Corporate Finance Analyst (Newly Qualified ACA)

Alan Mitchell; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A boutique investment bank is seeking a Corporate Finance Analyst to join their team in the City of London. Responsibilities include financial modelling, drafting corporate documentation, and engaging in M&A and Private Capital Advisory work. Ideal candidates should possess a professional qualification or equivalent experience, strong interpersonal skills, and proficiency in PowerPoint. This role offers the opportunity to work on a range of transactions across the UK, enhancing your skill set.

Qualifications

• Must have a professional qualification, ideally the ACA, or minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
• Self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and has good organisational and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial modelling for M&A transactions including dilution/accretion analysis.
• Draft corporate finance documentation such as prospectuses and NDAs.
• Involved in producing marketing materials for private capital advisory.

Skills

Self-starter

Good interpersonal skills

Good organisational skills

IT literacy skills

PowerPoint skills

Education

Professional qualification (likely the ACA)

3 years of relevant experience

Job description

Corporate Finance Analyst

My client is looking to hire an Analyst/junior Associate to work in the team, principally focused on ECM Advisory work, but also getting involved in other projects within the firm, including M&A and Private Capital Advisory.

Main Responsibilities

M&A:

• Financial Modelling - dilution/accretion analysis and enlarged group forecast models
• Documentation - term sheets and SPAs
• Buyer/seller search
• Transaction experience in both private and public M&A (Takeover Code) and includes the production of fairness opinions

Private Capital Advisory (private equity and private debt):

• Sourcing financing for private deals from credit, minority and growth equity funds
• Produce marketing materials, including teasers and management presentations, and prepare forecast and downside scenario financial models
• Involved in the structuring and execution of private debt and private equity transactions, supporting the due diligence process and deal documentation
• Help to build and maintain a network of different types of private capital funders

Equity Capital Markets:

• Work on initial and secondary equity offerings both on AIM and the Main Market
• Take ownership of drafting process for admission documents and prospectuses
• Drafting other corporate finance documentation such as engagement letters and NDAs
• Modelling - including comparable company analysis, precedent transaction analysis, discounted cash flow analysis and forecast operating models

Qualifications, skills, experience and competencies needed

• Professional qualification (likely the ACA) or 3 years of relevant experience
• Self-starter
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and IT literacy skills
• PowerPoint skills

This is a great opportunity to join a very entrepreneurial boutique investment bank, based in the City, but with deals all over the UK. You will join an established junior team where you will be able to work on a range of different deal types, with private and public companies, and so enable you to have a very well rounded skill set.