Senior Consultant, Strategy and M&A

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

How do you make intelligent, future-proof decisions in a world where change is the one constant? That's exactly what you'll help our clients to do. You'll build trusted relationships with business stakeholders - and use the most exciting new technologies available - to create data-driven programmes that transform their organisations. Your advice will help clients position their organisations to succeed in an ever-evolving marketplace.

We are proud of the impact we have with our clients, the strength of our relationships and the variety of skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission.

Create impactful strategies and deliver industry defining mergers and acquisitions: our work is highly varied, advising on some of the most ambitious strategic programmes and transactions in the market.

Including:

• Commercial analysis and business case construction
• Strategy input to digital transformation or delivery programmes
• New product development and market entry analysis
• Customer and business unit strategy
• Strategic operating model design
• M&A strategy, including pre- and post- deal transformation, Day 1 preparations, and synergy identification
• Learn from world-class experts: As well as being strategy and M&A experts, bridging the gap between strategy and execution is at the heart of what we do. We draw upon and work collaboratively with other parts of Deloitte - from areas as diverse as operations, technology, risk, corporate finance or tax - in order to deliver an unmatched client service capability.

Build a brand: Everyone in our team brings unique skills and experience. We take time to help each other develop a domain of expertise, building what we are known for as individuals and in the market.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

As a Senior Consultant you will be delivering strategy and M&A work for our clients day-to-day, seeking to shape and initiate strategic direction (both organic and inorganic), define vision and choices, support performance and enable change.

While no two projects are the same, you will typically be delivering a workstream within a larger engagement with oversight and support from a manager or senior colleagues. You'll play a vital hands-on role in designing and executing the strategic analysis required, conducting research and assembling evidence, distilling insights and constructing organic and inorganic strategic growth recommendations.

At times this will include being the bridge from strategy / pre-deal planning into delivery, and we particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience in digital transformations, alongside core strategy and M&A skills.

To grow with confidence, organisations need to make clear choices about where to play and how to win. In a world where the pace of change is rapid and sometimes unexpected, leaders need to act nimbly and decisively. Deloitte's strategy and M&A consultants employ cutting edge approaches embedded with deep industry expertise, working with leaders and empowered teams to make critical choices and drive value.

Your role will include supporting with:

• Strategy & Transformation: Design and deliver insight-driven strategy for transformation and wider organisational change. Working with clients to understand and define strategic choices ahead of key investment decisions. Using traditional evidence-led analysis to identify market development opportunities to support client strategies.
• M&A Strategy: Design and define M&A strategies including identifying early target, venturing, or partnering options and building M&A roadmaps.
• Commercial Strategy: Determining the optimum business or commercial model to effectively deliver client objectives. Guiding and supporting clients through imagining, defining and delivering their digital journey to enable competitive advantage. This could include: making choices about the markets served through digital, social, and mobile channels; optimising pricing decisions, supporting procurements / transactions, new commercial constructs between suppliers, distributors and customers, and shaping commercial agendas.
• Strategic Performance: Helping our clients configure effectively and develop their ability to deliver operational excellence in specific areas. Identifying new ways of working that will stimulate innovation and growth, and lead to better decision-making. This may include delivery of improvements through performance optimisation or cost reduction / efficiency methods.
• Business Case Strategy: Supporting organisations in drafting business cases for investment to improve delivery, in line with the strategic ambition. This can often lead to end-to-end support from business case design to implementation of the new resource/ capability/ change.
• M&A Execution: Define and assess synergy targets and business plans, including management of synergy realisation. Support the planning and implementation of integration and separation projects, including the definition and delivery of Day One readiness, post-merger planning and integration execution.

As a Consultant your responsibilities will include:

• Analytic thinking, problem solving and insight: Select appropriate methods for collecting and analysing data, to build an evidence base and develop informed recommendations that shape or support the clients' business strategy. Independently complete research and analysis to support quality deliverables.
• Tools, skills and frameworks: Develop an understanding of strategy and M&A tools and frameworks to solve client problems and share best practice within the team.
• Project delivery excellence: Own and deliver workstream activities with support from the team leader, providing insight and challenge. Own and deliver high-quality deliverables, planning and managing own activities. Identify and escalate project related issues, and provide appropriate mitigation recommendations.
• Presentation & communication: Clearly communicate the analysis approach and results to team leaders and clients, and contribute insights and challenge. Organise insights and define a logical flow to tell a story when presenting recommendations.
• Leadership & Development: Embody Deloitte's values and assist management of junior team members to support their development. Have a clear understanding of and demonstrate the firm's commitment to creating a more inclusive culture.
• Team management: Assist with management activities, such as team budget, supporting engagement scoping and proactively creating agenda items for meetings.
• Continuous Learning: Proactively develop your own skills, seeking feedback, building knowledge, and sharing your insight with colleagues.
• Relationship management: Work closely with client peers, third parties and Deloitte peers to develop professional relationships.

The team: The role sits within SAMA, Strategy, Analytics and M&A, within Deloitte's Consulting practice. You will learn from a group of experienced strategists and M&A and industry experts from a diverse range of backgrounds. You'll also benefit from being part of the wider Deloitte Strategy and M&A community in the UK and globally, with opportunities to learn best practice strategy and transaction techniques across industries. Beyond the Strategy and M&A team, you will build a network with industry-experts across Deloitte Consulting, in digital, marketing, financial advisory, regulatory and operations.

Development: We offer a structured career path and invest in continuous development and learning, which matter greatly to us. Our growth in recent years has been strong and we have ambitious plans for the future: you will find that there is no lack of opportunity for you to develop your career, wherever you may choose to take it.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

At Deloitte, your colleagues and clients will set the bar high. In addition to a CV showing strong performance and good academic credentials, we are looking for people who enjoy addressing complex problems in an analytical manner, with a proven record for effective delivery in demanding strategy and M&A project environments.

Essential

• Experience of strategy development or M&A transactions in one of the following environments:
• Experience of working in a strategic role which analyses a company's current position and helps to identify and implement future strategy recommendations
• Experience in M&A consulting or a corporate strategy delivery role, delivering large-scale strategic transformation programmes
• Exposure to strategy development and transformation activities and a desire to build a career in this area
• Experience working on projects which involve strategic decision-making and choices
• Demonstratable stakeholder and team management
• Demonstrable experience of managing stakeholder relationships
• Collaborative approach and working style that fosters teaming with other businesses and peers with different working styles

Strategy consulting skillset:

• Ability to use issue-led problem solving, comfort with ambiguity, ability to adapt and learn quickly to think creatively to solve client issues
• Structured thinking and the ability to break down complex issues
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to undertake analysis and generate insights and recommendations
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Flexibility to travel

Desirable

• Industry experience in one of the following industries:
• Life Sciences: commercial marketing, medical, R&D or specific therapeutic-area expertise
• Technology, generative AI, telecommunications, media & entertainment, or digital platforms
• Consumer businesses
• Energy & resources
• Industrials and manufacturing
• Financial analysis and corporate finance skills
• UK security clearance (Security Check or higher)
• Postgraduate or professional qualification (e.g. MBA or equivalent), or equivalent experience

Connect to your business - Consulting

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. Bringing your individual skills and experience, and sharing your specialist knowledge, is how you'll make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"The great culture, flexibility, and range of experiences that Deloitte offers is what sets this firm apart. In Human Capital, Deloitte is far ahead of any of our immediate competitors."

-Sophia, Consulting

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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