Vice President, Corporate Development

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial institution is seeking a Vice President, Corporate Development to lead M&A opportunities and provide transaction advisory services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in investment banking or corporate development, strong analytical skills, and a solid understanding of financial accounting principles. This is an office-first role based in London, where you'll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support and negotiate transactions effectively.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in M&A advisory or in-house corporate development.
• Exceptional analytical capabilities in financial modelling.
• Knowledge of corporate law and its impact on M&A.

Responsibilities

• Advise on M&A opportunities providing transaction advisory.
• Evaluate transaction value and support the senior transaction lead.
• Lead and monitor execution of transaction plans.

Skills

Investment banking experience

Analytical and financial modelling capabilities

Commercial awareness

Knowledge of regulatory capital

Education

Qualified chartered accountant or Level 3 Chartered Financial Analyst

Job description

Join us as a Vice President, Corporate Development

• Joining our Corporate Development team as a Vice President, you'll advise on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) opportunities for the bank, providing in-house transaction advisory and execution services
• Undertake a lead role on M&A, investment and partnership transactions and complete analytical assessments of opportunities, with business transformation as a key deliverable
• Evaluate the overall value of a transaction to the bank, supporting the accountable senior transaction lead and head of team
• This is an office-first job, so most of your time will be spent on site in our London office

What you'll do

As a Vice President, you’ll take responsibility for ensuring that detailed financial and strategic analysis and due diligence is completed to a high standard and provide appropriate challenge to support and protect the bank’s interests in a transaction. You’ll also provide insights to negotiate transactions on behalf of the bank, using sound judgement and reasoning to deliver optimal outcomes.

In addition, you’ll be:

• Providing support on a wide range of transaction assessments spanning both larger, more complex transactions and smaller deals
• Collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholder groups and building effective working relationships across the bank and its external advisor network
• Creating, analysing and evaluating internal papers to see that appropriate financial rigour and reasoning have been applied in the submission, and the business case is aligned with the bank’s strategic priorities
• Using your technical and business knowledge to highlight areas where further analysis or detail is required, or points require further emphasis
• Presenting the analytical outputs, options and conclusions to senior colleagues
• Leading, monitoring and acting accordingly to make sure that the plan for the transaction and all risks, issues and dependencies are addressed
• Utilising market and competitor awareness to identify additional options and opportunities for the bank

The skills you'll need

You’ll bring extensive experience from one or more of the following: investment banking (such as M&A advisory or Financial Institution Group teams), a bank's inhouse corporate development team, corporate finance advisory teams or transaction services teams. It's also strongly preferred that you'll be either a qualified chartered accountant or a Level 3 Chartered Financial Analyst.

You’ll also demonstrate:

• Exceptional analytical and financial modelling capabilities, including detailed knowledge of financial accounting principles and valuation methodologies
• Strategic insight and commercial awareness
• Knowledge of regulatory capital and accounting standards
• An understanding of corporate law and how it affects M&A