Associate Director, Strategy And Deals

Tenet Advisory & Investments is hiring, and we are looking for a full-time 
Strategy & Deals Associate Director
.

About us

Tenet is an Advisory & Investments business created for a changing world. Founded on a steadfast belief in the principles of momentum, growth and value creation, we partner with clients to create a better today, and an even stronger tomorrow. Tenet Advisory & Investments is comprised of a team of talented and passionate professionals from across disciplines and industries. Working as one team, we apply the tenets of smart business to the challenges of our clients, whether they are private or public, government or industry.

Our culture

We love what we do, and we have a lot of fun doing it. We take the work seriously, but not ourselves. We believe that people should bring their full selves to work, and we want to develop a culture that nurtures and supports this.

We are approaching five years in business and have a strong focus on growth. This means we value all team members contributing to the creation of a culture that fosters creativity, curiosity, empathy and an openness and willingness to challenge and innovate.

Our values define how we work and behave, and are critical to our success as a team and organisation:

• We Hold Relationships at the Heart
• Our Default is Impact
• We're All In
• We Forge Ahead with Spirit & Grit
• We're Humble Enough to Keep Learning
• We Bring Joy

About the role

We are seeking an Associate Director to join the Strategy & Deals team. As an Associate Director, you will work alongside all team members in the team, and at times the wider Tenet business, including the leadership team. We expect this person to be a key contributor to the work, to the team, and to client management and meetings.

We provide value to our clients through a variety of different projects and services in areas of: Growth Strategy, CEO Transition and Transformation, Cost Optimisation, Merger Integration, M&A Advisory, Capital Raise to name a few. We work on exciting and engaging projects across a range of different sectors including retail, energy transformation, healthcare, media, professional services etc. A majority of the work we do is project based, with structured and tight scopes of work. All projects are unique in terms of the problem to solve, and the approach to solving it. The role will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive and immersive environment.

About you

We're looking for someone with 
Consulting, Advisory, Private Equity, Investment Banking, or Big 4 experience
 who is ready to take the next step in their career by gaining exposure to a wide range of challenges and learning opportunities.

The successful candidate will understand how Strategy & Deals engagements work from a day-to-day perspective (project set up, project management, client engagement and delivery) and have a perspective on where we can provide clients with additional value. They are inherently curious, excited by the prospect of always doing new things, have a desire to innovate and disrupt, are hungry to learn, and want to do impactful work while helping to build great brands.

The successful candidate will:

• Be hands-on, proactive and willing to take initiative
• Not shy away from ambiguity and proactively take on new challenges
• Have an interest in sharing their opinions, contributing to our ways of working, our culture and our vision as we grow
• Be ambitious, with a focus on learning and growing your career
• Have exceptional attention to detail

Some of the specific capabilities and credentials we're interested in are:

• 4-8 years of relevant experience
   with focus on 
  strategy, transformation, growth and/or deals
   (M&A and Capital Raise)
• Strong financial acumen and financial skills (P&L, B/S, cash flow, working capital), including the ability to analyse financial statements to assess company performance relative to peers
• Experience across a variety of transaction types including buyside, sell-side and/or capital raising (debt or equity)
• Demonstrated ability to prepare valuation analysis and guide the team to refine valuation outcomes
• Track record preparing and reviewing marketing materials ensuring key selling messages are well communicated
• Demonstrated accountability during due diligence and ability to mitigate issues
• Support clients across multiple sectors to analyse data and determine business performance (e.g., financial modelling, data and analytics, EBITDA, multiples, ROI)
• Significant experience in leading strategy (e.g. market research, competitor analysis, capability builds, growth pathways, implementation roadmaps, business case), synergy / integrations or business improvement projects and business planning
• Deep understanding of critical business drivers and issues.
• Strong foundational knowledge of core business concepts – e.g. growth, strategy, supply chain, pricing, technology, operations, costs – with deep expertise in a few elements
• Demonstrated ability to assess the performance of a business against KPIs to outline improvement opportunities
• Ability to set up and lead transformation or strategy agendas for a business
• Exceptional attention to detail, in relation to project management, working in a team, client engagement
• Capability to engage with Senior Leaders and Executives and proactively lead the process by actively managing all stakeholders
• Ability to lead and coach a team that includes not only Tenet staff but on occasion staff from the client, subject matter experts and other externals.
• Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

Why Tenet?

Tenet provides well-rounded benefits for our people including:

• Twenty-five days of paid annual leave per year, plus an extra five days 'Tenet leave' over the end-of-year break.
• An annual $5,000 wellness & development package. Spend it on things to improve your health & wellbeing (e.g., gym, yoga, ergonomic chair) and develop your craft/leadership (e.g., training courses, events, coaching).
• Opportunity to participate in our employee share options program, providing you with the chance to have a stake in our business and share in the upside.
• We support flexible working.
• Generous parental leave offering.
• Work with some of the brightest and most passionate leaders in the business community.
• Be part of a well-backed scale-up and help shape something exciting where you will make a real impact.

This role can be Melbourne or Sydney based.

Tenet is an equal opportunity employer and promotes inclusion and values diversity. Our recruitment process focuses on essential skills and abilities that help to attract, develop, and retain our diverse talent.

Tenet is committed to providing equitable access to employment opportunities and welcomes applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTI, people with disability, as diversity and inclusion drives our success.

Tenet has an amazing team of professionals, and we hope you will consider applying for this role. If you like the sound of our culture, but the role is not an exact fit please follow our LinkedIn page for future roles.