Job Description

Manager - Technology in M&A

Do you want to build a rewarding career in one of the fastest growing M&A advisories in Europe?

BearingPoint is looking for a Manager to join BearingPoint Capital, its global Technology M&A team in London, to work on Technology Due Diligence and integration/separation engagements.


As part of BearingPoint Capital, you will get the chance to fast-track your career within a dynamic environment, through a wide variety of challenging M&A projects for top-tier clients, including leading Private Equity firms, family offices, corporates, and strategic investors.


Our service offerings include M&A Strategy & Execution, and M&A Commercial & Technology Due Diligence, aimed at companies where technology is central to their strategy. You will become a part of a small but highly skilled and driven team that supports your having a great work-life balance, working on both local and international engagements, applying your business, management and technical skills across the M&A transaction lifecycle. Your expertise will help drive business-building initiatives for our clients supporting our growth strategy and gives you exposure to high-impact M&A projects.

About BearingPoint Capital

BearingPoint Capital is an independent business unit of the global management consultancy BearingPoint. Capital is a smaller, global team that delivers M&A advisory services on both the sell-side and buy-side in transactions. Our service offerings include M&A strategy consulting, commercial and technology due diligence. In addition to M&A advisory, Capital is responsible for managing BearingPoint's own corporate portfolio, as well as our investments in ventures.


BearingPoint Capital draws on BearingPoint's global consultancy network - with more than 6,000 employees helping leading companies in more than 75 countries achieve measurable and lasting success.

In this role, you will be involved in:

Leading Technology Due Diligence engagements Supporting clients with Tech financials, including assessing IT Opex/Capex, synergy assessment, IT Carve-out costing, benchmarking, and cost estimations Driving sales in the London/UK Private Equity and Corporate markets Supporting leadership in building proposals and sales pitches Practice development and team mentoring Work closely with our Europe-wide teams across a wide variety of industries Assist in developing and executing BearingPoint's firmwide M&A strategy

We are looking for top performing individuals with the following characteristics and background:

You should be able to demonstrate the following:


Strong experience in an M&A advisory role Hands-on experience of leading technology due diligence engagements Demonstrable ease with financials e.g. IT Opex/Capex, synergy assessment, IT Carve-out costing, benchmarking, and cost estimations Experience of working with Private Equity clients and with CxO level client stakeholders Ability to drive sales and business growth A strong business acumen and resourcefulness; ability to get things done A team player who can work in a collaborative culture and mentor juniors Comfortable with ambiguity and a highly pressured environment which characterise transactions Experience of delivering high-quality reports and presentations, written and spoken Experience in IT Separation and Integration management will be an added advantage but not mandatory An MBA degree will also be an added advantage Candidates must have the right to work in the UK

For the right candidate, we can offer:

Exciting career prospects with possibilities to learn and grow as fast as you can handle Exposure to the development and execution of our firmwide M&A strategy, including venture investments Collaboration with top-tier clients, including leading Private Equity firms, family offices, corporates and strategic investors Highly competent and down to earth colleagues An informal and "easy to work with" culture * Highly competitive compensation and benefits with industry leading bonus structure