M&A Associate Director – Corporate Finance
We are working with a highly respected, accountancy firm to find a Lead M&A Professional to join their expanding team. This is a pivotal role based in Reading, […]
Mergers & Acquisitions
Gambit Search connects exceptional M&A professionals with leading deal teams, placing high‑calibre talent across the full spectrum of buy‑side and sell‑side activity. We specialise in identifying commercially minded advisors who strengthen execution, elevate analysis, and bring clarity to complex transactions.
Our deep expertise in M&A recruitment and executive search enables us to support candidates in securing roles aligned to their ambitions, while helping clients build teams capable of delivering confident, high‑quality deal outcomes
M&A Roles
Our focus on M&A recruitment is demonstrated through our track record placing execution specialists across buy‑side and sell‑side mandates, deal makers with sector‑specific expertise, advanced modellers capable of building and reviewing integrated three‑statement models, and senior lead advisors who manage full deal processes from origination through to completion.
We help build and scale market‑leading M&A teams across the UK and overseas, working with investment banks, specialist M&A boutiques, private equity houses, and top‑tier accountancy practices. Our experience includes growing sector‑focused divisions across TMT, Healthcare, Consumer, Business Services, and a range of niche verticals, securing dealmakers with deep execution experience and proven deal capability.
Where We Add Value
We build and strengthen high‑performing M&A teams across the UK and internationally, supporting clients as they enter new sectors, deepen existing teams, or scale their deal capabilities. Our work spans retained Partner‑level searches, multi‑hire build‑outs, and discreet team moves, alongside contingent mandates covering the full breadth of M&A recruitment.
Within accountancy‑firm M&A practices, we recruit newly qualified Assistant Managers, M&A Managers, Senior Managers, Associate Directors, and M&A Directors through to Partner level, securing deal makers with genuine hands‑on execution and origination ability, strong modelling and valuation capability, and the judgement required to run live deals.
Across investment banks and specialist M&A boutiques, we source Analysts, Associates, Vice Presidents, and senior deal leads with proven buy‑side and sell‑side execution experience, advanced three‑statement modelling skills, and the technical depth needed to deliver complex, multi‑stakeholder transactions.
Retained Search,
Delivered with Precision
For critical, practice‑defining appointments, we work through Gambit Executive. Here we deliver our retained search capability, partnering with leadership teams who want absolute discretion, depth, and certainty in their most important hires. Explore Gambit Executive to see how we support board‑level and practice‑shaping appointments.
