Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As an organisation, there is little we don’t do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.
This role is in our Mergers & Acquisitions department, our team is responsible for the coordination and closure of mergers and acquisitions across the Group.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
- Identify and evaluate M&A opportunities aligned with the Group’s strategic priorities
- Build relationships with target companies, shareholders, management teams and advisers.
- Assess the strategic, commercial and financial rationale and key risks of potential acquisitions.
- Manage transactions and key workstreams from initial assessment through to signing and completion.
- Complete financial analysis, valuation, and business plan modelling.
- Coordinate due diligence, internal stakeholders and external advisers to deliver transactions effectively and to timetable.
- Support transaction structuring and negotiations.
- Prepare investment papers and presentations for senior management, executive committees and the Board.
- Work with operational and functional teams throughout due diligence and support an effective handover into post-completion ownership and integration.
- Maintain the acquisition pipeline with the CRM, M&A reporting, processes and governance.
What you’ll bring:
- Relevant transaction experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, transaction services, corporate finance or a similar environment.
- Demonstrable experience of managing M&A transactions and due diligence processes.
- Strong financial analysis and modelling skills, with a sound understanding of valuation and transaction structures.
- Effective project management, with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, stakeholders and advisers.
- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to balance detailed analysis with strategic considerations.
- Clear and concise communication skills, including experience preparing senior management or Board materials.
- Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- High levels of integrity, discretion and attention to detail.
- ACA, ACCA, CFA, MBA or another relevant professional qualification is desirable.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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