Leisure Consulting Senior Manager -Delivering Deals

About the team

Our Delivering Deal Value (DDV) team, within Consulting, assists both Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients in a wide range of business critical operational and transformational challenges, driven by Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity. We advise our clients on deals with values ranging from GBP50 million to over GBP5 billion.

We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Manager in the Retail, Consumer & Leisure team, focussing primarily on the Leisure sector with a special interest in experienced travel and tourism.

This individual will ideally have

Held an operational line management or senior role in a travel or tourism related business OR within a significant restaurant business

The ability to quickly assess the performance of a business (or elements of it) and outline improvement opportunities based upon limited information and / or interactions with Management

Experience in M&A synergy, integration and/or carve-out, and/or on change projects, restructuring, business improvement

Experience running part or whole transformational programmes

Experience of managing operational performance and delivering change, sourcing and supplier management

Professional services experience, either as a consultant / advisor or as an internal consultant / advisor within a corporate

Whilst primarily London based, our deal involvement is global in nature and candidates must be prepared to travel widely and frequently as and when required.

About the role

DDV focuses on providing support for potential/actual transactions and assists clients in all operational aspects of the transaction, pre and post completion, including:

Buy and sell side operational due diligence

Synergy development and review

Carve out and divestment support

Taking control and 100 day planning

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Post-acquisition performance improvement

As part of the transaction process, the DDV team develops a rapid understanding of the target/client business in order to quickly assimilate the key operational issues, synergies, risks and upsides around a transaction. We report our findings real time to the client, but typically we will produce clear written reports articulating our findings for any purchaser or vendor. We may also help with post deal implementation advising on synergies, cost reduction opportunities & programme management

As well as consulting expertise, our team members have considerable industry experience in running businesses and implementing change. Due to continued success and increased demand for our services, DDV is seeking to enhance this team.

Essential skills & experience

Leisure industry experience from either a professional services role or an operational line management role

Direct operational or process improvement experience

Experience of developing internal/ external networks with an ability to quickly develop effective working relationships

Comfort around high level financial analysis and understanding of the key operational drivers

Experience of managing operational performance and delivering change, sourcing & supplier management

Desirable skills & experience:

M&A, professional services or transformational project experience.

MBA or other business management qualification

Commercial exposure in negotiation and consultation

Consulting experience (internal or external)

Foreign language skills (oral and written

Location
London

Consulting

In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

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Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

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