unity-advisory - Manager- Financial Due Diligence

London, England, United Kingdom - Hybrid+ Equity3w ago

In Office Senior EMEA Private Equity Consulting Finance Manager Accountant Due Diligence ACCA Power BI Databricks Coaching

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in Financial Due Diligence or Transaction Services from a Big 4 or top-tier advisory firm. • Hands-on experience managing buy-side and sell-side FDD assignments from start to finish. • Strong technical grounding in accounting and the deal issues that matter most: quality of earnings, working capital, and cash flow. • A track record of being an excellent team player in multidisciplinary engagements. • Clear and confident communication (both written and verbal) with clients and senior stakeholders. • Curiosity and genuine interest in how technology and AI evolve financial due diligence practice and playing a key role in shaping it. • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). • Experience with Private Equity clients or PE-backed portfolio companies. • Exposure to cross-border or international transactions. • Experience with data and analytics tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, or Databricks. • Sector experience in areas like TMT, Consumer, Healthcare, Business Services and Industrials.

Responsibilities

• Manage buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements from scoping through to completion. • Analyse quality of earnings, net working capital, cash flow and other issues that decide a deal, and turn the findings into a clear, well-supported story for the client. • Run the engagement team day to day: reviewing work, coaching junior staff, and keeping everyone (including the client) up to speed on progress. • Interview target company management and build working relationships with clients, private equity investors, and other advisors on the deal. • Draft and quality-check diligence deliverables so they're accurate, clear, and ready for Director or Partner sign-off. • Work alongside Unity's data and AI specialists to make our analytics standard practice on every engagement. • Take part in business development: proposals, pitches, and staying close to opportunities as they arise.