Corporate Finance Advisory - Manager

Job Requisition ID: 38664 

• Flexible work arrangements – work in a way that suits you best, including part-time options   
• Mentoring programs – receive support and coaching to progress your career  
• 18 weeks paid parental leave from Day 1 + 12 months return to work support (work 4 days and get paid 5)

Imagine yourself thriving in an innovative and supportive environment, building your M&A experience whilst advising a diverse range of clients on some of their most important decisions – whether it be a founder selling their “life’s work”, or an executive team making a career-defining acquisition. Are you in?

About the Team 
We are Corporate Finance Advisors – we provide tailored Corporate Finance advice to ensure our clients pursue and successfully complete the transactions that are right for them.

Our Corporate Finance Advisory team works 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, with the majority relating to divestments of privately owned businesses valued at between $30m to $300m.

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

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.

At Deloitte we measure our impact by the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We are proud to offer flexible working arrangements which allow our people to implement suitable formal and informal working arrangement to create positive outcomes for our people and our clients.

What will your typical day look like

Your role will be to lead and deliver multi-faceted M&A projects and provide your expertise to deliver 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 center 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.

The role will also provide you with the opportunity to:

• Provide end-to-end management of transactions, 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, information memoranda, 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
• Support or lead various marketing and thought leadership initiatives
• Participate in and lead aspects of the proposal development process to support practice growth
• Mentor and support the development of junior staff
• Work cross-functionally with different service areas within the firm

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. 
You are someone, who:

• Has a passion for corporate finance / M&A
• Has a structured thinking style with excellent inter-personal, analytical and financial skills
• Has experience working on M&A transactions
• Has experience leading project teams to deliver successful outcomes
• Has advanced MS Office skills and experience with research tools (e.g. S&P Capital IQ, etc.)
• Has experience building and maintaining financial models
• Is collaborative and able to develop enthusiasm and commitment from team members and share knowledge
• Is good at developing strong and durable client relationships and can build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present clearly in presentation or pitches including senior level stakeholders.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Deloitte, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways!

Why Deloitte?   

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.   

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.  

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments. 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.  

Next Steps  

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!  

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.