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About the Role

The Special Situations M&A team provides tailored M&A solutions across stressed, distressed, and insolvent/bankruptcy situations, focusing on maximizing value and delivering deal certainty. This role offers the opportunity to lead workstreams, manage junior staff, and support senior leadership in client delivery within a growing team.

Responsibilities

• Advise on sell-side and buy-side transactions, managing all engagement aspects and supporting senior advisors.
• Oversee transaction management, including preparing information memoranda, valuation analysis, and client communications.
• Act as a project team lynchpin, communicating timelines and strategy to junior staff.
• Support management teams in preparing and challenging business plans, forecasts, and financial advisory plans.
• Lead engagement with buyers, oversee due diligence, and anticipate buyer questions.
• Input into buyer negotiations and liaise with legal advisors on SPAs/APAs.
• Develop, analyze, and present financial advisory options, integrating input from other teams.
• Prepare engagement letters and ensure adherence to compliance requirements.
• Manage Quality Risk Management processes throughout project lifecycles.
• Apply understanding of engagement economics and financial/risk management.
• Build client relationship, sector, and leadership skills.
• Develop technical expertise, business advisory, and people management skills.
• Understand the market, topical issues, and Teneo's propositions.
• Support practice and talent development.
• Provide on-the-job coaching and development to staff.
• Develop junior staff through appraisals and mentoring.
• Support wider Financial Advisory training initiatives.
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive culture.
• Demonstrate understanding of strategies for managing diverse teams.
• Demonstrate clear understanding of the company’s commitment to creating an inclusive culture.
• Demonstrate awareness of topical issues in the Special Situations M&A market.
• Own elements of business development and deal origination.
• Identify opportunities to expand engagements and offer wider Teneo services.

Requirements

• Financial Advisory experience gained as an M&A advisor (professional services, consultancy, or investment bank) or as an investor (debt or special situations fund).
• Deep understanding of Corporate Finance and M&A advisory, with experience or interest in Special Situations.
• Understanding of insolvency and alternative transaction delivery mechanisms.
• Understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements, historical financial performance, and future outlook.
• Solid understanding of deal structuring and transaction implications.
• Good understanding of the Financial Advisory marketplace, trends, and key players.
• Capability to develop and implement innovative M&A strategies.
• Excellent numeracy skills with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to absorb and interpret large amounts of data quickly.
• Strong commercial and business diagnostics acumen with very strong analytical skills.
• Client and team focus, with ability to work quickly and establish effective working relationships.
• Excellent communication, meeting, presentational, and interpersonal skills.
• Logical and meticulous approach to problem-solving.
• High level of project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead teams and develop people.
• Ability to conduct detailed financial/commercial exploration for client reports.
• Proven track record in business development activities and pitching.
• Ability to conduct business in fluent oral and written English.

Skills

• M&A advisory
• Special Situations
• Corporate Finance
• Insolvency
• Debt markets
• Deal structuring
• Financial Advisory
• Business development
• Numeracy
• Attention to detail
• Data interpretation
• Analytical skills
• Client focus
• Teamwork
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving
• Project management
• Organizational skills
• Leadership
• People development
• Financial/commercial analysis

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Manager / Associate Director

Salary/Compensations

• Market-leading Salary

Benefits

• 28 days holiday plus 1 DEI day
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Cash benefits package
• Pension
• Extensive investment in personal development & learning
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service)
• Shared parental leave
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About the Company

• Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm that partners with clients globally to achieve positive future outcomes.
• The firm leverages its global team and extensive network of senior advisors to provide integrated advisory services across five business segments.
• Teneo's clients include Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 companies, financial institutions, and other organizations.
• Advisory services include strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.
• The firm has over 1,600 employees in more than 45 offices worldwide.

Equal Opportunity

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the company’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture.