We're looking for an experienced manager to join our Auckland-based Strategy, Risk & Transactions team within the M&A Advisory offering.

The team you'll join -  Deloitte Transactions:

Our Transactions team comprises highly skilled professionals providing extensive support in financial due diligence, M&A advisory, debt advisory, turnaround and restructuring, as well as valuations and modelling. We pride ourselves on our forward-thinking, proactive approach, consistently delivering innovative solutions to our clients.

Our M&A Advisory team provide tailored M&A advice to ensure our clients pursue and successfully complete transactions that are right for them. We work directly with shareholders, founders and C-suite executives throughout the entire M&A lifecycle to deliver advice on every aspect of a transaction, from initial valuation guidance, through financial and strategic analysis, to finding and negotiating with the right counterparties. We do this across a wide range of transactions including acquisitions, divestments, recapitalisations, and capital raisings.

We are a group of high-calibre professionals led by a diverse leadership team who are supportive, collaborative, and innovative. We execute some of New Zealand’s most interesting transactions across entrepreneur-backed and family-owned businesses, private equity, and corporate New Zealand.

We are also a global team – working on cross-border deals with multi-disciplinary teams – allowing our people to build wide networks across the world’s largest professional services firm.

The impact you'll make:

As a Manager/Associate Director you'll support and deliver multi-faceted M&A projects through sophisticated and tailored M&A advice. You will support deals across a variety of sectors including healthcare, consumer business, technology, financial services, manufacturing, etc. Our clients are at the centre of what we do. Developing a deep understanding of their business, commercial environment and personal aspirations & objectives is essential for our success. As such, you will spend time building lasting client relationships that are key to achieving our team’s objectives.

Your typical day will include:

• End-to-end project management of transaction execution, including direct liaison with vendors/bidders/boards and other deal stakeholders (international and national corporations, emerging high-growth companies, private businesses, and private equity firms)
• Oversee the structuring and delivery of deal and business development documents such as strategy papers, marketing documents, management presentations, valuation analysis, purchaser co-ordination, and the preparation of information for client/bidder/stakeholder communications.
• Project manage due diligence processes including responsibility for the data room and Q&A process.
• Mentor and support the development of junior staff.
• Work cross-functionally across different practices and businesses within the firm.

Your expertise:

 Bring your experience for mergers & acquisitions processes and see what impact you can make. You'll also have:

• A relevant University qualification in accounting, finance, or economics and (ideally you will be CA or CFA qualified);
• At least five years’ experience within a Corporate Finance environment, with at least one years’ experience in managing M&A processes;
• Engaging communication skills, including verbal and written, and an ability to build client and internal relationships.
• Strong financial and analytical skills including experience in financial modelling;
• Proven project management skills including responsibility for delivering to project timetables; and
• Ability to mentor and lead junior team members and work collaborate as part of the wider corporate finance team on client engagements.