Description

& Summary

As Deals Manager you will manage and deliver buy-side and sell-side Financial Due Diligence engagements, ensuring the analysis is completed to scope and translated into clear transaction conclusions and recommendations for partners and clients.

In addition, for Senior Manager: You will provide oversight over multiple complex engagements end-to-end, shaping diligence strategy and conclusions, advising senior stakeholders on transaction and SPA implications (pricing / structure / risk mitigation), and supervising delivery across teams and geographies.

Role Responsibilities

As a Financial Due Diligence Manager, you will:

Own day-to-day engagement management: plan workstreams, coordinate information requests, manage multiple responsibilities, and keep stakeholders aligned; overseedatabookworkflow and guide junior team members to ensure analysis meets scope requirements.

Lead review of target performance and deal metrics: quality of earnings, working capital and cash flow considerations, net debt analysis, and issuesimpactingpurchase price and deal structuring; analyse financial / operational results through records review and management interviews;identifyGAAP/IFRS issues relevant tofinancial statements.

Communicate effectively to all levels of engagement management; present findings and recommendations tosenior managers/directors,partnersandclients; manage expectations andmaintainmomentum under tight timelines while balancing multiple engagements.

Review and comment ondatabooks; guide team members to ensure your analysis addresses scope; write, review, and present reports including diligence findings and recommendations from an M&A / financial due diligence perspective.

Manageengagement risks andexecuterequired mitigation actions; prepare internal documentation / working papers and engagement acceptance procedures; ensure analyses are consistent with scope, evidence, and quality standards.

Participate in business development activities; contribute to proposals / pitches and help convert follow-on work through strong delivery and relationships.

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Set and defend the deal narrative:break downhistorical performance, growth/profitability drivers,consistencyof earnings/cash flows, working capital cycles, projections, contractual commitments, accounting policies, and control environment; translate findings into decision-ready implications (e.g.,Transactionpriceadjustments, SPA defence mechanisms, carve-out/separation considerations, remediation priorities).

Establish andmaintainsenior stakeholder alignment; run executive-level conversations on key diligence issues, trade-offs, and mitigation; communicate complex conclusions crisply and credibly, and steer difficult discussions (e.g., aggressive add-backs, data gaps, control weaknesses, covenant/funding concerns).

Drive a proactive risk-management approach across complex engagements:anticipatescope creep and data limitations, set review standards, enforce consistent documentation, protect quality across multiple teams, and manage delivery profitability byoptimizingscope, staffing, and timelines.

Requirements

5+years ofoverallexperience(7+yearsforSenior Manager)incorporate finance /advisory/ transactions/ M&Awith 2+ of those years inamanagerialorequivalentcapacity(4+yearsforSenior Manager)

Strong advantage:track recordofleading complex deals, supervising execution across multiple teams and geographies, advising senior stakeholders, and driving conclusions under ambiguity

Completed degree inFinance /Accounting/Economics/ Mathematics(or related). Professional designation (ACCA/CPA/CFA or equivalent)is an advantage. 

Strong credibility in technical discussions (accounting policies, GAAP/IFRS issues affecting valuation, pro forma considerations, sector-specific knowledge) and ability to defend conclusions with senior stakeholders and partners.

Advanced Excel anddatabook-based analysis; ability to synthesize large datasets into structured conclusions and clear reporting; exposure to analytics/visualization tooling (e.g., Power BI/Alteryx)isoften beneficial.

Abilityto drive scalable delivery: set templates and quality approach across teams, supervisedatabookand reporting standards, and use analytics-enabled methods to accelerate insight generation and consistency across engagements and offices.

Examples ofexpectedperformance

Delivery excellence: analysis and reports directly address scope and are delivered on time under compressed deal timelines.

Clear conclusions: crisp, well-supported findings and recommendations that partners/clients can act on.

Risk discipline:management ofengagement risks and quality despite data constraints.

Team uplift: coaching improves junior output quality and speed; review notes are constructive and repeatable.

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Executive-grade outcomes: reports and presentations stand up in senior forums and influence negotiation/decision-making.

Practice impact:simultaneous maintenance ofquality and economics across multiple engagements andcontributionto growth via opportunity shaping and cross-service integration.