Senior Finance Business Partner – M&A and Strategy

Job title - Senior Finance Business Partner – M&A and Strategy

Job Type - Full time

Location – Malvern or London UK- Hybrid

Role benefits - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package and more

Become part of making the impossible possible.

About the role:

As a key member of our Finance team, you’ll take centre stage in driving Malvern Panalytical’s inorganic growth agenda. Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will own the financial workstream across the full M&A lifecycle, from early‑stage assessments through to post‑deal performance tracking. You’ll dive deep into potential acquisition targets, leading financial analysis and due diligence, shaping deal models, surfacing risks and value drivers, and turning complex data into clear, actionable insights that influence high‑stakes investment decisions.

You’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with senior leaders across Finance, Strategy, the Executive Team and KKR, acting as a trusted advisor throughout each transaction. Beyond M&A, you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to broader finance priorities, including strategic planning, long‑term financial modelling and decision support for business development initiatives.

This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced, private‑equity‑backed environment, someone who brings ownership, precision and curiosity, and who can deliver high‑quality outputs under tight timelines.

What you’ll be doing:

• Preparing high‑quality, insight‑driven materials for M&A Committee approvals, ensuring clear recommendations at each stage gate.
• Leading key financial workstreams during integration, including synergy tracking, integration cost budgeting and KPI/reporting design.
• Monitoring post‑acquisition performance against the approved investment case and highlighting key variances.
• Conducting rigorous financial diligence to assess performance quality, cash generation, working capital trends and accounting considerations.
• Challenging and validating financial information to identify risks, value drivers and priority diligence areas.
• Building, maintaining and stress‑testing transaction models that incorporate diligence findings, valuation assumptions, synergies and sensitivities.
• Supporting the development and validation of investment cases, including financial forecasts, value drivers and downside scenarios.

About you:

• You’re a qualified Chartered Accountant (or bring an equivalent level of technical expertise) and feel confident operating in a dynamic, deal‑focused environment.
• You have around five years of post‑qualification experience, including three or more years working on financial due diligence or similar analytical, transaction‑related work.
• Experience in a Big 4 environment — especially with an audit foundation — is helpful, but not essential. We welcome strong candidates from a variety of professional backgrounds.
• In‑house or corporate development experience is a plus, though not a requirement.
• You bring a solid understanding of QoE analysis, common diligence adjustments and the financial drivers that shape value in a transaction.
• You’re comfortable analysing revenue quality, margin drivers and working capital, and can translate findings into clear insights.
• You have advanced financial modelling and valuation skills, with the ability to build, adapt and challenge complex models.

What’s in It for You

• Join an ambitious, fast-growing international organisation with a collaborative, inclusive culture where your ideas and impact truly matter
• Play a meaningful role in driving growth at a global leader committed to partnering with customers to make the world a better place
• Be part of a globally connected team, with opportunities to collaborate across regions and influence initiatives at scale
• Benefit from a comprehensive and competitive rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and success

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About us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps. 
Together we are a powerful and highly complementary combination of market leading technologies. 

We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery.

Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure.

Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide- range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean-tech and battery.  Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity.

SciAps specializes in portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), laser-based (LIBS) and near-infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments.
We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer-focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support.

We are part of Spectris. Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do – our leading, high-tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive.

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Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn’t something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. Although we always select the most qualified applicant for each role and make all decisions without regard to race, sex, age, or any other protected class, we are an inclusive, equal opportunity organization that prizes diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.