M&A Manager

As an M&A Manager, you will lead merger and acquisition activity for the business across the West Midlands, helping to assess opportunities and support well-informed investment decisions. You will coordinate deal activity from initial review through to completion, keeping key workstreams organised and on track

• Opportunity to influence growth and drive meaningful change
• Strong values-led culture with ambitious future plans

• Identify and review potential acquisition, merger and investment opportunities in line with business priorities.
• Prepare financial analysis, valuation models and business cases to support investment decisions.
• Coordinate due diligence activity, ensuring relevant information is gathered, reviewed and clearly documented.
• Manage deal timetables, actions and key documents to keep transactions progressing smoothly.
• Work with internal stakeholders and external advisers to progress transaction workstreams.
• Present clear findings, risks and recommendations to senior decision-makers.
• Support negotiations by providing strong financial and commercial analysis.
• Help plan and track post-completion activity to ensure agreed actions are followed through.

A successful 'M&A Manager' should have:

• Experience managing merger and acquisition transactions from evaluation through to completion.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and commercial analysis capability.
• Experience preparing investment papers, business cases and clear decision-making materials.
• Knowledge of due diligence processes and the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and external advisers during live transactions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accurate and well-organised documentation.