Senior Corporate Development & M&A Manager

The Senior Corporate Development & M&A Manager is responsible for co-leading the development of the overall Vodafone UK organic and inorganic business/corporate development strategy by identifying, considering, reviewing, and recommending selected merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities and commercial partnerships. The role holder will actively engage with key stakeholders (Commercial, Technology, Networks, etc.) and other 3rd parties (investment banks, etc.) on quantifying opportunities by developing the underlying business case, assessing strategic rationale, and developing actionable recommendations for the UK General Management Team ("GMT" or "the UK board"). Key accountabilities include:

• Leading and managing end-to-end delivery of organic and inorganic business/corporate development projects, developing robust quantitative and qualitative fact based recommendations / proposals for GMT review
• Developing supporting business case underpinning key organic or inorganic opportunities, including appropriate approach for complex financial modelling, standalone valuation, and synergy valuation (as necessary), considering market context
• Performing comprehensive due diligence of organic and inorganic opportunities, including challenging financial & commercial information received to ensure rigour, consistency and integrity, and supervising input from external advisors
• Supporting / leading negotiations with counterparties on commercial organic and inorganic constructs, in addition to key deal parameters (legal, financial, operational)
  
  Excellent quantitative skills and modelling capabilities
• Significant exposure to hands on transaction experience across M&A / Corporate Finance
• Excellent at creating clear, well formatted board level presentations
• Excellent at dealing with high levels of ambiguity, with clear strategic mindset and excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication / collaboration skills with key stakeholders
• Experience within a top tier investment bank or accountancy firm or previous in-house corporate development experience
  
  At Vodafone, we're working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
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