EYP-IDD-Associate Manager

GDS SaT – IDD – IT DD – Associate Managers

Within SaT, the IDD team services clients with a full range of diligences across commercial, operational, IT, product, cyber and technical. hands-on, operationally focused support and advice across the transaction life cycle, across buyers and sellers. We cover a wide range of operational aspects, including divestiture advisory services, carve-out readiness and support, operational due diligence, synergy assessment and delivery, day-one readiness assessment, 100- day planning, integration process support, carve-out/stand-alone costs assessment and risks, and cost reduction. Our professionals work on transactions and business development across the globe.

The opportunity

We are looking for Associate Manager with expertise in pre-deal engagements, such as IT DDs, vendor assists and carve out blueprints. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm and develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, and learning & development.

IT Pre Deal Responsibilities

• Conduct rapid diagnostics & detailed IT due diligence looking into a company's immediate and future major Technology issues, digital propositions, product profitability, cost base, processes and overall options for performance improvement


• Analyzing target data to build up a view on the technology of the business including cost, products and systems, and IT contracts


• Ability to evaluate data architecture, governance, and integration frameworks during IT due diligence, identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities in scalability, security, and compliance


• Experience in analyzing data platforms (on-premise and cloud) to highlight cost synergies, modernization opportunities, and alignment with the acquirer’s data strategy


• Develop hypotheses / insights on key issues and actively contribute to the wider team discussion, highlighting the impact of technology on the business strategy, operations, and ultimately, deal valuation


• Developing an understanding of IT benchmark and qualitative information to provide insights to clients to describe a typical IT function


• Leading client communications, calls and meetings


• Drafting a robust, well-structured report, that captures key findings and conclusions


• Identification or review of client synergies for IT


• Develop financial models for IT, including synergy savings, one-time costs, and stranded costs

Wider responsibilities

• Interacting with senior client stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders (Partners and Directors)


• Preparation of proposal materials and development of team propositions and initiatives


• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients


• Define and conduct appropriate primary and secondary research, and quantitative analyses, to validate hypotheses and address all scope areas


• Competently build robust and transparent market models and analytical spreadsheets


• Collaborate with project team members – often across disciplines – to flag and address emerging diligence issues


• Contribute to business development activity including developing successful pitches and selling, on from the initial “diagnostic” project phase into implementation work

Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

• MBA/Bachelor’s degree in related field from an accredited college/university preferably with major in technology


• 7 to 10 years of technology consulting experience focused on the deal advisory integration and separation processes


• Experience in assessing Information Technology processes, technologies, best practices, and frameworks, including:
  
  
  
  • Application Support & Maintenance
  
  
  • Application Portfolio Rationalisation
  
  
  • Network & Data Center Operations Management
  
  
  • Infrastructure Optimization (e.g., consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)
  
  
  • Knowledge about enterprise business applications (e.g., ERP, CRM)
  
  
  • Experience in assisting with technology assessment/diligence
  
  
  • Digital Transformation
  
  
  • AI readiness
  
  
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Candidates with prior Consulting (Strategy, Management, or Technology) or Deal experience (mergers and acquisition, integration)


• IT specialization such as IT Strategy, applications, infrastructure, architecture, security


• Experience in facilitating client meetings, workshops and interviews


• High quality outputs on Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Knowledge or experience on Visio, Power BI, SmartSheet would be beneficial


• Comfort with ambiguity, fluid consulting situations and a highly pressured environment as characteristics of transactions


• Ability to work well under pressure, learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations


• Ability to travel at a low/moderate level