M&A Associate Director

An M&A advisory boutique based in central London is in the market for a highly experienced Technology M&A Associate Director, with Big 4 or large consultancy background to join their high performing team. 

Their core work spans financial due diligence, integration and separation, synergies evaluation, value creation and sell-side readiness – with a track record in complex situations including carve-outs, stand-ups, and multi-site separations.

Clients include FTSE 250 companies, private equity firms, and PE portfolio companies. The senior team operates as an extension of the client team.

WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS
Technology is becoming a more central part of every deal we work on – not just as a diligence topic, but as a driver of cost, complexity, and value across integration and separation.
We are continuing to build out our Technology M&A capability to meet that demand. This role is about bringing in someone who can take ownership of that work – leading technology workstreams on engagements, working directly with clients, and contributing to how we continue to develop the capability.
There is a real opportunity here to shape how Technology M&A is delivered within the firm – not just executing work, but influencing how we approach it, how we engage with clients, and how the capability grows over time.

THE PERSON

• You’ve done Technology M&A work properly. Not adjacent to it, not supporting it – you’ve been responsible for it.
• You can sit across from a CIO or CFO and have a real conversation. Not repeating frameworks or buzzwords, but understanding what they’re saying, challenging where needed, and forming a view.
• You don’t think of technology in silos. Infrastructure, applications, data, security – you understand how it fits together well enough to ask the right questions and identify what matters in a deal context. You’re not a deep specialist in one area, and that’s the point.
• You are comfortable in the detail. This is not a review role. You will be building analysis yourself – working through cost structures, understanding contracts, identifying one-off costs, forming views on separation or integration complexity. You don’t delegate your way through work.
• You bring an opinion. When something doesn’t make sense, you say it. When a client assumption is wrong, you challenge it – constructively, but directly. You’re not there to agree, you’re there to add value.
• You can move work forward without waiting. You don’t escalate ambiguity – you work through it. You know when to ask for input, but your default is to progress the work and come back with a point of view.
• You’re straightforward to work with. No consulting jargon, no overcomplication. You can explain complex technology issues in a way that makes sense to non-technical stakeholders.
• You keep up with how technology is changing. Not in theory – in practice. You understand that what matters in deals today is different to five years ago, and you’re actively thinking about where it’s going.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE BEFORE

• Must-have: You’ve worked on live transactions. Data rooms, management discussions, analysis that informed decisions.
• Must-have: You’ve led or owned parts of Technology M&A workstreams – particularly in integration and separation contexts. You understand what actually happens when businesses are brought together or pulled apart.
• Must-have: You have experience analysing technology cost bases. You’re comfortable working through cost structures, understanding drivers, and forming a view on what changes post-deal.
• Must-have: You’ve been exposed to financial concepts – modelling, cost analysis, valuation inputs — and can engage in those discussions from a technology perspective.
• Strongly preferred: You’ve worked across more than one phase of the deal lifecycle – due diligence, integration, separation, or value creation. You understand how these connect.
• Helpful: You’ve worked across different sectors or at least have the ability to quickly adapt to new ones.

GETTING STARTED / ROLE
You’ll be expected to contribute immediately. From early on, you’ll be leading Technology M&A workstreams on live engagements – working directly with clients, structuring the work, and delivering outputs.
You’ll be across multiple engagements at once. Some will be fast-paced diligence work. Others will be longer integration or separation programmes. The common thread is ownership – you are responsible for the technology workstream.

You will:

• Lead Technology M&A workstreams end-to-end across deals
• Work directly with senior client stakeholders (CIO, CFO, C-suite)
• Analyse and interpret technology environments, costs, and risks
• Form views on integration and separation approaches
• Contribute to proposals and client discussions where required
• Help shape and develop the firm’s Technology M&A capability over time

If you’ve done Technology M&A work within a Big 4 or large consulting firm, are comfortable leading from the front and want a role where you’re trusted to own work rather than support it – apply today!

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