Senior Corporate Finance Manager

Location: Midlands offices

Contract: Full-time

Salary: Dependent on experience but with a clear bonus culture based on delivery

PKF Smith Cooper is actively looking for a talented Senior Manager to join its award-winning Corporate Finance team.

This role will play a key part in our firm's ambitious growth plans to double in size over the next five years. If you want to be part of a firm where you can make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

The team specialises in mergers and acquisitions and is known for being a market-leading advisory team. Our expertise lies in guiding clients on buying, selling, and raising growth finance for a range of privately owned businesses and their shareholders. With a strong reputation for completing high-quality transactions, we are nationally recognised as the 5th largest firm for transaction volume creating a platform for growth.

Our deals range from £1 million to £ 250 million, and clients choose us for our interpersonal skills, extensive experience and high-intensity deal management.

We are looking for a bright, talented individual who has experience leading and managing projects, with an existing network of professional contacts, to originate deals and contribute to the strategic direction of the department. The individual should be at a point where they are or can quickly become a key interface for clients with director/partner support as needed. The role will involve leading and managing corporate finance projects, from origination through to completion, including managing all elements of financial analysis, preparation of deliverables, and full project management, managing and developing more junior team members and taking an active part in networking and deal origination, including a focus on a preferred business sector.

all with support from the CF team. The candidate with need strong interpersonal skills, excellent project management capabilities and commercial awareness. The candidate will work closely with clients and will be involved in corporate acquisitions, disposals, management buyouts, management buy-ins, and fundraising.

This position is ideal for an experienced Corporate Finance professional who enjoys building relationships, providing high-quality service, working in a dynamic team and being rewarded for delivery of projects.

• Managing and leading transactions by taking responsibility for project management and client interactions with support from the team where required
• Liaising with transaction stakeholders including opposing advisors, legal teams, due diligence providers, tax advisers and other intermediaries
• Supporting transaction strategy and negotiations
• Managing deal origination, creating ideas to generate new business
• Commercial analysis of individual businesses including preparation of marketing materials and other documentation including pitches, information memorandums, management presentations and strategic review papers
• Undertaking financial analysis including valuations, private equity returns models, leverage buy-out models and assessing the financial impact of transactions
• Building and maintaining relationships with the M&A community, including private equity, funders, corporates, law firms and other advisers
• An ability to support and challenge junior members of the team on research, and to be able to step if required to support that team - including analysing industry and sector trends
• Actively participate in the CF team's strategy and strategic direction

• ACA, CFQ or ACCA qualified.
• Experience with in M&A from a reputable IB / CF Boutique / Professional Services firm within an Advisory team
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; operating strategically but with attention to detail
• Proven time and project management skills
• Spreadsheet/modelling experience and a logical, analytical mind with an ability to gently challenge junior members of the team on financial modelling
• Exceptional communication skills including: gaining the confidence and respect of clients and referrers to become a key contact point combined with clear succinct report…