Investment Manager – Private Equity

Sharp Consultancy; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An international private equity provider is seeking a qualified ACA, CA, or ACCA accountant to assist in the investment cycle from origination to completion. This role demands exceptional skills in customer interaction, a background in corporate finance, and opportunities for career progression in an esteemed environment with attractive benefits including a pension and entry into the carried-interest scheme.

Benefits

Enhanced pension

Medical benefits

Bonus scheme

Entry into carried-interest scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified with a quality firm of accountants with corporate finance experience.
• Deal experience in corporate finance, M&A, or private equity essential.
• High achiever academically with an interest in corporate finance.

Responsibilities

• Assist directors and partners in identifying investment opportunities.
• Manage deal process through due diligence to completion.
• Involve in bolt-on acquisitions and exits.

Skills

Customer facing skills

Commercial skills

Transactional skills

Inter-personal skills

Education

ACA or CA (ICAEW or ICAS) or ACCA qualified

Job description

Allow your career to flourish with this impressive and highly respected international private equity provider.

If you are a qualified ACA or CA, whether ICAEW or ICAS or qualified ACCA with exceptional customer facing, commercial and transactional skills this could be the best career move you ever make. The business has a track record spanning decades investing in ambitious and growing businesses throughout the UK.

You will perform a valuable role primarily assisting the directors and partners in identifying potential investment opportunities, managing various elements of the deal process through due diligence and on to completion – the whole investment cycle from origination through to completing the investment, further bolt-on acquisitions and eventually exits.

To be considered you must have qualified with a quality firm of accountants and have up to date professional practice experience from within corporate finance / lead advisory or business recovery / corporate restructuring. Alternatively, you may already be within venture capital / private equity fancying a change of employer. Academically you will be a high achiever and have first class inter-personal skills, an interest in corporate finance and funding and a wider commercial nous. Some deal experience within corporate finance / M&A, corporate recovery / restructuring or private equity will be essential.

Benefits are attractive including enhanced pension, medical, bonus and most appealing of all, entry to the carried-interest scheme (after a qualifying period). Opportunities to progress are clear and you will be able to develop your career learning from extremely well-respected investors.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.