Deals Strategy Partner

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Deals Strategy Partner to set and execute the vision for our Deals Commercial & Operations practice, ensuring alignment with the firm’s long-term goals. This senior leadership role combines strategic insight with execution excellence, positioning the firm as a market leader in deal strategy and value creation.

You will maintain trusted relationships with investors, boards, and management teams, sponsor high-impact engagements, and mentor senior leaders while driving collaboration across service lines to deliver integrated transaction support.

What you’ll do

• Set and execute the vision and strategy for the M&A Commercial & Operations practice, ensuring alignment with the firm’s long-term goals.
• Define engagement hypotheses and analysis linking deal rationale to operational value drivers.
• Challenge synergy, stranded-cost, and business-plan assumptions to ensure analytical rigour and strategic relevance.
• Design carve-out, stand-up, and integration programs, establishing PMO governance and Day 1 / Day 2 readiness frameworks.
• Guide senior client discussions and workshops, translating insights into board-level recommendations.
• Build and nurture senior relationships with investors, C-suites, and deal teams.
• Coach Managers and Senior Managers, fostering commercial judgement and delivery excellence.
• Drive practice development initiatives — tools, frameworks, and thought leadership.
• Lead origination and client-development efforts by identifying new opportunities and driving proposal strategy.
• Collaborate across service lines to support integrated transactions advisory.
• Maintain trusted relationships with investors, boards, and management teams.
• Drive engagement quality and client satisfaction across all projects.
• Sponsor high-impact engagements in commercial diligence and value creation.
• Mentor Directors and Senior Managers to develop leadership and execution excellence.
• Promote collaboration across the firm’s service lines to deliver end-to-end transaction support.
• Represent the firm in the market as a thought leader in deal strategy and execution.

What we’re looking for

• Extensive experience in M&A strategy, commercial due diligence, and operational value creation at Partner (or equivalent) level in a Big 4, Advisory or Consulting firm.
• Proven ability to define and execute strategic growth initiatives within a leading advisory or consulting environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams.
• Recognised market presence and thought leadership in deal strategy.
• Track record in revenue generation and ability to identify market opportunities.
• Professional qualifications (CA, CPA, CFA, or MBA) highly regarded.

What we bring

A cutting-edge newly created Professional Services firm and the opportunity to step away from what is rapidly becoming an outdated Partnership model. A clearly defined vision and a group of market-leading founders who want to reshape what a Professional Services firm looks like.

Why we’re the right fit for you

• The opportunity to be part of a new Professional Services firm that will re-define what is possible.
• A dynamic, collaborative culture and the chance to work alongside market-leading professionals.
• Work with a prestigious client base including HNW individuals, family offices, entrepreneurs and select listed corporates.
• Competitive remuneration package

Ready to make an impact?

Apply now and take the next step in your career as a Deals Strategy Partner.