Associate Director - Deal Strategy & Commercial Due Diligence - Media (Strategy Consulting)
4 days ago
City of London
Our client, a leading strategy consultancy is seeking a Senior Manager / Associate Director to join and play a leading role, focusing on deal strategy within the media industry as a part of the wider TMT sector, with scope to work on the wider range of services including growth strategy, cost and operational strategy (including economic profitability analysis) and enterprise-wide transformation. You will be the second hire of a newly established team that has plans to grow to fifteen staff in the next 2-3 years, and you will play an instrumental part in helping to shape the growth of this team. The hiring partner has a family and stressed to agencies that a good work life balance would be accommodated, despite this being a deals environment. He really does want to hire good people who want to be part of a journey and help create the story of this team. Responsibilities: • Take a leadership role with the team and to hold a high quality, credible reputation with clients and in the broader market – experience of a range of M&A related projects will be critical, e.g. Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation, etc., • Design and run mid-sized to large projects and / or very large, complex workstreams., • Act as primary client liaison on Firm engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for the firm., • Produce client-ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review., • Develop solutions to complex problems and challenge the thinking of more senior colleagues and clients., • Help design - and guide junior staff to - execute detailed financial / business models performing complex scenario and sensitivity analysis., • Provide timely feedback and coaching to other team members., • Identify go-to-market and marketing opportunities and assume day-to-day responsibility for taking these to clients., • Maintain active contact with mid-level clients outside of engagement situations., • Actively seek out leadership opportunities, take responsibility for a selection of internal processes and generally act as a leader in the S&PT and an inspiration to more junior team members., • Show initiative to identify and drive thought leadership and knowledge management activities., • Lead on practice development activities to ensure successful delivery of initiatives., • Take day-to-day responsibility that the firm's risk management frameworks are adhered to. Work experience required: • Experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / corporate development team in industry., • Strong foundational understanding of the value drivers across the Media sector and views on the outlook for this sector., • Experience of leading mid-sized and large projects: designing work plans, team structures and then managing these to (i) excellent client output and (ii) strong project economics., • This should include an extensive coverage of recent M&A transactions, eg CDD, VDD, M&A Strategy or Value Creation projects in the Media sector., • Evidence of taking responsibility for designing proposals, scopes and pricing for mid-sized and large consulting assignments., • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with team members and broader (internal and external) stakeholders., • Strong track record of building followership among more junior staff members., • Pro-active role in business development activity, designing client ready pitches, generating differentiated insights and holding personal client relationships., • Non-client facing roles in driving practice forward in areas such as team management, training, technical tool development, liaison with service suppliers etc. Technical skills required: • Strong academic track record., • Evidence of strong problem-solving & analytical capabilities., • Structured thinking skills combined with creativity., • Ability to evaluate complex challenges and deliver insightful recommendations that can be practically executed., • Ability review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights., • Strong numerical capabilities combined with sound commercial acumen., • Ability to build complex financial models that support our recommendations to clients., • Excellent written and oral communication skills., • Other language skills would be a strong bonus. Successful applicants will be contacted within 24 hours to discuss further. Cambridge Credentials: adding people....adding value