M&A Director

Eton Bridge Partners Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentivised package

Job summary

Eton Bridge Partners is partnering with a Private Equity backed pan-European services group to appoint a UK-based M&A Director. The role focuses on leading origination, building pipelines, and scaling a buy-and-build strategy in a blue-collar/hard services space.

You will manage multiple external advisors, run complex financial models, and drive end-to-end transaction execution. This is a UK-based hybrid role with a competitive base salary and attractive incentives.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years in a purely M&A focused role, ideally in-house at Director level or above.
• Experience coordinating multiple M&A transactions with a track record.
• PE-backed setting experience and blue-collar/services sector exposure preferred.
• UK based and eligible to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead origination and pipeline across a fragmented landscape of small, medium and larger potential acquisitions.
• Oversee the full execution process from LOI through to completion.
• Coordinate with external advisors (accounting, law, and corporate finance firms).
• Review and present financial, legal and other information as part of transactions.
• Collaborate with the Fund and senior leadership within the portfolio company.

Skills

Origination

Pipeline building

Financial modeling

Transaction management

Stakeholder management

Job description

We are delighted to be partnering with a Private Equity backed Pan-European Services group, who are actively looking for a UK based M&A Director. This will be a busy role, to scale a buy and build at pace across a fully AI defensible space largely in the blue collar/ hard services space.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading origination and pipeline building across a fragmented landscape of small, medium and larger potential acquisitions
• Leading the full execution process from LOI through to completion
• Manage multiple external advisors including but not limited to Accounting firms, Law firms and Corporate Finance firms.
• Accountability for reviewing and and presenting Financial, Legal and other information as part of transactions
• Working closely with the Fund, and senior leadership within the portfolio company

Candidate Profile:

• 6-12 years experience within a purely M&A focused role ideally in-house (to Director or Head of level) and with an earlier background in a leading advisory firm (Corporate Finance, Investment Banking or Transaction services) with track record coordinating multiple M&A transactions
• Proven ability to be hands on, personally building pipelines, running multiple financial models, achieving off market acquisitions and holding full accountability for the transaction process in granular detail
• Experience of working with a growth focused senior leadership team and/ or board, ideally within a PE backed setting
• Services experience is important, ideally in a blue collar or similar setting
• UK based

Pay; £130-150,000 basic plus attractive incentivised packaged

Location; Uk based/ Hybrid

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