**MaCareer Level**: Manager
**Business area**: Corporate Functions
**Skill Track**: Corporate Development Transaction Services (CDTS)
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**Job Summary**:
- Corporate Development & Transaction Services Ventures and Acquisition (CDTS V&A) _Manager plays a key role in the execution of Accenture's M&A growth strategy.
This highly visible position requires exceptional drive and energy, strong financial and analytical skills, hands-on experience with mergers and acquisitions (including financial modeling and due diligence), project management skills, highly effective verbal and written communications skills and familiarity with merger and stock purchase agreements.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Work with leadership and their growth and strategy teams to understand business unit objectives and to assist in developing and executing inorganic growth plans in region.
- Market scanning and identification of potential target acquisitions.
Teaming with Accenture leadership devise next step strategy in approaching potential target company to understand strategic fit and synergies.
- Responsible for developing business cases for transactions which are complete with clear objectives, recommended valuations and transaction structure.
- Transact and negotiate with counterparties through entire M&A deal process.
- Lead governance and decision-making interaction with internal stakeholders.
- Lead and manage cross functional due diligence processes with global teams to evaluate the strategic and cultural fit, financial impact, risks and mitigation plans.
- Assist in the development of a post-merger integration (PMI) plan, identifying key success factors of a deal from both a front and back office perspective.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to junior staff as well as cross-functional teams in executing transactions.
- Contribute to ongoing recruitment and career development of the M&A team.
**Basic Qualifications**:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or other business-related disciplines as a base minimum.
Professional Finance or Accounting qualification preferred, e.g.
CPA, CFA, CIMA, ACA, MiF.
Background in Private Equity, Hedge Fund, Venture Capital, Corporate Banking Advisory, Corporate Development and/or Corporate M&A advisory.
**Skills & Qualifications Required**:
- Minimum of six years of business experience across one or more of the following disciplines: corporate development, corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking and/or equity research.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills required
- English proficiency, Spanish is a plus
- Demonstrated experience in:
- Business valuation
- Financial analysis - deep understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow required
- Financial business case modeling
- Corporate Strategy
- Industry research and competitive research
- Company research and evaluation
- Advanced PowerPoint skills
- International business experience
- Flexible to travel as required