Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Education, Management, or related field is required. 3-5 years’ experience in M&A, corporate finance, private equity, or investment banking, along with strong financial modelling and valuation expertise, is essential. Experience in services-based industries is highly advantageous.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Education & Teaching
Company Industry
Education & Training
The role’s purpose is to lead and support the identification, evaluation, and execution of mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and strategic investments across the Services portfolio. The role will play a key part in unlocking value, expanding capabilities, and accelerating growth across transport, academies, and adjacent service lines. This is a hands-on role requiring strong commercial acumen, financial modelling capability, and the ability to operate across both strategic and operational environments. Key responsibilities include identifying and developing M&A pipelines aligned with growth strategy, conducting market mapping across UAE, GCC, EU, and UK, and defining investment themes. Lead end-to-end deal execution—from screening, valuation, and due diligence to negotiation and coordination with stakeholders. Build financial models, assess synergy potential, and manage risk and capital allocation.
Support post-acquisition integration and value realization, tracking performance against targets. Act as a key liaison between leadership, advisors, and target companies, fostering strong partnerships and supporting negotiations with a collaborative approach.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Education, Management, or related field
• Master’s degree or postgraduate qualification is desirable
• PMP, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent certification desirable
• 3-5 years’ experience in M&A, corporate finance, private equity, or investment banking.
• Strong financial modelling and valuation expertise.
• Experience in services-based industries (transport, education, facilities, consumer services) is highly advantageous.
• Proven ability to manage multiple transactions or workstreams simultaneously
• Commercially astute with the ability to assess operational realities, not just financials
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including Board-level materials
• Advanced governance and risk management capability
• Highly analytical, structured and detail-oriented
• Proficiency in reporting tools and Microsoft Office suite
About the Company
STS Group offers a broad spectrum of transport and technical services for the education and corporate business sectors. Our purpose is to shape a better world by being a reliable partner of choice for passenger transport solutions across the GCC through our core values of Safe, Timely, Smart.
As a vision-driven brand, we take a long-term view of everything we do. Our dynamism and passion for innovation have helped us achieve sustainable success in a short period. Headquartered in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the STS Group employs over 3,000 team members across the GCC.
We take a long-term view of everything we do, and our dynamism and passion for innovation have helped us achieve sustainable success in a short period. Headquartered in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the STS Group employs over 3,000 team members across the GCC.
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