Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex problems alongside a team of finance and technology professionals in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by leading private equity investors, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm with a global presence. We are looking for people who want to help build something great and make a lasting impact.

Transactions

Private equity sponsors are doing more carve-outs and integrations, on tighter timelines and with less room for slippage. For the CFO of a PE-backed company, a transaction lands on top of the day job: a finance function to stand up or combine, new reporting and control requirements to meet, and synergy commitments the sponsor’s value creation thesis depends on. The demands stretch across the wider CFO remit and are felt acutely in Europe, where regulatory and entity complexity varies country by country. Most finance teams haven’t done this before and can’t absorb it alongside business as usual, so the gap between the deal plan and what Finance can deliver is where value can be won or lost.

Accordion’s Transactions Practice is a dedicated team supporting PE-backed portfolio companies through carve-outs and integrations. On carve-outs, we support clients from pre-signing through to post-close, with our deepest involvement between signing and close, when readiness is built. On integrations, we help clients plan for the first 100 days ahead of completion and then execute them once the deal closes, including identifying and tracking synergies. What sets us apart is that we are hands-on and outcome-focused. We work alongside the finance team to get Finance rapidly ready for what the transaction demands. We are doers and problem solvers who stay accountable for results, not just the plan.

This role is based in our London office. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location, with the flexibility to work remotely 1–2 days a week, blending the best of both worlds for efficiency and collaboration.

What You’ll Do

Support client engagements and teams in planning and executing PE-backed carve-outs and merger integrations, through a Finance operating model lens, to include:
Day 1 readiness and execution
TSA scoping, costing and exit plans
100-day plans and execution
Synergy identification, model development and tracking
Interdependencies identification
PE deal teams, Operating Partners and portfolio company CFO stakeholder management and reporting
Lead or support the SMO/IMO for the Finance workstream, including development of functional carve-out and integration plans and execution activities, with heavy focus on cross-functional interdependencies by:
Ensuring all Finance activities are captured and understood and completed timely
Working alongside cross-functional teams (Operations, Commercial, HR, IT, Legal, and Tax, as well as other external advisors), to support separation, integration execution, strategic initiatives, and organisational alignment
Support sell side readiness in terms of Finance Operating model, Finance Organisation structure, Reporting and Process’
Manage client engagements where you are leading workstreams, ensure projects are on track, manage client expectations and perform course corrections when necessary
Support senior relationship management through interactions in planning, project and close out meetings
Assist in growing the firm by identifying and supporting business development activities for both the Transactions team but for all Services offered by the London office
Regularly and extensively travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdictions
Identify and drive internal initiatives
Identify follow-on opportunities for other Accordion teams to support