About the role: 

The Consumer, Retail and Leisure team within M&A Operations is fast-growing and market leading team, working on a wide range of client engagements. The M&A deals we work on range in size from £50m to over £5bn and our clients include the most well-known brands and business in the world. We often work on these high profile deals with top tier private equity and corporate firms across the deals cycle, from pre-deal diligence, synergy development and separation planning through Day 1 and into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider Strategy& and Consumer Markets practice (commercial and financial due diligence practice) as part of our go to market model.

We comprise both career-consultants and subject matter experts from industry, and actively seek diversity of experience in our new team members. Our team includes individuals with experience gained in industry in retail, consumer and leisure (i.e. Travel, Hospitality, Gaming, Health & Fitness, Visitor Attractions). We also are keen to hire deep functional expertise across manufacturing, engineering, R&D, marketing, sales etc.

What your days will look like:

• 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 substantiate your findings and communicate them to key stakeholders verbally and via written report format.

• Comply with any risk and quality processes across the engagement

This role is for you if:

Successful candidates typically have experience from: · Operational management leadership experience with a proven track record of managing multi-site operations in the consumer goods (e.g. FMCG), retail sector (e.g. grocery stores, fashion retailers etc) or leisure sector (e.g. hotels, restaurant chains, cinemas etc) Or

· Experience leading workstreams within a professional services environment (either in a Deals or Consulting background), focused on Retail, Consumer or 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

• Ability to travel at short notice (not often, but required at times)

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

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.