M&A Operations - Retail or Leisure - Manager

PwC UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in M&A Operations is seeking an experienced professional to join their Retail, Consumer, and Leisure team. The role involves managing multi-site operations, providing operational due diligence, and leading value creation initiatives. You will collaborate with clients to ensure successful integration and divestment strategies while developing your skills in data analytics.

Benefits

Private Medical Cover

24/7 Access to Virtual GP

Flexible Working

Volunteering Days

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management in retail or leisure sectors.
• Experience in providing professional services in Deals or Consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams in value creation advisory for clients.
• Provide operational due diligence on transactions.
• Support clients in integration and divestment planning.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Quantitative Skills

Problem Solving

Data Analytics

Tools

Alteryx

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

About the role:

The Retail, Consumer and Leisure team within M&A Operations is fast-growing and supportive, working on a wide range of client engagements. We often work on high profile deals with top tier firms across the deals cycle, from pre-deal diligence, synergy development and separation planning through Day 1 and on into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider Retail, Consumer and Leisure team practice (Strategy consulting and Financial Due Diligence) as part of our go to market.

We comprise both career-consultants and Managers from industry, and actively seek diversity of experience in our new team members.

Our team includes individuals with experience gained in industry in retail, leisure (i.e. Travel, Hospitality, Gaming, Health & Fitness, Visitor Attractions), manufacturing, engineering, R&D, marketing and sales.

Key Responsibilities

• Pre-deal value creation advisory looking for value in a deal on behalf of our clients, and exploring whether full value potential has been both identified and accurately quantified

• Providing operational due diligence on both the buy and sell side of a transaction

• Identifying or reviewing synergies available as the result of a transaction and assessing plans for their realisation

• Supporting divestment of subsidiary businesses and planning to ensure the carved-out entity can continue to operate on day 1

• Assisting the purchaser with 100 day planning, taking control of the new entity and delivering quick wins

• Supporting our clients on the integration of their acquisition, in order to deliver the value identified pre-deal, reduce risk and successfully merge the two organisations

• Across the engagements above, your role will be primarily to lead a workstream (or a project if it is a short engagement), produce analysis to back up your findings and communicate them to key stakeholders verbally and via written report format.

• You may need to manage Associates or Senior Associates to support you

This role is for you if:

You have experience in the following areas:

Operational management/leadership professional with a proven track record of managing multi-site operations in the retail sector (e.g. grocery stores, fashion retailers etc) or the leisure sector (e.g. restaurant chains, cinemas etc)

Or

Experience providing professional services (either in a Deals or Consulting background) to Retail, and Leisure industries

As well as the following attributes;

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders

• Excellent quantitative and written skills, able to build analyses or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information

• A healthy curiosity, coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems

• Able to work from first-principles and stay focused on the ‘why’ when performing analyses or reviewing documentation

• Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns

• Adaptable, and up for the challenge of mastering new industries and developing experience in a wide variety of product types

• Capability or willingness to develop skill in data analytics e.g. Alteryx, PowerBI, Tablea

What you’ll receive from us:

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.