Corporate Development Manager

Corporate Development Manager Bristol, England

Imperial Brands
Full Time Bristol, England 68252 - 125674 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 119 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 26,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.

As we move forward, our consumers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

The Role

This role will report to the Head of M&A and assist the Corporate Development (“CD”) team in all aspects of the department’s activity, in particular:

  • The identification, evaluation, and execution of inorganic opportunities, including in respect of acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures/ partnerships, and minority investments across the Group;
  • The project management of other activities led by CD (e.g., capital allocation analysis); and
  • Developing and managing relevant external and internal networks required.


Key Accountabilities

  • Assist and support the rest of the CD team in the delivery of CD objectives and the day-to-day delivery of specific projects and initiatives, including:
  • Maintain pipeline of opportunities through regular calls/ meetings
  • With respect existing investments: support the CD team to monitor those investments and report on those, when appropriate
  • With respect new projects:
  • Engage and collaborate with division/ category/ local and regional management teams to conduct initial assessment of opportunities.
  • Coordinate development of a business plan and build the financial modelling of target projects.
  • Coordinate diligence workstream to surface key risks and opportunities.
  • Effectively manage outside vendors (banking partners/brokers, legal and financial advisors)
  • Prepare briefing reports, updates, and recommendations for presentation to various stakeholders (within CD, executive leadership team, plc Board)
  • Assist with ad-hoc administrative duties, as required
  • Identify and implement new process improvement opportunities
  • Contribute enthusiastically to all aspects of the CD team and its activities, with energy, resilience, drive, and commitment.

Skills & Experience


  • Educated to degree level, or equivalent
  • 4 to 5-year experience in big 4 (PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, EY) corporate finance/ transaction services teams; or senior analyst level (2 to 3-year experience) in bulge bracket investment bank
  • Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent written communication, both in PowerPoint presentations (“bullet style”) and fully fleshed reports in Word
  • Financial modelling skills in Excel a plus
  • Highly responsive, organised and detail-oriented
  • Prepared to travel internationally

Able to:

  • Work independently and self-motivate himself/ herself since most of the work is done remotely with a team who is based in different locations
  • Take proactive actions to progress projects, understand stakeholders’ perspectives and identify issues
  • Effectively manage, motivate, and challenge various stakeholders
  • Identify patterns, connections, and underlying issues in complex situations
  • Demonstrate clarity of thought and understanding of projects being considered by CD and prioritisation

What We Offer

Imperial Brands offer a competitive package of salary, bonus scheme, pension, holidays as well as hybrid work.

Next Steps

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions, or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants.

We welcome talented people with stories to tell, who can bring fresh thinking, new ideas and different experiences to our business and believe in enabling every person to succeed; to deliver their best performance and realise their full potential.

We understand that these are the things that make you ‘you’ and if you join us, we’ll support you in being able and confident to share your whole self with us.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Corporate Development Manager
Imperial Brands

www.imperialbrandsplc.com/careers/working-at-imperial.html
Bristol, United Kingdom
Stefan Bomhard
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Consumer Product Manufacturing
1901
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