Role Title: Associate Director, Group Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Business: Central Management Services and Office - Group Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

New or Existing Role: Existing

Grade: GCB 4

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The Group Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) team plays an integral role in the leadership, management, identification, oversight and execution of all transaction activity including acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures pursued by HSBC on a global basis and across all business lines. 

We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our team as an Associate Director, Group Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), working together with colleagues to define, manage and achieve divisional business targets.

Role Purpose

The Associate Director Group M&A will provide execution management, quantitative and analytical support for acquisitions and disposals across all transaction scenarios including the identification of possible transactions and appropriate structuring thereof.

The role will lead smaller project executions and oversee and supervise the preparation of integration and separation plans, valuation analysis, financial models and presentations and conduct industry research and analysis. The Associate Director will also develop and cultivate internal and external relationships. The role will develop their skills by working closely with senior team leaders and line managers within the businesses and will obtain broad exposure to a wide array of transactions. The role will be responsible for the day-to-day management of key tasks on transactions and ensure these are completed to the requisite standard.

In this role, you will:

• Be capable of leading small to medium sized transactions under the close management of either Directors or Managing Directors in the team, including providing M&A guidance and assessing investment opportunities on behalf of the Group
• Support deal negotiations and contributing to such negotiations most likely in smaller project workstreams
• Develop and prepare qualitative and quantitative analysis in line with the financial evaluation work already performed by the Group M&A team.   Be able to produce key valuation metrics including the performance of EPS accretion / dilution analyses
• Oversee and drive the development of business cases for small and medium sized transactions together with providing the supporting rationale
• Develop and oversee the building of complex financial valuation models, including capital structure modelling to the standards required for Group transactions
• Lead and participate in the development of post-merger integration plans for small and medium sized transactions
• Supporting the due diligence process for transactions in coordination with the Global Transactions Team and work directly with internal teams as well as external advisors including investment banks, strategy consultants and legal and financial advisors

Qualifications

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• A financial institution / investment banking / consulting / equity research / HSBC commercial banking background
• Strong presentation and English skills
• Ability to write concise and clear papers to senior management focusing on key issues 
• Extremely strong experience of financial modelling, valuation, and execution
• Experience of bank capital rules and accounting issues applying to M&A
• Experience of ‘event-driven’ transactions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Exceptional academic credentials

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