M&A Director

Job description / Role

Our client is a leading local investment boutique providing advisory services to a range of private equity and corporate clients with sector agnostic scope.

The Director leads the M&A department by enabling team building, strategy development, practice development, and so forth. The Director M&A’s duties encompass the entire merger and acquisition life-cycle with a strong mix of operational and strategic aspects across workforce planning, talent management, performance management, etc.

Role:

• Candidates for this position must have had at least 10 years in working experience in an M&A capacity within a fast-paced, highly competitive, and dynamic environment, preferably working as an M&A Vice President
• The candidate will demonstrate in-depth operational and valuation financial modelling experience and an ability to originate new business through exploitation of existent relationships as well as the development of new relationships
• Autonomy to lead and run a deal from beginning to end

Requirements

Requirements:

• Currently in a Senior Associate to VP level in a respected investment bank
• Strong execution experience with some exposure toward deal origination
• Proven management experience, overseeing, directing and providing coaching to Analysts / Jnrs
• Wide-ranging transaction experience across industry sectors and Middle East geographies

About the Company

Mark Williams is a Dubai recruitment company with a wealth of Search & Selection experience. Mark Williams International is a subsidiary of the Williams Group UK and in December 2009 set up the Middle East business.

Mark Williams is a fully licensed recruitment firm currently focused on fulfilling clients needs in; Emiratisation, Financial Services and Information Technology related position within the United Arab Emirates. The initial focus was looking at Emiratisation into the Financial Services sector across all seven Emirates. With an increased demand for over the subsequent years for Emiratisation we have broadened our scope to place UAE Nationals into Industry & Government with dedicated teams for Emiratisation into Financial Services and Industry. Given our focus is primarily on the local market it gives us a depth of understanding & knowledge that enables us deliver our business partners an unrivaled service in terms of; speed and most importantly, quality.

Founding the Middle East business in adverse market conditions has enabled us to capture market-share and establish ourselves as a house hold name within our specialisms. Within two years we had outgrown our initial office and moved to the prestigious Business Central Towers in Media City. Mark Williams, at the end of 2014 has completed its third upscaling of operations to Bay Square, Business Bay. This was a strategic move to enable continued business growth by servicing clients and candidates with improved infrastructure, access and parking. Mark Williams provides candidates and clients private meeting rooms, testing facilities and board room access to facilitate screening and interviews. With our current capacity and growth ambitions Mark Williams is now one of the fastest growing Recruitment agencies in the region.