Corporate Finance Assistant Director

Full job description
Location
Nottingham
Department
Corporate Finance
Contract type
Full-time
Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person looking for your next challenge? If you are, and you’re looking to join a national operation with international reach, then we have a great role for you, based at our Nottingham office on Park Row.

You can join a talented group of individuals in our Business Advisory Services department who support our growing network of UHY firms across the UK.

Our firm

The UHY Hacker Young Group is a leading network of chartered accountants with 20 offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 340 offices in all major global business jurisdictions.

We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community.

We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you’re with us, to have fun in the workplace, work with like-minded individuals, and deliver great services.

Are you looking to join a team that:

is values driven?
believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
If so we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

We advise entrepreneurs, owner managers, family businesses and private equity houses on a range of transactions including disposals, acquisitions, management buy-outs, fundraisings – equity and/or debt, together with advising clients on helping to prepare for transactions to enable them to optimise the transaction outcome. We work across all sectors.

We are looking for a highly motivated, passionate individual to join our team as we grow and the opportunity to build a career path as the business develops.

Job description

Hands-on involvement in a range of transactions, from business sales to private equity deals, working more autonomously with junior support on simpler transactions, and with Directors/ Partners on more complex ones, as required
Commercial mind set to quickly develop an understanding of a client’s business, its drivers and differentiators and applying appropriate levels of scepticism and challenge
Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence in order to develop strong client and intermediary relationships to enable being the main day to day contact for clients for a project
Review and preparation of reports including information memorandum, business plans and teasers
Advising on transaction structures and deal negotiations, project management of transactions in order to maintain a timetable and work to deadlines
Planning and carrying out projects to a high standard, taking ownership of your work and maintaining the high standards we expect of ourselves and that clients expect of us both professionally and ethically
Be part of growing and developing the team over time, working as a role model for junior team members and working closely with other senior members, and empowering and developing the more junior members
Take a proactive involvement in business development opportunities, including generating ideas for such opportunities and cross selling opportunities for other UHY teams. Read more