• Pre-deal value creation advisory (i.e. helping clients to prepare their business, or parts of their business for sale)

• Buy and sell side operational due diligence (i.e. reviewing and reporting on the technology risks and value opportunities for the business)

• Synergy development and review (i.e. helping to develop or providing an external independent review on the level of synergies available from putting two or more businesses together)

• Carve out and divestment support (i.e. helping to develop the standalone operating model, one-off costs and standalone operating costs of a divestment)

• Taking control and 100 day planning (i.e. helping our clients to safely take control of the business, manage risks and deliver ‘quick wins’ during the first 100 days of ownership)

• Mergers & Acquisitions Integration (i.e. helping our clients protect and grow the value of an acquisition, develop a robust and realistic integration plan and then executing on it)

• Post-acquisition performance improvement (i.e. reviewing where the value might lie in the business and how realistic and sustainable cost savings can be achieved)

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What your days will look like:

• The ability to undertake IT strategy formulation and analysis and IT operating model design review/formulation.

• Experience of key business applications design and/or implementation; to include one or more of ERP, CRM, MI, Middleware, eCommerce or any industry specific front office systems.

• Comfort around IT and operational analysis to quickly understand the core IT, operational and back offices processes and their associated costs to the business.

• Proficiency in creating detailed IT cost financial models and IT budgets, interpreting data, and performing scenario analysis.

• Experience of reviewing one or more of the following areas: IT enabled performance improvements, IT enabled cost reduction plans, IT cost out strategies, business case development or capital expenditure needs.

• A demonstrable ability to ‘read’ a business/process and to anticipate issues as well as identify potential upside opportunities.

​This role is for you if:

• Comfort and ability around report writing or being able to simplify and summarise complex messages (which is a key requirement for this role);

• Comfort around numerical analysis and understanding of the key principles of financial information;

• An ability to quickly assimilate large amounts of information and to be able to draw out hypotheses and key messages;

• An ability to operate on your own initiative and to work through ambiguity, often to tight timescales.

• Familiarity with Enterprise IT and data architecture concepts.

• Experience of IT project support and development, including planning and costing changes.

• Capability to quickly assimilate large amounts of information and identify key messages.

• Expertise in creating clear, concise presentations and drafting comprehensive board papers for executive audiences.