Assistant Director - M&A Advisory - Scotland

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EY Corporate Finance is seeking an Assistant Director to join either of the Glasgow/Edinburgh offices of our M&A practice, to support deal execution and deal origination. The team has a strong local reputation and regularly closes high profile transactions. It advises private equity, corporate and entrepreneurial clients on strategic reviews, acquisitions, disposals, mergers, leveraged transactions and finance raisings and currently has a healthy book of live deals and near‑term opportunities.

This role provides an exceptional candidate with the opportunity to work with a high performing team as part of the national and international Corporate Finance business.

Corporate Finance AD’s play a key role in the team and advise on a wide variety of corporate transactions, interacting with clients and other professionals such as bankers and lawyers, taking a lead role in overseeing / managing the transactions on a day-to-day basis, being closely involved in deal negotiation. Main responsibilities include:

• Taking responsibility for projects from start to finish covering all transaction stages from initial proposal right through to completion
• Acting as the main point of contact for clients during the transaction process
• Overseeing the work of project teams and coordinating various work streams
• Leading and managing the delivery of high-quality transaction documentation
• Coaching and contributing to the development of junior team members
• Originating new opportunities and further developing your own business network

We would expect interested applicants to be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Significant experience of working in M&A advisory, including playing a lead role in executing transactions
• Demonstrate confidence in client situations, gaining client acceptance and demonstrating value through advice and insight
• Sound commercial judgement and an ability to generate creative solutions to problems and 'think on your feet'
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen and a solid understanding of financial statements
• Experience in structuring and modelling the financial implications of transactions
• Research and analysis of key value drivers at a market and business level
• Researching and profiling potential acquisition targets and prospective buyers and presenting the strategic rationale for potential transactions
• Experience of valuation analysis, including trading multiples, transaction multiples, LBO and DCF modelling
• Agility to convert analysis into various outputs to present results in a clear and concise manner
• Preparation of pitch documentation, client reports and key documentation for fund-raising, acquisitions and disposals including information memoranda and business plans
• Ability to manage junior team members
• Strong time management skills, including informing the team of progress and highlighting any issues (as appropriate)
• Ability to identify potential deal opportunities. Pro-actively building and developing a network of internal and external relationships amongst professional intermediaries, private equity houses, corporate targets and clients

• High degree of personal drive and motivation to succeed
• Ability to learn quickly and keep abreast of developments

We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art…