Corporate & Strategy Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Support the senior members in the Corporate & Strategy Development team on M&A activities end-to-end, from initial identification and evaluation of potential targets to final deal execution, and follow-through with post-deal integration tasks.
• Conduct comprehensive industry research and competitive analyses to identify potential acquisition targets, with an emphasis on reformatting financial statements and benchmarking key performance metrics.
• Participate in the business and financial due diligence analyses on various facets of potential targets, including financials, customer base, sales performance, cost structures, and operational processes – in preparation for Integration planning.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders during M&A integration processes.
• Support post-deal integration activities, ensuring achievement of priority integration milestones, synergy targets and seamless transition to business partner status of target firms -with light oversight from Senior Corporate & Strategy Development team members.
• Support target firms with Monthly Business Reporting – embedding analysis, frameworks and structure to allow for efficient sharing of quality business metrics to CEO & Board levels
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to conduct specific functional-level tasks and subsequent post-deal integration efforts – utlising and further developing the 7IM integration framework.
• Prepare detailed, clear, and insightful reports and presentations to support all M&A and Strategy activities and decisions, with oversight of senior members of the team.
• Support on Strategic projects across the 7IM Executive Team.
• While not directly interacting with customers, your actions should align with upholding the FCA's Consumer Duty principles, thereby contributing to fair and beneficial outcomes for our clients.
• Provide direction, manage, coordinate, review and check the work of the Analyst(s) of team, when working together.
• Contribute to the development and learning of the Analyst(s) of the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or Economics, with a strong focus on quantitative skills.
• Experience having worked in the Wealth Management sector preferable.
• Demonstrated interest in pursuing a qualification in Project Management, Operations or Wealth Management Process.