Corporate Finance Assistant Director - Leeds

Is it time to use your corporate finance skills in a more meaningful way? At UK Government Investments (UKGI), we create value for society from government’s most complex commercial interests. What we do is unique, and so are we. Wholly owned by HM Treasury (HMT), our team comprises c.150 experts who work together with Civil Servants to provide high quality corporate finance and corporate governance expertise to departments, advising in support of their policy objectives.

Please note, this role is available in either our Leeds or London office. Working for UKGI provides a unique opportunity for talented individuals from the public and private sector to contribute to work of national importance. The work we do is challenging and fast-paced and is always significant in terms of social, economic, and political impact. Continuously interesting and often novel, our work spans sectors including: AI, defence, transport, energy security and space travel.

Within UKGI, we have undertaken a key advisory role in the most recent high-profile transactions involving government, including the return of NatWest group to the private sector, the acquisition of Royal Mail by IDS, the acquisition of OneWeb and subsequent merger with Eutelsat, the equity raise to fund the construction of Sizewell C nuclear plant and the re-acquisition of the Annington Homes estate. Our advice ranges from supporting companies in distress, responding to major private sector mergers and acquisitions, moving companies into public ownership and commercial negotiations with the private sector.

About You

It is essential you are able to demonstrate depth of corporate finance expertise and the capability to engage with multiple senior stakeholders. You will typically have spent a decade or more at a corporate finance advisory firm, investment bank or in-house M&A team working on a range of transactions.

You should be able to evidence:

• Deep corporate finance experience, with the ability to manage all aspects of M&A and capital-raising transaction advisory processes, including reviewing and commenting on key commercial documents; undertaking strategic options, valuation, financial and capital structure analysis; and financial modelling.
• The ability to use your corporate finance skills and experience to develop solutions for clients, aligning multiple client objectives and influencing stakeholders to deliver better outcomes.
• The ability to advise and convey complex information clearly to senior non-financial audiences, in both written and verbal form.
• Collaborative working across multiple stakeholders, whilst having the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions.
• Proactivity in driving forward workstreams autonomously, whilst keeping seniors suitably informed.
• Successfully managing a transaction team, including other advisers.

Diversity Statement

UKGI has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. Our aim is to be an open and inclusive organisation, recruiting and retaining diverse, talented and high-performing people who support and develop one another. UKGI is a Disability Confident Employer. This means we’ve been recognised as an employer which is confident and leading the way in recruiting and retaining staff with disabilities. We will offer an interview to any applicants with a disability who have indicated they wish to take part in the disability confident scheme, provided they meet the essential criteria for the post set out in the person specification. If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your application.

UKGI is also part of the ‘Great Place to Work for Veterans’ initiative. This means that as part of our commitment to diversity and equality in our recruitment and retention policy, we will offer an interview to any eligible applicants from His Majesty’s Armed Forces provided they meet the essential criteria for the post set out in the person specification. Please indicate on your application that you wish for your application to be considered as part of this initiative.

In line with company policy, we will be employing a hybrid working model based, with 40% of your time being home-based. At UKGI we place a high degree of value on work life balance and as such applications from individuals seeking flexible working, reduced hours contracts and job shares are also actively encouraged.

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How to apply

If you would like to be challenged by genuinely fascinating work in an environment where work life balance is taken seriously, please apply online with a CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria of the role.