Corporate Finance Manager

We are seeking an experienced manager or associate director to join our Corporate Advisory team in our Dublin office.

At Goodbody, Managers and ADs play a strong part in the origination and execution of the firm’s advisory engagements. The successful candidate will work closely with Directors on strategic advisory transactions in multiple industry groups, with opportunities to gain significant exposure to sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, capital markets and capital raising transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with Directors in all facets of business, including idea generation, marketing, transaction evaluation, and transaction processing.
• Develop pitch materials and offering memoranda for M&A & Capital Market transactions, private financings, and other advisory projects.
• Take a leading role in transaction execution, including due diligence, serving as a primary point of contact for clients/counterparties, and participating in the negotiation of transaction agreements.
• Direct and manage a wide variety of quantitative analyses, including DCF, LBO, comparable transaction, and accretion/dilution analysis.
• Monitor relevant transactions, capital market trends, company financial statements, industry, regulatory, and other economic information.
• Ensure the quality of client deliverables by having a strong attention to detail.
• Mentor and develop interns,  analysts and executives at the firm.
• Utilise relationships developed while at the firm to source new business opportunities from both existing and target clients.

About you:

• 5+ years of experience at a highly regarded investment bank or accounting firm or M&A / corp dev role with a large company.
• Demonstrable M&A and/or Capital raising execution experience.
• Experience managing the day-to-day aspects of client relationships and projects.
• Ability to operate independently in an environment of rapidly changing priorities.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree; MBA degree in finance or accounting or ACA/ACCA/CIMA is preferred. 

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

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Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland. Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Goodbody by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role. 

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. Goodbody is a member of the group of companies headed by AIB Group plc.