Strategic Finance Senior Manager

Michael Page International Recruitment Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work patterns

Job summary

Michael Page International Recruitment Limited is seeking a Strategic Finance Senior Manager to drive acquisition evaluation, due diligence and integration activity across the Group. You will build robust financial models, assess value creation, and coordinate finance workstreams through the transaction lifecycle, presenting clear analysis to senior leadership and boards.

Qualified accountants (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with strong modelling, valuation and investment appraisal skills are

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience supporting acquisitions, transaction workstreams, due diligence and/or integration activity.
• Experience in a private equity-backed, acquisitive or fast-paced commercial environment would be beneficial.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment appraisal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support acquisition evaluation, including analysis of historic performance and forecast assumptions.
• Build and maintain valuation, investment return and acquisition models.
• Prepare financial analysis and materials for senior management and boards.
• Assess strategic fit, synergies and value creation across targets.
• Coordinate finance due diligence workstreams with internal teams and external advisers.
• Review earnings quality, working capital and balance sheet risks as part of transaction assessment.
• Support integration planning to ensure finance deliverables are identified and implemented.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation

Investment appraisal

Business partnering

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Strategic Finance Senior Manager will play a key role in supporting the assessment (including financial modelling and due diligence) execution and integration of acquisitions across the Group.

Working closely with senior finance and business leaders, the role will help evaluate opportunities, coordinate finance workstreams through the transaction lifecycle and support delivery of value from completed acquisitions.

Client Details

Join a rapidly growing and acquisitive business with Private Equity backing, within the FMCG industry.

Description

Acquisition Evaluation and Deal Support

• Support the financial evaluation of acquisition opportunities, including analysis of historic performance, forecast assumptions, cash generation and key value drivers.
• Build and maintain robust valuation, investment return and acquisition models. Leverage latest forecasting approaches include AI as appropriate.
• Prepare clear, concise financial analysis and presentation materials for senior management, Board and investor audiences.
• Assess strategic fit, synergy opportunities and value creation potential across target businesses.
• Perform scenario analysis, sensitivity testing and downside risk assessment to support investment decisions.
• Coordinate finance due diligence workstreams and manage data and analysis requests with internal teams and external advisers.
• Review quality of earnings, working capital, cash flow, debt and key balance sheet risks as part of transaction assessment.
• Evaluate the quality of financial reporting, controls and underlying business performance of target companies.
• Identify key transaction risks, issues and mitigation actions.
• Support assessment of reporting and accounting considerations where relevant including supporting post-acquisition purchase price accounting.
• Support execution activity, including review of transaction terms, completion accounts and purchase price adjustment mechanisms.
• Work with treasury and wider finance teams to assess funding, liquidity and foreign exchange considerations associated with transactions.
• Support integration planning to ensure finance deliverables are identified early and implemented effectively.

Transaction Execution

• Support the assessment of financial terms during transaction negotiations and help evaluate their commercial implications.
• Review financial elements of transaction documentation, including completion accounts and purchase price adjustment mechanisms.
• Coordinate finance deliverables through the transaction process, ensuring outputs are timely, accurate and decision useful.
• Work closely with legal, tax, treasury, banking and due diligence advisers through to completion.
• Identify, track and mitigate executional risks

Integration and Value Creation

• Support finance integration planning and execution for completed acquisitions.
• Help establish reporting, forecasting, treasury and governance processes for acquired businesses where required.
• Monitor acquisition performance against investment cases and highlight key variances, risks and delivery issues.
• Track synergy delivery and support post-deal value creation initiatives.
• Partner with management teams to support operational improvement and EBITDA growth opportunities.
• Monitor post-acquisition earnout conditions and production of earn out statements

Stakeholder Management and Reporting

• Support preparation of acquisition evaluations, investment papers and performance updates for senior leadership, Board and investor audiences.
• Provide financial analysis for lender presentations and acquisition-related financing activities where required.
• Build strong working relationships across finance, operations and adviser teams to support efficient execution and integration.
• Contribute to wider integration and value creation initiatives as acquisition activity evolves.

Profile

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

Proven experience supporting acquisitions, transaction workstreams, due diligence and/or integration activity.

Experience in a private equity-backed, acquisitive or fast-paced commercial environment would be beneficial.

Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment appraisal skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clear and concise analysis to senior stakeholders.

Strong commercial judgement and business partnering capability.

Experience working with external advisers, including due diligence providers, is desirable.

Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, acquisitive environment.

Experience in Transaction Services, Corporate Finance, FP&A or a similar commercially focused finance role.

Job Offer

Highly competitive salary and bonus scheme on offer.

Hybrid and flexible work patterns available.