Corporate Finance Partner

The Curve Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Curve Group is seeking a Corporate Finance Partner to lead lower mid-market M&A across Bristol and the South West, with a national deal team backing your relationships and clients.

You will originate, advise on sales, acquisitions and investments, and build referral networks with owners, lawyers, accountants, investors and funders, while coordinating with Debt Advisory and other specialists when needed. Bristol focus with room to shape the practice.

Responsibilities

• Originate and lead lower mid-market M&A mandates across Bristol and the South West.
• Advise owners, shareholders and management on sales, acquisitions, buyouts and investment.
• Build repeat referral relationships with business owners, lawyers, accountants, investors and funders.
• Bring national sector specialists into pitches and work with Debt Advisory and other teams where they can help a client or open up an opportunity.
• Help shape where the Bristol practice focuses its efforts and develop colleagues through live work.

Skills

M&A experience

Client relationship management

Deal origination

Job description

Corporate Finance Partner

£160,000 to £200,000+ base + profit participation

What could you win in the South West with a national deal team behind the relationships you’ve already built?

An established national advisory firm is open to speaking with Corporate Finance Partners who could help grow its Bristol practice. You’ll have a Bristol team to work with, national sector expertise to bring into pitches and the ability to draw on Debt Advisory and other specialists when a client needs them.

This is an opportunity to build on the part of the market where you already have traction. That might be a sector where owners turn to you for advice, a strong network of local introducers or relationships with investors looking to back South West businesses. The firm wants to understand where you see opportunity and what you could win with more resource behind you.

What you could build

• Originate and lead lower mid-market M&A mandates across Bristol and the South West.
• Advise owners, shareholders and management teams on sales, acquisitions, buyouts and investment.
• Build repeat referral relationships with business owners, lawyers, accountants, investors and funders.
• Bring national sector specialists into pitches and work with Debt Advisory and other teams where they can help a client or open up an opportunity.
• Help shape where the Bristol practice focuses its efforts and develop colleagues through live work.

Why it’s worth a conversation

If you’ve built a strong local reputation, the question is how much further you could take it. You’ll be able to draw on colleagues outside Bristol when a mandate calls for specialist sector knowledge, more execution capacity or financing advice. You’ll still lead the client relationship and stay involved from the first conversation through to completion.

Who it will suit

An established Corporate Finance Partner with genuine Bristol or South West relationships and a track record of personally winning and leading lower mid-market deals. You’ll be able to explain where your recent mandates came from, which clients and introducers call you directly and what you’d want to build over the next few years.