Transaction Services Assistant Manager

About The Role

Cooper Parry is a UK-based professional services group best known for accountancy, audit, tax, deal advisory, wealth management, legal, and digital consulting. Founded in 1850, it has grown from a traditional accounting practice into one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing mid-market advisory firms, having secured investment from US private equity firm Lee Equity Partners.

Cooper Parry is a UK-based professional services group best known for accountancy, audit, tax, deal advisory, wealth management, legal, and digital consulting. Founded in 1850, it has grown from a traditional accounting practice into one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing mid-market advisory firms, having secured investment from US private equity firm Lee Equity Partners. At CP we have a fully integrated Deals business comprising of Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Transaction Tax, Debt Advisory and Liberty Corporate Finance.

We have over 120 Deals professionals nationally, with hubs in the Midlands, London, Reading, Manchester, Leeds, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who go to market together serving owner managers, private equity owners , private equity backed businesses and corporates in all aspects of M&A. Putting it simply, we work with clients to make the buying or selling of businesses feel more straightforward and to maximise the value achieved from the process.

Business transactions, no matter the size, can be a complicated process, so we bring refreshingly clear advice that's backed by insightful financial analysis. Our financial due diligence process involves checking each key financial aspect of a transaction important to our clients. Specifically, we identify the key value drivers of performance and profitability, identify potential value adjustments, provide input to the sale & purchase agreement(‘SPA’), mitigate risks and challenge assumptions about future performance.

We are currently continuing to grow our South based Transaction Services(“TS”) team, as part of our nationally integrated TS practice, and are looking for an Assistant Manager to join us to help build out our ambitious growth plan. This is a unique opportunity for an individual looking to play a significant role in building a successful business covering the South, particularly London and Reading.

We are looking for someone who is great at…

• Co-developing our approach, scope and objectives with the client, understanding key business performance drivers, and providing value through insights, factual conclusions and advice
• Gathering, verifying and assessing information, and formulating views and conclusions
• Planning and preparing outputs from our work, including written reports and presentations/meetings with the client, ensuring insightful data analysis and presentation.
• Planning and monitoring the progress of live projects, including sharing of potential key issues on a timely basis, such as identification of risk for our client or items impacting price
• Establishing yourself as a key client contact
• Working together with team members, plus forming relationships with other Cooper Parry teams
• Sharing your technical and wider knowledge with the team and providing coaching to others
• Understanding the wider capabilities of Cooper Parry and look for opportunities to broaden the services provided to our clients
• Playing a leading role in the Transaction Services team and business opportunity initiatives, as well as taking responsibility for own career development

At Cooper Parry, we’re in it together. All we ask of our people is that they play all in. You’ll continuously strive to keep learning – whether you’re a trainee or a Partner – and you’ll be brave, stepping out of your comfort zone to tackle new…