Corporate Finance Executive

An excellent opportunity for an ambitious and talented recently qualified ACA / ACCA to join the growing Corporate Finance team of an industry leading regional Corporate Finance Team.

You will be responsible for working on a variety of M&A, fund raising and valuation assignments across a range of sectors.

You are a recently qualified (ACA / ACCA or equivalent with first time passes) with a minimum of one year Corporate Finance or Transaction Services experience.

In addition you should have proven project management skills, spreadsheet / modelling experience, and the ability to work effectively as a part of a small team. Commercial awareness and report writing skills are also key.

The role:

-Build up deal experience and better understand the transaction process.
-Analyse and validate the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions/ hypotheses underpinning a deal.
-Improve analytical skills and modelling techniques.
-Gain insight into what makes a successful deal including identifying key value drivers and deal breakers, and understanding the legal, transactional and financial stages of a deal.
-Understand the processes in due diligence work including dealing with risk.
-Understand the process in connection with a public company transaction.

As an Executive, reporting directly to Partners/Directors/Senior Managers you will be expected to:

-Assist in the planning process of a due diligence assignment.
-Liaise directly with clients during the assignment
-Have responsibility for project risk issues and billing/cost recovery
-Produce written reports, including memorandums and business plans.
-Potentially lead assignment Teams on deals, developing junior staff.
-Participate in practice development activities.
-Interpret and analyse business plans and publicly available information on target businesses in order to understand the risks associated with the transaction.
-Review and analyse historical trading, cash flow, balance sheets projections and underlying assumptions.
-Participate in completion meetings/presentations with clients.

In addition to working to working on a variety of challenging transactions you will also be encouraged to be actively involved in business development. This is a friendly and supportive team that is successfully growing and can offer excellent career progression and professional development.

You will receive daily interaction with Partners and Directors and due to the bold and ambitious growth plans for this firm you will be rewarded with recognition and rapid progression.