Director - Financial Due Diligence

The role

This Director will lead the Financial Due Diligence and Value Creation practice. You will originate and execute engagements, drive client relationships, and scale an AI-powered FDD platform.

What you will do

• Originate, lead, and deliver buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements.
• Partner with Private Equity and corporate clients to provide board-level insights.
• Engage with target company management on complex or high-profile engagements.
• Drive post-deal value creation strategies.
• Oversee the quality of diligence deliverables.
• Leverage AI, automation, and data analytics to create client solutions.
• Lead business development, pitches, and thought leadership.
• Build and nurture a high-performing team.
• Collaborate with the wider leadership team to evolve firm strategy.
• Represent Unity Advisory in the market.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years' experience in Financial Due Diligence or Transaction Services.
• Senior leadership exposure from a Big 4 or top-tier advisory firm.
• Proven track record of originating and delivering large, complex transactions.
• Extensive experience with Private Equity clients and portfolio company situations.
• Strong financial and commercial skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead high-performing teams.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.

Nice to have

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Exposure to cross-border or international transactions.
• Experience with data and analytics tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, or Databricks.
• Sector experience in areas like TMT, Consumer, Healthcare, Business Services and Industrials.

About the company

Unity Advisory is a modern advisory business built for today's CFO, with connected solutions across finance, deals and tax. It uses an operating model powered by AI and is free from audit conflict.