Corporate Finance Jobs
Corporate Finance jobs are an appealing and highly rewarding option for newly qualified accountants, as they require the utilisation of their accounting and financial skills.
Corporate finance jobs are varied. Private advisory firms, banks or firms within the Profession all look to hire newly qualified accountants and opportunities tend to be split between lead advisory and deal support. In advisory, a newly qualified accountant could be in a business facing capacity helping businesses raise money to fund their growth or advising on acquisitions, take-overs, disposals, MBOs or flotations on the Stock Market.
Likewise, a newly qualified accountant could find themselves in the deal support area, structuring deals and analysing all the relevant financial information to make the deals happen.
Competition for corporate finance jobs is strong as they tend to offer higher than average packages for newly qualified accountants.
However, newly qualified accountants going into corporate finance jobs should be aware that long hours and weekend work are the norm.
What do I need to succeed in a corporate finance job?
- Newly qualified accountants looking to work in corporate finance will need a high level of commercial awareness, a strong business and market knowledge as well as first class academics and polished interpersonal skills.
- Jobs in corporate finance mean coping with a fast paced and deal focused environment
- Corporate finance jobs will almost certainly involve long hours and weekend work