Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst

Enstar Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan with employer contribution

Dental insurance

Medical insurance

Travel insurance

Wellness reimbursement program

Job summary

A global insurance group is looking for a Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst in London. This role involves supporting the M&A team through financial analysis and due diligence processes. The ideal candidate should have 1-3 years of insurance sector experience and expertise in financial modelling. Attractive benefits including pension, health insurance, and wellness programs are offered.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' experience in the insurance sector.
• Prior experience of M&A including financial evaluation, diligence, and modelling.
• Detailed financial and accounting knowledge.
• Commercial knowledge including evaluation of business and performance drivers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analysis of potential acquisition targets.
• Develop financial models to forecast financial statements and returns.
• Lead financial due diligence and manage workstreams across various areas.
• Report key findings and recommendations to senior management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Financial modelling

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Finance, Business, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Reporting to the SVP of M&A, the M&A Senior Analyst role involves understanding key business drivers and competitive dynamics of the market, progressing targets from initial identification through to execution of transactions, undertaking and co-ordinating due diligence and valuation analysis and engaging with senior team members throughout to support transaction decisions.

What you will be doing

On M&A Projects, responsibilities for supporting the entire deal lifecycle include:

• Research and analysis of potential acquisition targets, including financial and operational areas.
• Development and ownership of the financial model to forecast balance sheet, income statement, cash flows, capital distributions and ultimately investor returns. The analyst will develop sensitivity analysis to showcase key value drivers that support pricing decisions.
• Leading the financial due diligence workstream, including interrogation of the assets and liabilities of the target, and project managing other workstreams carried out by expert resources across actuarial, capital, investment management, claims and reinsurance, accounting and finance, IT systems, operations, tax, regulatory, HR and legal.
• Shows proficiency in financial modelling with reduced levels of support from senior team members.
• Can understand and interrogate outputs from the financial model.
• Assessment of key due diligence findings and impacts on risk appetite and valuation.
• Reporting to senior management, including the drafting of deal memos to summarise the target business, proposed transaction structure, due diligence findings, and outputs of the valuation modelling, in order to support recommendations to the group Executive.
• Providing ad-hoc evaluation and analysis to support the M&A team’s business development efforts.
• Liaising with expert teams and senior management across the Company on internal projects.
• Keeping abreast of developments within the run-off and wider insurance markets which may present opportunities to the Company.
• Staying on top of personal learning objectives set as part of a structured career development framework.
• Typically follows prescribed guidelines or procedures in analysing situations and resolving problems.
• Requires expanded conceptual knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of financial modelling and deal structures.
• Demonstrates openness to new situations. Contributes with ideas and innovative approaches to enhance work processes and procedures.
• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyses possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents.
• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
• In addition to the above key responsibilities, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as the Company may reasonably require.

What you will bring

• 1-3 years’ experience in the insurance sector
• Prior experience of M&A (1 year) including financial evaluation, diligence and modelling
• Prior experience of business / report writing
• Detailed financial and accounting knowledge
• Commercial knowledge including evaluation of business and performance drivers
• Fundamental understanding on insurance/reinsurance businesses and industry
• Detailed knowledge of acquisition evaluation techniques
• Proficiency with financial modelling
• Driven and experienced financial professional with strong analytical and communication skills, able to manage multiple projects and present clear, concise findings to management.
• Attention to detail. Excellent numeracy and accuracy
• Proficient in use of Microsoft office, particularly Excel
• Proactive with strong ability to work independently
• Strong ability to multi-task
• Team and deadline orientated mentality
• Self-driven, resourceful, interested in learning new skills
• Pension (Enrolment is automatic on joining with a 10% employer contribution)
• Dental Insurance (This is an optional taxable benefit available to employee, spouse, and dependents)
• Medical Insurance (This is an optional taxable benefit available to employee, spouse, and dependents through a private health network)
• Travel Insurance (As an employee you are automatically enrolled with business and leisure travel insurance with single, couple, family, or single parent family coverage options.)
• Eligible company funded annual 360 Health Assessment.
• Voucher for free annual eye examination.
• Option to loan a bicycle and safety equipment tax free.
• Wellness Reimbursement program (up to 700 pounds annual reimbursement for wellness related expenses, i.e, gym memberships, massage, etc.).
• Tusker – Electric Vehicle (A fixed monthly amount is taken directly from your gross salary and, in return, you get the use of a brand new electric car.).
• Optional Critical Illness coverage
• Automatic coverage provided by income protection programme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) for health and wellbeing

Who we are

Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar” or “EGL”) is a leading global insurance group and the world’s largest standalone consolidator of legacy reinsurance business. Through our network of group companies, we help others – principally other insurance companies – release capital by taking over liability portfolios which no longer make strategic sense for them to hold. We create value by better managing these legacy insurance portfolios and strive to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns from our investment portfolio.

Enstar’s innovative re/insurance solutions help our partners to reduce risk, release capital, dispose of non-core businesses and portfolios, achieve finality and manage claims volatility. In return, Enstar drives earnings through savings arising from our technical excellence and from investment earnings on the reserves we hold.

With around 800 global employees, our network of group companies is positioned across the world’s major insurance hubs and has significant presence in Bermuda, where our headquarters are located, the United States, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Australia.

Enstar’s balance sheet strength is supported through flagship carrier, Cavello Bay, who benefits from strong financial strength ratings of “A” by Standard and Poor’s and “A” Excellent with stable outlook by AM Best. Enstar held Shareholder’s Equity of $6.1 billion as of 31 December 2024.

For further information about us, visit www.enstargroup.com.

Our Values

ENTREPRENEURIAL

NIMBLE

SOLUTIONS FOCUSED

TEAMWORK

AWARE

RELEVANT

Equal Opportunities at Enstar

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