Manager - Deals Analytics

Unity Advisory is a modern advisory business built for today's CFO, with connected solutions across finance, deals and tax. Focussed on client outcomes, seasoned experts lead every engagement, in an operating model powered by AI and free from audit conflict. We are now looking for a Manager – Deals Analytics to join our growing team. The Role As a Deals and Value Creation Manager in the Deals team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering advanced analytics and strategic insights to help our clients make better financial and commercial decisions throughout the deal lifecycle. You will be supporting both buy-side and sell-side transactions and delivering post deal value creation style projects, through the deployment of advanced analytics and AI, leveraging your commercial expertise and deals know-how. The Deals unit specialises in Deal Readiness, Value Creation, Decision Support, and Reporting Insights. In this role, you will lead projects across these areas challenging the status quo, harnessing cutting-edge data analysis (including AI/ LLM tools), and collaborating closely with clients, other advisors and colleagues to drive tangible results. This role will also be pivotal in supporting our FDD team to reimagine the world of diligence, reducing reliance on low-value reporting and increasing client commercial value delivered through insightful analytics that evidence what matters most. This is a client-facing, hands-on position in a fast-growing start-up/ scale-up environment, offering the chance to work on high-impact engagements and help build a new kind of consultancy from the ground up. What You’ll Do • Critically assess and enhance clients’ exit readiness by challenging the equity story, data landscape, KPIs, and business plan reporting to maximise exit value for clients preparing for a sale or IPO. • Bring a critical eye and a commercial mind to both buy-side and sell-side diligence projects. Rapidly assess and present drivers of value to support or critically test the deal hypothesis using leading analytics. Enhancing the impact of diligence processes. • Use commercial analytics to identify and unlock profitability improvements (e.g., customer/ product profitability, SKU rationalisation, pricing strategy, site/ network optimisation). • Apply advanced analytics, including forecasting, scenario modelling, and predictive modelling to support better financial and commercial decision-making. • Develop and automate clear, impactful board and management reporting solutions, including dashboards and reports that provide business unit-level insights with market context. • Champion the use of AI and data-driven techniques in all projects, leveraging tools such as large language models (LLMs) and other analytics platforms. • Work closely within cross-functional teams and engage directly with Unity Advisory Partners, coordinating project workstreams in a highly collaborative environment. • Translate complex data findings into clear, compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders, frequently presenting insights and reports to C-level clients. What You Bring • ACA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting/ finance certification. • Proven experience in a consulting role (ideally Big Four or boutique), with a track record of delivering measurable client impact. • Hands-on experience in deals, transactions, or M&A (e.g., transaction services, due diligence, private equity portfolio support). • Exceptional data management and analytical capability, including working with large datasets, financial models, and BI/ analytics tooling. • Keen interest or exposure to artificial intelligence and large language models, with the willingness to learn and apply new AI/ LLM-based techniques in client work. Nice to Have • Proficiency with analytics tools such as SQL, and or Python. • Experience with data management/ visualisation platforms (e.g., Power BI, Databricks, Alteryx, or similar). • Experienced in excel modelling (e.g. building 3 statement financial forecasts) • Experience supporting private equity value creation initiatives (e.g. performance improvement, KPI redesign, operating model analytics). Working at Unity Advisory We offer a truly hybrid and flexible working environment and the opportunity to be at the forefront of AI-driven advisory services. You’ll be part of a highly collaborative, flat-structured culture, empowered to contribute to the way we scale our business and support our clients. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing firm and accelerate your career in professional services. Additional Information We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support when applying or arranging your interview. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from third-party agencies.