Vice President, Finance & Banking

Position

Vice President – Transaction Execution Services

London, England, United Kingdom

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end‑to‑end value creation. If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

As we build our European footprint, the London office presents a unique entrepreneurial opportunity to shape our presence and accelerate growth across the region—while benefiting from the support and stability of an established, industry‑leading firm. Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe, we are a high‑growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great.

Come make your mark.

Our Transaction Execution Services group brings a methodical and action‑oriented approach to identifying and creating value for our clients. We provide private equity buyers and sellers with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for diligence, merger planning and post‑merger integration, carve‑outs (stand‑alone and integrated), sale preparation and IPO preparation (both traditional and SPAC). The team combines IMO/SMO and project management expertise with deep Finance & Accounting and Private Equity knowledge across the full spectrum of the deal life‑cycle from pre‑deal diligence, operational interdependencies and synergy reviews to ‘Day 1’ readiness planning and post‑close implementation all the way through sell‑side readiness (sale preparation) and IPO/SPAC readiness.

This role can be based in our London office. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location, with the flexibility to work remotely 1–2 days a week, blending the best of both worlds for efficiency and collaboration.

As a VP in a lean, cross‑functional team, you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues to assist clients in a variety of transaction‑related projects focused on helping to prepare companies for a sale and support them throughout the deal process (working alongside CFOs and other executives). You will:

• Work with company management, private equity deal and operating teams, investment bankers, and other third parties to support the development of an equity story and other go‑to‑market materials
• Utilize both Excel and business intelligence tools (Power
  
  BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau, etc.) to develop a variety of granular financial, operational, and business segment analysis (profitability, trending, etc.)
• Analyse, quantify, and validate deal‑related assumptions including synergies, add‑backs, and pro‑forma financials
• Manage and / or support the development and population of an investor‑ready data room
• Work with CFOs and their teams, respond to due diligence and other deal related questions from either financial (private equity) or strategic (corporate) buyers
• Regularly and extensively travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdiction

You will also be assisting private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a variety of corporate development activities, such as:

• Project manage the end‑to‑end process for add‑on acquisitions
• Perform a variety of due diligence activities
• Develop financial analysis including deal, merger, and synergy models
• Prepare deal memorandum and other documents for key stakeholders
• Execute merger integration planning and post‑merger execution services

Sell‑Side Readiness: A PE‑owned SaaS company required sale preparation and related transaction support. Accordion has been engaged to take a leadership role alongside the CFO in the sell‑side process by preparing key analytical deliverables. These deliverables include historical financial reporting, financial and operational KPIs, a 5‑year financial projection model, and other key…