Corporate Finance Senior Director/Partner

The Curve Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Job summary

The Curve Group in Manchester is seeking a Corporate Finance Senior Director/Partner to set the strategy for a new local practice and lead a team to win mandates. The role focuses on establishing relationships, originating and executing lower mid-market deals, and guiding private owners and PE-backed businesses through sales, acquisitions, MBOs, and fundraising.

You will build the Manchester pipeline, recruit locally, and have the opportunity for performance upside and an equity route as the

Qualifications

• Proven track record in lower mid‑market Corporate Finance deals.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy for a new Manchester Corporate Finance practice and win mandates.
• Lead the establishment of a North West team with experienced deal execution support.
• Advise privately owned and PE-backed businesses on sales, acquisitions, MBOs, fundraising and strategic advisory mandates.
• Develop relationships with business owners, lawyers, accountants, funders and investors across the North West.
• Lead early mandates personally and recruit locally as the pipeline grows.

Job description

Corporate Finance Senior Director/Partner

£120,000 to £150,000 indicative base + performance upside + route to equity

Set the strategy for a new Manchester Corporate Finance practice, win the mandates and build the team you want to lead. You'll have an established deal team behind you from day one.

An independent, partner-owned advisory firm is looking for someone to establish its Corporate Finance presence across Manchester and the North West. You'll decide where to focus, which relationships to develop and how the local team grows as the work comes through.

The backing you'll have

You'll have an established lower mid-market Corporate Finance team behind you, with experienced deal execution and analyst support, marketing resource and hands-on backing from a senior Partner. That gives you the capacity to pitch for and deliver mandates while you build the Manchester pipeline.

The work you'll win and lead

You'll advise privately owned and private equity-backed businesses on sales, acquisitions, MBOs, fundraising and strategic advisory mandates. Typical deals sit between £5m and £50m enterprise value, with an average of around £20m.

You'll develop relationships with business owners, lawyers, accountants, funders and investors across the North West. You'll lead the early mandates personally and recruit locally as the pipeline and fee income grow.

Time to build and a stake in what you create

The firm understands how long it takes to turn a relationship into a mandate and a mandate into a completed deal. The plan for the first two years reflects that. The quality of your pipeline and the mandates you win will carry weight alongside completed fees.

The package will reflect your entry level and the build plan, with scope for performance-related upside during the build. There's a route to equity at Partner level and potential to participate in the wider firm over time.

Who it will suit

You could be an established Corporate Finance Partner who wants to shape a regional practice, or a Senior Director already winning work and ready to step into a Partner-level remit.

You'll have credible North West relationships, a track record of leading lower mid-market deals and examples of mandates you personally originated or helped win. You should be able to talk through where you'd start in Manchester, who you'd approach and what sort of team you'd want to build.