Job Summary
As an Associate Director within the Consumer & Retail M&A team, you will support senior team members in the origination and execution of M&A and financing transactions.
You will contribute to financial analysis, modelling and valuation, company and industry research, due diligence, and the preparation of client-facing and transaction documentation. You will also coordinate day-to-day execution workstreams, work with deal teams across the Bank and review work produced by junior colleagues.
The role offers exposure to complex cross-border transactions and opportunities to develop expertise across M&A, financing products and the Consumer & Retail sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the origination and execution of Consumer & Retail M&A and financing transactions.
- Build and maintain detailed financial models, including discounted cash flow and leveraged buyout models.
- Conduct valuation, financial, company, industry and benchmarking analysis.
- Prepare client presentations covering strategic alternatives, M&A opportunities, capital markets activity and corporate finance topics.
- Support transaction due diligence and the preparation of marketing, transaction and other supporting documentation.
- Coordinate day-to-day execution workstreams and stakeholders across the Bank.
- Lead the preparation of marketing and transaction materials together with Directors and Vice Presidents.
- Review work produced by junior colleagues and contribute to their development.
Skills and Experience
- Relevant M&A or investment banking background, gained in a transaction-focused environment.
- Consumer & Retail sector exposure, with public-market M&A knowledge considered advantageous.
- Proven ability to contribute to transactions through financial modelling, valuation, company and industry research, due diligence and transaction documentation.
- Strong analytical capabilities, attention to detail and ability to manage several workstreams under tight deadlines.
- Effective project coordination, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to review work produced by junior colleagues and provide practical guidance.
- Exposure to both M&A and financing transactions would be advantageous.
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering or another relevant discipline.
- Fluency in English.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg, S&P Capital IQ, Mergermarket or comparable financial databases.
- Knowledge of UK financial regulation and M&A processes involving listed transactions would be advantageous.
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.