Director - Transaction Services

S&W; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Director for Transaction Services to lead financial due diligence and strategic client engagements. This role involves managing teams, fostering client relationships, and driving business development initiatives. The firm values its skilled professionals and offers a supportive environment for career growth. With a commitment to excellence, the company empowers its team to navigate complex challenges and unlock opportunities for clients. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Fully funded training towards professional qualifications

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Eye care support

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Transaction Services and business development.
• Educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial due diligence and SPA advice for clients.
• Develop and nurture client relationships to win new work.
• Oversee junior staff and ensure high-quality deliverables.

Skills

Transaction Services

Business Development

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Finance or related field

Chartered Accountant or Corporate Finance Diploma

Job description

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Company Description

S&W Partners is a top ten UK accountancy and advisory firm. Since 1881, we've worked with our clients to unlock opportunities and navigate the challenges of a changing world. As a trusted partner, we bring clarity to clients with complex requirements, shaping solutions that make a difference. Offering a broad range of services spanning business and private client tax advice, assurance and business services and a suite of advisory and digital services, we work with clients to understand their needs, uncover value and support every stage of business and of life. We believe this is how we can best support our clients' growth.

Company Description

S&W Partners is a top ten UK accountancy and advisory firm. Since 1881, we've worked with our clients to unlock opportunities and navigate the challenges of a changing world. As a trusted partner, we bring clarity to clients with complex requirements, shaping solutions that make a difference. Offering a broad range of services spanning business and private client tax advice, assurance and business services and a suite of advisory and digital services, we work with clients to understand their needs, uncover value and support every stage of business and of life. We believe this is how we can best support our clients' growth.

It's our vision to be the go-to professional services firm for sophisticated businesses and private clients with complex needs and our success hinges on our people. We are a team of highly skilled and passionate professionals, who are empowered to achieve their career aspirations, as we continue to build our business.

Job Description

What will you be doing?

To provide our clients with first class service in regard to all aspects of end-to-end financial due diligence and SPA advice. To manage teams, by supporting recruitment, retention and development of individuals. Develop new relationships and nurture existing relationships to win work directly and be a key influence to support partners in winning work.

As Director - Transaction Services, your responsibilities will include among others

Client work

• Taking ownership for project management and reporting on engagements
• Day to day contact for the client during the assignment
• Ensuring the completion of client take on processes and other risk management procedures
• Drafting and agreeing scopes of work
• Preparation of budgets and management of WIP and negotiation of fees
• Directing the key aspects of the review: analysing, reviewing and commenting on historical and forecast trading results and trends ; SPA advice
• Reviewing / drafting the report and other client deliverables
• Management of the team and review their work
• Liaising with other lines of service eg tax, and review of their output
  
  

Supervision

• Delegation and oversight of work to junior staff, reviewing and challenging their output;
• Appraisals/monitor staff performance
• Motivation and development of staff; assistance with recruitment
• On the job training for junior staff on a one-to-one basis
• Taking the lead on internal initiatives
• Key influence on building the brand
  
  

Business development and marketing

• Preparing pitch documents
• Driving the development and execution of business development initiatives
• Developing expertise in niche industry sectors
• Building new networks and developing relationships
• Maintaining and nurture client relationships
• Winning work directly and be a key influence alongside other partners for winning new work
  
  

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should

• Extensive experience and knowledge of Transaction Services
• Demonstrable experience in business development, with a proven track record of winning new clients and developing commercial relationships
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• A relevant professional qualification, for example Chartered Accountant or Corporate Finance Diploma is desirable although not essential
  
  

Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support
  
  

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Accounting

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