Corporate Finance Manager

Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, we have over a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of our many offices!


We are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.


This Manager role in Corporate Finance involves managing client interactions, preparing financial forecasts, leading advisory and due diligence projects, and ensuring high-quality output.

Client Focus

Can respond to client queries relating to the role with minimal input from others.
Demonstrates a clear understanding of clients’ business, objectives, challenges and risks sufficient to brief more junior colleagues on assignment and direct work accordingly.
Demonstrates a broad understanding of the client/customer market and environment and understands the importance of driving new business.
Manage flexible working of self and assistants based around client needs and business deadlines.
Reviews WIP every month to ensure that fees are raised for any work that is completed or at a billable stage and that any doubtful time that may not be recovered is adequately provided.
Gain experience of winning new work through input into the preparation of proposals, fee quotes and attending client tenders.
Technical Excellence

Committed to developing knowledge in a specialist area and actively communicates/feeds back salient areas to team members.
Delivers departmental training and development initiatives.
Commitment

Identifies skills and knowledge gaps in the department and actively makes suggestions to resolve.
Aware of their unconscious bias and ensures this is appropriately considered throughout the candidate selection and recruitment process.
Takes responsibility for actioning departmental development initiatives.
Takes responsibility for the workflow planning of the team.
Demonstrates real enthusiasm and motivation at work and engages in team/corporate activities beyond core role.
Attention to Detail

Demonstrates ability to review multiple ongoing assignments without compromising on quality or timescales, giving appropriate and constructive feedback to the team throughout.
Takes the lead in ensuring the output of the wider team is of the highest quality and presentation through providing appropriate feedback and training.
Decision Making

Demonstrates a commitment to developing team members by assigning challenging work, ensuring to give support where appropriate and necessary.
Empowers team members to think independently.
Is able to make rational and informed decisions even if they may appear unpopular.
Efficiency

Challenges existing approaches and offers alternative suggestions to deliver work more efficiently without compromising the quality of output.
Champions new technologies aimed at improving quality and efficiency, and takes the lead in departmental implementation of them.

Lead Advisory Projects

Discuss and finalise IM / business plan and teaser with the client.
Review three year integrated basic financial forecast (if required).
Discuss and finalise three year integrated basic financial forecast with the client (if required).
Review further information.
Discuss initial offers with the client and agree on the course of action.
Negotiate with interested parties to elicit final offers.
Discuss final offers with the client and agree on courses of action.
Draft Heads of Terms on more complex transactions.
Review Heads of Terms on less complex transactions.
Discuss heads of terms with the client and agree on the course of action.
Negotiate the heads of terms with the preferred interested party.
Review the information for the due diligence request.
Due Diligence Projects

Issue engagement letter to the client and discuss any queries/ proposed alterations.
Budget costs for the assignment.
Initial planning meeting with client.
Identify key risk areas and recommend ways on how to mitigate them.
Review analysis in Data packs.
Perform any Completion Accounts work post FDD project.
Provide feedback and identify the need for training staff, and provide tailor made training and resource materials to juniors.
Raise invoices and discuss fees with clients if necessary.
Skills & experience required:

Relevant experience in corporate finance, including managing client interactions, preparing financial forecasts, and leading advisory and due diligence projects.
An accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CA)

What's in it for you?

Our benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more. You can find out more about how we reward our colleagues - Careers | Rewards And Benefits | Azets UK

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Job Reference: AZ04916