SUMMARY

Join our rapidly growing M&A advisory firm and have a tangible impact on our collective success. As a Corporate Finance Associate at Collingwood, you will be at the heart of our success, managing market-leading sale mandates for our global B2B media clients, gaining more responsibility and autonomy earlier in your career than in a traditional firm.
We’re looking for results-driven individuals with personality and ambition to boot, a background in mid market transactions, and a demonstrable ability to problem solve, delivering high quality work to tight deadlines both as an individual and as contributing to our team. In return, we offer a highly competitive package, hybrid working, and a supportive, team-first culture designed to help you achieve more than you thought possible.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for someone with a working knowledge of the sell-side transaction process who is intellectually curious to learn more. You should have:

• Excellent commercial acumen and the ability to apply it to real-world situations.
• Proven MS Excel and PowerPoint skills for financial analysis and preparing client documentation.
• Superb project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• A meticulous eye for detail and a commitment to producing the highest quality outputs, often within tight timescales.
• The ability to write high-quality, professionally presented documents.
• The ability to communicate effectively and build rapport with both colleagues and clients.
• A background as a Chartered Accountant with 2-3 years of complementary experience is desirable

Our stated ambition is to become a tech-enabled, AI-led business, therefore having awareness of LLMs and Generative AI, and an understanding of how AI can help drive efficiencies in your role is crucial. Insight and understanding of how AI can potentially transform your role, enabling you to focus less on the quantitative process aspects, and more on the qualitative, commercial aspects of your role, is highly attractive.

Package

• Highly competitive remuneration package with attractive incentives for exceptional company, team, and personal performance
• Hybrid working
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Group life insurance (4x salary)
• Learning and development support
• Progression opportunities
• Enhanced family and medical leave
• Charity donation to support fundraising activities
• Bike2Work scheme
• State of the art new office in Bloomsbury
• Regular socials

• You will support the delivery of lead advisory mandates from start to finish, including creating financial databooks, information memoranda, and DD-ready VDRs.
• You will act as a day-to-day contact for the client, and will ensure the consistent delivery of projects / outputs against timetables and our highest quality standards.
• You will assess the client’s business drivers, quality of earnings, and key deal issues to create a tailored approach to the sale process.
• You will also support our business development activities, including identifying targets, engaging prospects, and creating materials for pitches and proposals.
• You will help build and maintain Collingwood’s relationship with buyers and PE houses, as well as our overall market profile contributing to a variety of marketing initiatives and regular thought leadership.
• You will constantly strive for innovation, using technology and your experience to identify areas where we can materially improve the quality of our work, transform the nature of our ways of working, and drive efficiency and effectiveness in everything we do