Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions

Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions

- Secondment until March 2027
- Based in Surry Hills, with hybrid work arrangements
- Support senior M&A colleagues in executing strategic transactions across acquisitions, divestments, and joint ventures
- Drive high-impact financial analysis, multi-disciplinary due diligence, executive and Board presentations

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 190,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

What you’ll do

As Manager of M&A in Surry Hills, you will support senior leaders in executing transactions for Australia's largest retailer. You will build complex valuation models, manage multi-disciplinary due diligence, distill commercial insights, and mentor junior staff to guide decisions across acquisitions, divestments, investments, joint ventures, and business development initiatives.

- Build and maintain dynamic, integrated financial valuation models including DCF, LBO, and trading/transaction comparables.
- Lead day-to-day due diligence operations by coordinating information flows, electronic data rooms, and Q&A logs across internal and external advisory teams
- Draft key sections of investment papers, presentations, and Board approval packs.
- Research and synthesise market trends, competitor benchmarking, and qualitative data to evaluate potential pipeline acquisition or partnership targets
- Coordinate cross-functional deal teams including specialists from Legal, Tax, Treasury, People, and Technology specialists.
- Refine and standardise internal valuation toolkits, benchmarking databases, and transaction execution playbooks while mentoring junior analysts.

What you’ll bring

- Approximately 5 years of relevant corporate finance or transaction advisory experience from investment banking, Big 4 corporate finance, strategy consulting, private equity or in-house corporate development.
- Advanced financial modeling skills in Microsoft Excel, including complex scenario analysis, three-statement linking, and valuation waterfalls.
- Strong foundation in corporate finance principles, financial statement analysis, valuation methodologies, and transaction mechanics.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or an analytical discipline (CA/CPA, CFA, or FINSIA progress is highly regarded).
- Familiarity with financial intelligence platforms (e.g. Bloomberg, Capital IQ, FactSet, Mergermarket).
- High precision in numbers, narrative logic, and presentation design tailored for executive decision-makers.
- High motivation, a collaborative team-player mindset, and the ability to extract commercial insights under transaction-driven deadlines.

What you’ll experience

Everything we do is driven by a culture of care for our team, customers and community.

- We create a thriving team experience through a culture of belonging that champions safety and wellbeing for our people and partners.
- We’re a team-first organisation. We’ll equip you with the necessary training for success in your role, and provide continuous career development and learning opportunities.
- We offer competitive remuneration and access to a number of employee benefits.
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including a competitive leave policy and 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
- A commitment to flexibility through a hybrid working model which combines time spent at a support office or hub and time working from home, supporting both in-person connection and balancing the flexibility that remote working provides for our teams

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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Employer of Choice for Gender Equality - Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

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