We're looking for a Transaction Manager, Buy-Side to help professional buyers acquire small businesses through our new M&A platform. Your mission is to build and manage the buy-side of our M&A platform, connecting professional buyers with acquisition opportunities and driving deals through to completion.
Requirements
- 6+ years’ experience in buy-side M&A, search funds, lower-mid-market private equity, corporate development, or tech-enabled deal platforms
- A buyer network you can draw on, with proven ability to influence diverse buyer types
- Strong financial literacy: ability to guide valuation ranges, run basic financial DD preparation, and understand acquisition financing structures
- Experience managing competitive bid processes, LOIs, and exclusivity periods
- High operational discipline and structured communication, aligned to iwoca’s service standards
- Comfortable working in an evolving environment with limited tooling and rapidly changing constraints
- Sharp commercial instincts when navigating incomplete information and maintaining deal velocity
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
- A private GP service (separate from Vitality) for you, your partner, and your dependents
- 25 days' holiday per year, an extra day off for your birthday, the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leave, and unlimited unpaid leave
- A one-month, fully paid sabbatical after four years
- Instant access to external counselling and therapy sessions for team members that need emotional or mental health support
- 3% Pension contributions on total earnings
- An employee equity incentive scheme
- Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money
- Electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme
- Two company retreats a year: we've been to France, Italy, Spain, and further afield
- A learning and development budget for everyone
- Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
- Access to learning platforms like Treehouse
