Global Head of Transaction Advisory

In today's fast-paced and complex business environment, success in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions hinges on insightful decision-making. As Global Head of Transaction Advisory at Tantrum, you will be at the forefront of guiding clients through critical strategic decisions. This leadership role offers you the opportunity to work on high-impact, cross-border transactions while growing and leading a team of talented professionals.

Our Transaction Advisory team partners with clients ranging from start-ups to large corporations, providing advice on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring initiatives. We offer end-to-end support throughout the transaction lifecycle, helping businesses achieve their financial and strategic goals. As Head of Transaction Advisory, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across sectors and geographies, playing a key role in delivering tailored solutions to complex business challenges.

Our focus goes beyond just executing deals; we aim to deliver maximum value to clients by assessing operational, financial, and market factors. Whether you're advising on mergers or analyzing potential investments, you'll bring expertise and insights that shape the future of our clients’ businesses. This role provides ample room for professional growth, allowing you to lead transformative projects and build a high-performing advisory team.

As Global Head of Transaction Advisory, you will have full responsibility for the leadership, performance, and strategic direction of the Global Transaction Advisory Division (GTAD). You will oversee all transaction advisory activity globally, ensuring consistent quality, commercial performance, and strategic alignment across regions and service lines. Overall, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing overall leadership and strategic direction for the Global Transaction Advisory Division, ensuring alignment with the firm’s global growth and investment objectives.
• Holding full line-management responsibility for multi-location senior leadership roles within GTAD,
• Setting and enforcing global standards, methodologies, and governance for transaction advisory services, ensuring consistency, quality, and risk management across all geographies.
• Acting as the firm’s senior authority on transaction advisory, representing GTAD at executive, board, and investor‑level discussions globally.
• As Global Head of Transaction Advisory, you will have full responsibility for the leadership, performance, and strategic direction of the Global Transaction Advisory Division (GTAD). You will oversee all transaction advisory activity globally, ensuring consistent quality, commercial performance, and strategic alignment across regions and service lines.

• Global Leadership & Governance: Provide strategic leadership and oversight of GTAD globally, ensuring regional and functional leaders operate within a clear, consistent governance framework.
• Executive & Client Engagement: Act as a senior trusted advisor to global clients, investors, and internal stakeholders on complex and strategic transaction matters, particularly for high‑value or high‑risk engagements.
• People & Leadership Management: Lead, mentor, and develop GTAD senior leadership, fostering accountability, collaboration, and a high-performance culture across regions and functions.
• Business Growth & Commercial Performance: Own the global GTAD growth agenda, including revenue performance, margin management, pipeline development, and expansion into new markets and service lines.
• Strategic Oversight: Ensure that transaction advisory services align with broader firm strategy, supporting long‑term value creation rather than purely transactional outcomes.
• Risk & Quality Management: Maintain oversight of transaction risk, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance across all regions, ensuring robust controls and escalation mechanisms are in place.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with other global leaders across finance, legal, strategy, and operations to deliver fully integrated, end‑to‑end transaction solutions.