At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees.  We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long-term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.

Working closely with the Head of Acquisition Finance and the Group Acquisitions Manager to deliver and 

control all the financial and tax activities within the surgery acquisition process. Whilst ensuring high 

quality surgery groups are acquired at appropriate multiples with a full understanding of all financial and 

tax matters from the due diligence process whilst protecting the company from on boarding inappropriate 

activities / processes with all risks managed and mitigated.

Maintain and manage the strong working relationships with our external due diligence providers 

(Financial, Tax and Legal) and M&A teams and continuously working to improve processes, quality and 

build on relationships across the group.

* Responsible for the management of the outsourced Financial Due Diligence (FDD) providers, to ensure 

FDD is completed in line with IVCE processes, timescales and they are resourced to meet the needs of 

IVCE and never slow the pace of acquisitions.

* To be the “balance” and the guardian of the financials to ensure the acquisitions team remain 

financially disciplined.

* Responsible for the review of TDD and ensuring all tax issues are fully understood, communicated to 

lawyers to ensure IVCE are protected, and communicated to the Finance Integration/ Group Head of Tax 

to ensure inappropriate practices are immediately stopped at acquisition. Ensuring we never on-board 

inappropriate levels of tax risk and IVCE are fully protected.

* Working with the lawyers in the early stages of due diligence to flush out complex legal structures and 

ensuring the legal structures we are on boarding are properly understood and any legal due diligence 

risks are mitigated and handed over to Group Legal/Integration where relevant.

* Responsible for the review and recommendation to the Group CFO to approve FDD and the associated 

Investment proposals. Ensuring FDD and investment cases are produced to a high level of quality and 

that have picked up all issues highlighted from Legal Due Diligence (LDD) and Tax Due Diligence (TDD) 

right up to the point of completion.

* Ensuring all acquisitions are compliant with our Investor agreement and Banking agreement and if not 

highlighting immediately to the Group CFO, not allowing anything to complete that is not compliant.

* Reviewing disclosure letters and LDD for any financial or tax matters of concern and acting accordingly 

/ escalating / adjusting investment cases

* Reviewing and signing off funds flows including supporting proforma completion accounts

* Ensuring vital data collected during diligence plus completion documents are transferred across into 

our systems post completion in a timely manner

* Ensure investments cases are properly handed across into the main Finance team and communicated 

fully.

* Prepare review and challenge to post-acquisition trading performance.

* Other projects as defined by the Director of Acquisition Finance and Head of Acquisition Finance.

* Strong academically – educated to degree level and having completed their professional accounting 

qualification. ACA or equivalent qualification.

* In-house M&A experience, or experience working within corporate finance (either transaction 

services/lead advisory). 

* Awareness to completion account mechanisms (locked box vs completion accounts). 

* Thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment – flexibility is key.

* Hands on, no task too small, will do whatever required to facilitate a deal.

* Broad understanding of legal and tax matters sufficient to be able to identify issues when presented and 

challenge both lawyers and tax advisors in their areas of expertise.

* Sufficient level of gravitas and communications skills to credibly challenge the M&A teams across all 

jurisdictions we currently operate in. 

* Strong attention to detail, and able to deliver right-first-time results quickly without getting lost in the 

detail. 

* Deadline focussed and managing workload with competing priorities. Must be willing to put in the effort 

required to ensure they always meet them

* Self-starting individual comfortable with working independently and ability to self-motive/regulate. 

* Pro-active approach to CPD and keeping abreast of any changes to accounting standards, particularly 

on how these impact acquisitions. 

* Occasional international travel necessary. 

* Comfortable working within a clinical environment where compassion is a requirement

Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.