M&A Finance Manager

at  Nord Anglia Education

Date: 27 Aug 2024
Location:London, GB
Job ID: 3498
School: Group Central Support United Kingdom Office
Company: Nord Anglia Education

M&A FINANCE MANAGER

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).
Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit an M&A Finance Manager to join our Finance team, sat within the Group Central Support.
We are looking for someone to take charge of the coordination of all Finance-related activities relating to the organisation’s M&A processes. You will also be working closely with a variety of central and regional stakeholders to ensure effective and timely coordination of Finance involvement in the M&A process. Your role will be varied and will involve a deep understanding of the full M&A deal cycle from deal origination and pipeline management through to deal execution and post-investment integration and analysis.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS:

• Strong academic and intellectual background, degree level
• Chartered accountancy qualification (Exceptions may apply)
• Financial due diligence experience; ideally from a Big 4 accountancy firm
• Outstanding analytical and financial modelling skills
• Intellectual agility: the ability to think outside of the box and apply intellect to a new challenge
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ABOUT US

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 87 international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education. We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.
Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.
By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team. As a member of the world’s leading schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

We seek an individual to join as a M&A Finance Manager where your focus will be:

• Coordinating Finance specialist reviews of Financial Due Diligence scopes to ensure they are in line with NAE requirements
• Ensuring and coordinating appropriate finance specialist involvement in review of Financial Due Diligence reports
• Working closely with Group Legal and Corporate Development to ensure any issues noted in Financial Due Diligence are addressed in SPA and risk mitigation plans
• Maintaining a holistic view of optimised ROI to support the business case (benchmarking against NAE standards/other pipeline deals)
• Providing independent challenges of M&A business cases based on suitable benchmarked schools within the NAE portfolio
• Working with Financial Control to understand and challenge any working capital/locked box mechanism defined as part of deal completion
• Supporting Corporate Finance in modelling potential funding scenarios
• Supporting Group Treasury with funds flow documentation for Transaction completion
• Tracking and projection of deferred and contingent consideration timing and thresholds to ensure inclusion in Group cashflow forecasts
• Working closely with Financial Control to coordinate Opening Balance Sheet and Purchase Price Accounting exercises
• Providing in-depth post-deal analysis of performance vs approved business case
• Integration budget tracking and reporting including projections of transition of cost base to BAU to reflect in the company strategic 5-year model and annual budget process