Corporate Finance Manager (SME Market)

Principal responsibilities:
- Providing close support to Partners and the rest of the team.
- Focussed on managing the wider team on delivering Information memoranda, valuation reports, financial due diligence reports and similar technical output for partner review
- Full spectrum CF services are provided with no departmental specialism, so a wide variety of client mandates will be experienced.
- Project managing a range of transactional and advisory work, leading a team of dedicated support staff.
- Attending meetings with Partners & clients, providing technical and lead advisory support; liaising with portfolio holders and other team members to bring together necessary advice and information for client projects.
- An experienced networker, you will have your own intermediary contacts ideally particularly in the SME sector and the relevant private equity /venture capital sector and will be expected to support the senior managers, directors and partners in converting a pipeline of new business opportunities.
- Bringing your experience to the role, you will be able to contribute to a variety of assignments at a senior client facing level.

Person specification:
- Client focussed with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Analytical, problem-solver.
- Up to date accounting standards and tax knowledge (at the level of being able to spot relevant issues in client projects for referral to specialist colleagues)
- Presentational excellence.
- Proactive and with good instincts to spot opportunities.
- Attention to detail and speed of work.
- Good attendance record and time management skills
- Professional contact network.

Skills/qualifications required:
- Recent Corporate Finance in practice experience is necessary ideally in both lead advisory and transactions services preferably from an SME focussed general practice training
Training & development:
- Relevant internal and external CPD will be provided.
- Additional specific CF related training as required.
- As appropriate, undertaking the Corporate Finance qualification.