Associate Director – Operational Due Diligence: TS recruitment

Our client are going through an exciting growth period within their Corporate Finance division, and are looking for a dynamic individual to develop and lead a newly created Operational Deal team. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone with MA, operational due diligence, performance improvement and business develop skills to take on a fresh challenge and play a pivotal part towards the wider firm's success, with opportunities for excellent professional progression.

Operational Deal Services is a specialised national business unit sitting within their Transaction Advisory Services and is a key Advisory Services growth area within the firm. ODS provides practical operational insight and advice to private businesses, equity and debt providers and public organisations involved in transactions at all stages of the deal cycle, delivering a wide range of solutions to maximise and sustain value across all industry sectors. Key services offered include Integration, 100 day planning, Separation, Operational Due Diligence, Synergy case development and reporting.

An Associate Director in ODS will be responsible for the day to day leadership of projects with minimal oversight from a Director/Partner and will interface directly with client management, financiers and other advisors. They will also ensure alignment with other service lines such as TAS, Lead Advisory, Performance Improvement and Tax. An AD will also take the initiative and lead business development activities, internally and externally and will assist with the leadership of the ODS team, including the development of service propositions and team development.

To be considered you must possess the following:
*Self starter approach
*Functional business experience e.g. supply chain, finance, sales and marketing
*Prior MA experience (at least 3-4 years), from having led a mixture of Integration / Separation / ODD / Synergy projects.
*Operational Due Diligence
*Performance Improvement
*Internal management
*Excellent leadership skills
*Business development
*Experience of managing project teams and developing and mentoring staff
*Relationship building skills with internal cohorts as well as external clients
*Willingness to travel as per required (UK wide, and may be some overseas travel) depending on client requirements.
*Some hands on change management/ PMO experience would be highly desirable but not essential

For further details, or to apply please contact Fatima Luna on 0207 038 3618/ fl@warnerscott.com