Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Portfolio Consultant

NatWest Group; Liverpool City Region; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as a Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio Consultant. You will partner with GCOO and Corporate Development to manage M&A activities, ensuring strategic alignment and operational efficiency. This role involves shaping M&A strategies, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement initiatives within a remote-first working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in acquisitions, divestments, or managing programs.
• Knowledge of M&A or program management with complex project experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate M&A activities across transactions.
• Develop and deliver M&A integration and separation strategies.
• Support day-to-day transaction activities ensuring effective planning.

Skills

Planning

Critical Thinking

Stakeholder Management

M&A Knowledge

Program Management

Banking Operations Understanding

Collaboration

Attention to Detail

Job description

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Portfolio Consultant

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Location: Manchester, Remote

Salary: GBP 60,000 - 85,000

Status: Join us as a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Portfolio Consultant in GCOO

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Group Chief Operating Office (GCOO) M&A Lead to set up, manage, and coordinate GCOO activities across inbound and outbound transactions, ensuring connectivity, efficiency, and effectiveness in line with our operating model and processes.
• Collaborate with the business to identify resource requirements for transactions, operationalize tactical solutions, and design strategic approaches leveraging adaptive planning.
• Shape and deliver the future M&A strategy of the bank on behalf of GCOO areas, acting as a trusted advisor.

What you'll do

Partner with Corporate Development and SMEs to develop our approach to M&A integration and separation, supporting engagement models and maintaining core collateral throughout transaction lifecycles.

Lead continuous improvement initiatives across GCOO, ensuring lessons learned are captured and embedded, and manage progress tracking and reporting against OKRs for all integration and separation activities.

Support day-to-day transaction activities, ensuring clarity of roles, effective planning, stakeholder understanding, and adherence to governance.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in acquisitions, divestments, insourcing, outsourcing, and managing programs or portfolios.
• Excellent planning, critical thinking, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of M&A or program management, with experience managing complex projects under tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of banking operations and stakeholder dynamics.
• Experience working with external consultants and third-party suppliers.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions to deliver enterprise-wide results.
• Attention to detail, continuous improvement mindset, and solutions orientation.

Additional Information

Hours: 35 hours/week

Job Posting Closing Date: Not yet published

Ways of Working: Remote First