Managing Director - M&A

ACCA Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a Managing Director to lead the M&A advisory practice. You will originate deals, manage engagements, and supervise cross-functional teams across buy-side and sell-side work for owner-managed businesses and private equity.

You’ll build client relationships, drive execution, and contribute to firm growth within a collaborative, high‑performance culture.

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially‑spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value‑led advice and outcomes. They have an in‑depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top‑level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight‑forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world’s most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long‑lasting relationships. You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working pro‑actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. As a Managing Director in our M&A team you’ll manage a team and the delivery of projects on a day‑to‑day basis. You’ll generate business utilising external and internal relationships in your sector/region to lead on the origination and conversion of target relationships into engaged mandates alongside Partners. You’ll leverage a strong understanding of, and experience in, the field of corporate finance for both buy‑side and sell‑side work, involving private and public companies, owner‑managed businesses and private equity houses.

Requirements

• Extensive direct experience of sell‑side and/or buy‑side corporate finance advisory activities. Your experience will include having led projects to a successful close and will have involved working with private companies, owner‑managed businesses and private equity houses
• ACA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent), or relevant work experience.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work across several projects and occasionally handle pressurised situations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong commercial awareness with a background of growing and developing business
• Previous staff supervision or management experience
• For those involved in plc activities, a developing knowledge of relevant regulatory regimes.

You’ll also be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people‑centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state‑of‑the‑art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions. We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.