Value Creation Services - Associate Director, Greater London

Value Creation Services - Associate Director

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Ideas | People | Trust We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world. We’ll broaden your horizons We’ll broaden your horizons The Value Creation Services team is an integral part of BDO’s M&A and Deals offering. We advise businesses and private equity on operational improvement and growth opportunities to improve EBITDA and cash levels, maximise value and enhance overall performance. We support businesses to convert their strategic priorities into operational reality, with a core focus on delivering measurable value enhancement. Our sector-agnostic team operates on both the buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, leads operational transformation initiatives for large businesses and private equity portfolio companies, and supports management teams in evaluating strategic options for their businesses. We’ll help you succeed Our service offerings include operational due diligence; separation & carve-out support; identification and implementation of EBITDA improvement programmes; working capital and cash optimisation; and advising on operational transformation. We are a small, dynamic and fast-growing team. Although team members are highly numerate, we approach our assignments from an operational and performance perspective and draw upon our considerable experience in industry and advisory work in support of this service. This experience includes having implementation experience. This role would suit experienced professionals with relevant work experience. Requirements

Hands‑on knowledge and experience of transactions and business operations including front line and back‑office functions across several business sectors Experience of working across one or all of Operational Due Diligence, Carve‑out or Post‑Merger Integration disciplines and engagements Understanding of the key operational working capital processes across order‑to‑cash, procure‑to‑pay and forecast‑to‑fulfil, including experience identifying and delivering initiatives to release cash (desirable but not essential) Experience conducting financial analysis of operational opportunities for EBITDA and cash improvements, within the context of the commercial requirements of the business Exposure to change management and experience of implementing value creation programmes High level of commercial acumen, showing an understanding of the commercial strategies and processes that drive business profitability, cash flow and value Strong intellectual base with well‑developed analytical skills

We’re in it together At BDO, we believe that when our people feel valued and rewarded, their potential is unlimited. We offer highly competitive starting salaries and review remuneration packages regularly to ensure that our pay always positively reflects performance. As well offering support with tuition and professional qualifications, we also provide the following benefits, as standard. We understand that everyone is different so, we offer a range of voluntary benefits to suit every lifestyle. Our flexible benefits platform, Flexcel, means our people can choose from a range of tax efficient options to design a benefit package that best suits them. Through Flexcel, We’re looking forward to the future At BDO, we’re big enough to make the difference and collaborative enough to never lose sight of where we’re going. We know that it’s our people that make our success possible. Across our 17 UK locations, more than 6,000 of them work together to provide tax, audit, assurance and a range of advisory services that help our clients achieve their ambitious goals. Together, they’re fuelling Britain’s economic engine. Behind every complex client challenge and every untapped innovation, they’re there: ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to invest in our people. That means providing them with an environment where they can grow, learn, laugh and feel respected, at all times. Are you ready to join them? Our Agency Policy BDO has a commitment to building relationships directly with candidates (and agencies) in our local markets and as such, we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. We work closely with our preferred suppliers to support us in sourcing quality candidates but we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the BDO Resourcing team. We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to BDO by any means other than through our recruitment portal. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the BDO Resourcing team, BDO reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee. #LI-RW1 #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Location:: Greater London
Job Type:: FullTime

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