Collingwood
M&A Deal Team Analyst
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The role
Join our rapidly growing M&A advisory firm and build the foundations of your career in Corporate Finance. As an Analyst at Collingwood, you’ll support our Corporate Finance deal teams on market-leading sale mandates for global B2B information, media and events clients, learning directly from experienced dealmakers and gaining real transaction exposure earlier than you would at a traditional firm. We’re looking for driven, detail-oriented individuals with some grounding in corporate finance, transactions, or financial analysis, and a genuine appetite to learn fast. In return, we offer a highly competitive package, hybrid working, and a supportive, team-first culture built to help you grow quickly.
What does the job involve?
As an Analyst in our Corporate Finance team, you’ll support Associates and senior colleagues across live deals, building your commercial skills and market knowledge with plenty of guidance along the way.
- You will support the team in producing financial databooks, first drafts of information memoranda, and DD-ready data rooms, working closely with Associates and senior colleagues who’ll review and guide your work.
- You will help prepare for client and buyer meetings, including drafting agendas and call notes and following up on actions.
- You will assist with assessing a clients’ business drivers, quality of earnings, and key deal issues, building your understanding of the sale process as you go.
- You will support business development activity, including researching targets, building prospect lists, and helping prepare materials for pitches and proposals.
- You will contribute to Collingwood’s wider marketing initiatives and thought leadership, bringing ideas and research to the table.
- You will use AI tools as part of your everyday workflow, helping speed up research, analysis, and document drafting so you can spend more time on the commercial, judgement-based parts of the job.
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About You
We’re looking for someone with some early exposure to corporate finance, transactions, or financial analysis, who is intellectually curious and eager to learn more. You may have recently graduated from university, or have come to M&A via another route. You should have:
- Confident MS Excel and PowerPoint skills, with a real interest in developing these further for financial analysis and client documentation.
- Comfort using AI tools and generative AI day-to-day, with curiosity about how they can improve the speed and quality of your work.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality outputs, even to tight deadlines.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication.
- The confidence to build rapport with colleagues and, over time, with clients.
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A background working towards ACA/ACCA or a related qualification is desirable but not essential.
Package
- Highly competitive remuneration package with attractive incentives for exceptional company, team, and personal performance
- Hybrid working
- 25 days’ holiday per year (accruing 1 additional day per year of service, up to 30 days max.)
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Private medical insurance (BUPA)
- 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 office in Bloomsbury
- Regular socials
Right to work
Applicants for this role must be able to provide evidence of a legal right to work in the UK. Collingwood is unable to provide any visa sponsorship arrangements for this role, please do not apply if you will require this.
Equal opportunities
Collingwood is committed to building an inclusive organisation and welcomes applicants regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, disability or sexual orientation.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are the first in their family to work in a professional or financial services role, who did not attend a Russell Group university, or who came to M&A via a non-traditional route. If you don’t tick every box but think you’d thrive here, please apply.
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