Corporate Finance Analyst

Walker Lovell; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring from CF professionals

Exposure to live M&A transactions

Clear long-term progression

Competitive base salary

Lucrative bonus structure

Job summary

Walker Lovell is inviting applications from professionals with Transaction Services or Financial Due Diligence experience who want to transition into broader M&A advisory. You will join a growing Corporate Finance team and work directly alongside experienced dealmakers on live M&A mandates.

Your TS background will immediately add value as you broaden into execution across the deal lifecycle. You will contribute to due diligence assignments, develop valuations and models, and benefit from direct

Qualifications

• 18 months–3 years experience within Transaction Services / Financial Due Diligence
• Experience in lower mid-market accountancy or advisory environment
• Strong financial analysis skills and ability to interrogate financial information
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to produce high-quality analysis and client-facing materials
• ACA qualification is not essential; candidates from different professional backgrounds will be considered

Responsibilities

• Work on live M&A transactions with senior CF professionals
• Apply TS experience to financial due diligence assignments
• Analyse historical and forecast financial performance to identify trends
• Support financial analysis, valuation, modelling, and transaction-related research
• Build robust Excel workbooks, analytical reports and client presentations
• Collaborate with senior team members to understand deal origination, management and execution
• Contribute to the development of the firm's due diligence offering
• Develop a broader Corporate Finance skill set across Transaction Services and M&A deal advisory

Skills

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Ambition to develop beyond TS into M&A

Education

ACA qualification not essential

Tools

Excel

Job description

If you've built your foundations in Transaction Services and want to move into M&A, this is an opportunity to make that transition while putting the expertise you've already developed to valuable use.

You'll join an established Corporate Finance team where you'll be trained in live M&A deal execution from the outset, working directly alongside experienced dealmakers across the transaction lifecycle.

At the same time, your Transaction Services experience will give you an immediate area in which you can add value. You'll contribute to financial due diligence assignments and help develop the team's due diligence capability, while broadening your own experience beyond FDD into M&A deal advisory.

For someone who doesn't want their career to remain solely within Transaction Services, this offers the opportunity to develop into a more rounded Corporate Finance professional without starting again or leaving your existing skill set behind.

Package

• Competitive base salary, expected to be in the region of £60,000–£65,000, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate
• Lucrative bonus structure
• Direct mentoring from experienced Corporate Finance professionals
• Hands-on exposure to live M&A transactions
• Clear long-term progression within a growing Corporate Finance team

Why this business

Our client is a well-established accountancy and advisory firm with a growing Corporate Finance practice and ambitious plans to further develop its M&A and Transaction Services capabilities.

You'll join a team where you'll have direct access to senior dealmakers, meaningful responsibility and the opportunity to bring expertise that adds value from day one.

Rather than joining as someone who needs to learn every aspect of the role from scratch, your existing due diligence experience will provide a strong foundation from which to develop broader M&A execution skills. As the Corporate Finance team continues to grow, you'll have the opportunity to develop with it and progress into increasingly senior responsibilities.

What you'll be doing

• Work alongside experienced Corporate Finance professionals on live M&A transactions, developing hands‑on experience across the deal lifecycle
• Apply your existing Transaction Services experience to financial due diligence assignments
• Analyse historical and forecast financial performance, identifying key commercial and financial trends
• Support financial analysis, valuation, modelling and transaction-related research
• Build robust Excel workbooks, analytical reports and client presentations
• Work directly with senior members of the team, developing your understanding of how M&A transactions are originated, managed and executed
• Contribute your existing expertise to the continued development of the firm's due diligence offering
• Build a broader Corporate Finance skill set spanning Transaction Services and M&A deal advisory

What you'll bring

• Around 18 months–3 years' experience within Transaction Services / Financial Due Diligence
• Ideally, experience gained within a lower mid-market accountancy or advisory environment
• Strong financial analysis skills and confidence interrogating financial information
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to produce high-quality analysis and client-facing materials
• Strong commercial awareness, analytical thinking and communication skills
• A proactive, collaborative approach and genuine ambition to develop beyond Transaction Services into M&A
• ACA qualification is not essential; candidates from different professional qualification backgrounds will be considered

Who this suits

This opportunity is particularly well suited to someone currently working in Transaction Services who wants to move into broader M&A deal advisory.

You may have spent the last couple of years developing strong financial due diligence and analytical skills but now want exposure to the wider transaction process: working on live M&A mandates, learning directly from experienced dealmakers and developing the commercial and execution skills required to progress within Corporate Finance.

Your TS expertise will give you an immediate area in which you can add value, while the team develops you beyond due diligence into live M&A execution from the outset.

For someone looking to make the TS-to-M&A transition within the lower mid-market, this offers a strong platform to broaden your experience and build a longer-term career in Corporate Finance.