data validation, cutover readiness, scenario analysis, and governance reporting.
• Conduct data testing and checks to ensure accuracy prior to completion and hypercare.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Data / Analytics, or related field.
• Prior bp or energy sector experience helpful but not essential.
• Experience with dashboarding (Power BI), advanced Excel, or automation tools preferred.

Skills

• Exceptional analytical and data consolidation skills, able to interpret complex financial and operational data and generate actionable insights.
• Strong data structuring and modelling capability, including building repeatable templates across deals.
• Ability to automate reporting and build dynamic dashboards for leadership.
• Requirements management – ability to capture, document, and manage evolving deal needs.
• Strong project coordination skills; familiarity with Agile / Scrum beneficial.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to manage cross-border work with attention to regulatory and data‑handling requirements.
• Strong discipline in tracking risks, issues, and progress, with clear reporting.