Strategy and M&A Deals - Consultant / Senior Consultant (Athens and Thessaloniki)
What Impact will you make?
#Your Opportunity
We are currently seeking enthusiastic team players with exceptional analytical skills, well-rounded personalities, and relevant experience to become part of our dynamic Strategy & Transactions (Strategy and M&A Deals) team in our offices in Athens and Thessaloniki.
Deloitte’s Strategy and M&A Deals team works collaboratively with clients to link strategic vision with flawless execution to achieve tangible, long-term value. From developing a pragmatic strategy and business plan to evaluating and supporting M&A transactions, and from identifying areas of performance improvement to supporting the implementation of transformational initiatives, we have the experience and expertise to help clients respond to challenges and thrive.
Deloitte’s Strategy and M&A Deals team helps organizations generate measurable outcomes by making winning choices on their most significant strategic issues. We bring cutting-edge ideas, approaches, and methods embedded with deep industry expertise and experience to bear on clients' toughest challenges and greatest opportunities through developing and executing integrated, tailored strategies.
To that end, we have developed client advisory content and services in areas critical to growth, such as strategy formulation and business planning, market analysis, project/investment feasibility assessment, target operating model design, strategic performance improvement, and M&A services (strategy, deal origination, diligence, synergies assessment, pre & post-transaction PMO, post-M&A integration, etc.).
At Deloitte, we offer a unique and exceptional career experience to inspire and empower talents like you to make an impact that matters for our clients, people, and community. Deloitte offers a highly inclusive, collaborative workplace and unrivalled opportunities to realize your full potential. We are always looking for people with the relentless energy to push themselves further and to find new avenues and unique ways to reach our shared goals.

#Your Role
Your role as a Consultant / Senior Consultant will focus on leading substantial parts of client engagements by understanding expectations and demonstrating personal accountability for keeping performance on track, exercising effective communication and relationship-building skills, and contributing to the priorities of the team and the business. In this role, you will commit to personal learning and development, explore opportunities to make an impact by delivering exceptional client services, and assist in growing the business.

During your tenure as a Consultant / Senior Consultant, you will demonstrate and develop your ability to:

• Exhibit business acumen and industry expertise to understand client challenges, opportunities, requirements, and priorities and support the design of tailored strategies that provide clear value to clients.
• Monitor macro and sector developments to identify trends and opportunities for M&A transactions and alliances.
• Substantially contribute to the execution of engagements to meet the objectives and priorities of both internal and external clients/stakeholders by leading key parts of the work at hand, working closely with other team members, and helping the team align to objectives, set priorities and direction, derive insights from research and analysis, and deliver high-quality results.
• Actively support the team’s business development process and display commitment to assist the team further grow by recognizing opportunities, building a strong personal and professional network, and leading marketing pursuit opportunities by overseeing the delivery of proposals or pitchbooks, presentations to clients and other relevant business development efforts.
• Lead the development of business and financial models that are sophisticated, robust, and easily interpreted to inform insights.
• Exhibit a strong drive for developing oneself and also for supporting other team members in developing their skills, improving their performance and their overall contribution to the team.
• Leverage specialized strategy & transactions domain knowledge to make recommendations that improve the deliverables of the team and add value to the clients.
• Demonstrate strong initiative and a strategic and proactive mindset in articulating and solving complex business issues.

#Winning Requirements
To qualify for the role, you must have:

Required qualifications.

• Excellent academic background, including a bachelor’s and master’s degree from a top tier university in Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Banking, or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant working experience, ideally in a strategy and/or M&A consulting-centered role, Corporate Finance / Investment Banking department, Private Equity Fund, or Big 4 professional services firm.
• Strong proficiency in financial modelling, business planning and investment evaluation/assessment techniques/methodologies.
• Ability to lead analysis of industry, competitor and company trends and issues to help team extract valuable insights that inform strategy and M&A related decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal skills both in Greek and English.
• Excellent knowledge in MS Office packages, particularly MS Excel and Power Point.
• Attention to detail and strong project management, communication, problem-solving, interpersonal, and teaming skills.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
• Strong numerical/analytical ability and a sound grasp of finance and accounting.
• Outstanding organizational skills, flexibility, and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Willingness to learn, proactivity, and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas, while working in a multicultural corporate environment.
• Military obligations fulfilled where applicable.

Desired qualifications

• Proven experience in handling M&A projects, focusing on target screening, managing/reviewing of marketing material preparation process (i.e., pitchbooks, teasers, information memoranda, management presentations), as well as on the execution of the transactions.
• An active CPA/ACCA/ACA/CFA certification (or in the final stage of completion).

#About Financial Advisory
The Deloitte Financial Advisory practice provides to its clients - multinational corporates to private equity, owner managed businesses, creditors, shareholders and governments – a wide range of qualified Financial Crisis services and Merger & Acquisition services which include:

• Financial crisis services
• Restructuring: our team is specialized in providing in-depth business and financial advisory services to companies, their creditors, their equity holders, bank syndicates and other interested parties in both in-court and out-of-court restructuring process
• Forensic: our team helps our clients react quickly and confidently in a crisis, fraud and financial crime or dispute. We provide investigation, litigation support, forensic technology services, business intelligence searches, leveraging Deloitte global network, deep industry experience and advanced analytical technology in order to understand and resolve issues and deliver the proactive advice clients need to reduce the risk of future problems
• Merger & Acquisition services
• Corporate Finance Advisory: our professionals offer independent financial, M&A and debt advice for clients whether they are seeking to expand organically or through acquisition; realize value through a disposal or restructuring; raise new finance; review debt facilities; improve balance sheet funding efficiencies. The team includes professional with FSI and Real Estate expertise
• M&A Transaction Services: our team provides comprehensive, focused support to acquirers and vendors, assessing the strengths and weaknesses, value areas and risks of a transaction, helping our clients make informed decisions about their transactions
• Valuation and Modelling: we provides well-reasoned valuations and advice understanding how to quantify and present valuation analyses and conclusions in concert with prevailing accounting, tax, and regulatory codes, for transaction, financing, litigation, strategic management, and compliance purposes
• Business Advisory: new service aimed to enlarge the FA offering through the integration of financial and business dimensions

#Choose Deloitteif:
At Deloitte, we create positively differentiated work experiences that enable our people to feel valued and achieve their full potential. We value difference, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds and thinking styles.


#About Deloitte

Our services
Deloitte offers Global professional services that include Audit, Risk Advisory, Tax, Consulting and Financial Advisory. Our approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with global business and industry expertise to help our clients excel anywhere in the world.
We deliver outstanding impact on the reputation and success of our clients, in Greece and globally. In pursuing this we contribute to a sustainable and prosperous society, and are firm believers in the positive impact business can and should have on the world it operates within.

Our Purpose
Our purpose, “To make an impact that matters for our clients, our people and society “- defines who we are and what we stand for. This is not about size, it's about being the first choice. The first choice for the largest and most influential clients, and the first choice for the best talent.

Our values
At Deloitte we foster a collaborative culture where talented individuals can produce their best work. We value innovative thinking, diverse insights and a genuinely distinctive level of customer service through our expertise and professionalism.
We value difference, with respect at the heart of our inclusive culture.

Our talent experience
From day one at our firm, practitioners are part of a community. Our development and career progression framework will help them develop the skills and capabilities to succeed. The wellness of our people and the ability to offer agile working arrangements is at the centre of our unique talent experience. We create a workplace that encourages collaboration, creativity, inclusiveness to ensure our staff are supported, encouraged and feel a sense of purpose and meaning in what they do each day.

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