Tunneys UK
Senior financial modeller - Accelerated M&A & Distressed Turnaround (UK, Remote)
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Senior financial modeller - Accelerated M&A & Distressed Turnaround (UK, Remote)
The Opportunity
Are you an established big four financial modeller working in London seeking a highly autonomous role, a transparent career trajectory, and the flexibility of modern, remote-first working?
For a senior professional with 5 to 7+ years of experience navigating the London Big 4 environment, career progression can often feel restricted by rigid corporate structures, localized market constraints, and shifting partnership criteria.
Tunneys offers a compelling alternative. We are an elite, agile advisory boutique specializing in Distressed Turnaround and Accelerated M&A (AMA). We are seeking a technically exceptional, highly analytical senior consultant to join our team. In this unique role, you will be based in the UK but can otherwise work fully remotely with our team to deliver high-stakes, mid-market transactions and restructuring projects.
This position offers the intellectual challenge of accelerated refinancing and M&A deals, a clear and merit-based path to remuneration growth, eventual partnership and the freedom to work remotely.
About the Role
In accelerated M&A and distressed restructuring, financial accuracy is absolute. As a senior consultant (equivalent to Associate Director / Director in Big 4), you will not merely act as a high-level reviewer; you will be a guardian of financial integrity for the transactions we deliver.
You will lead the delivery of complex financial analyses, taking hands-on responsibility for the construction, validation, and defense of integrated financial models. This role requires an exceptional accountant who can dissect complex financial statements, implement flawless quality control processes, and confidently prepare businesses for due diligence.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Model Integrity & Delivery: Lead the design, construction, and delivery of complex, integrated three-statement financial models under compressed timelines.
- Rigorous Quality Control: Establish and implement robust checking mechanisms to identify and rectify model errors before delivery. You will ensure that every output is logically sound, mathematically correct, and fully defensible to UK lenders and buyers.
- Bidder Q&A and Due Diligence Prep: Prepare target businesses for rigorous financial due diligence (FDD). You will ensure we are fully prepared for the bidder Q&A process, translating complex model mechanics into clear, narratives / simple, clear and sensible answers to questions about what is seen in the financial statements.
- Stakeholder Management: Confidently manage relationships with sophisticated UK-based stakeholders—including CFOs, corporate boards, lenders, and private equity sponsors—under highly pressured turnaround conditions.
- Team Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and develop junior professionals, fostering a high-performance culture of ownership, responsibility and technical excellence.
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What You’ll Need
We are seeking an intellectually disciplined, pragmatic professional who possesses a solid understanding of accountancy, corporate finance and restructuring and financial modelling.
- Professional Experience: A minimum of 12 years of experience, primarily within Big 4 Financial Modelling or Transaction Services (Financial Due Diligence)/Restructuring/Corporate Finance.
- Technical Qualifications: ICAEW, CA, ACCA.
- Modeling Expertise: Advanced, hands-on financial modeling capability in MS Excel. You must be very strong in building and reviewing integrated three-statement models.
- Analytical Precision: An exceptional eye for detail, with a proven ability to audit complex financial data and identify discrepancies that others overlook.
- Concise communication & Gravitas: Outstanding clear written and verbal English communication skills are mandatory and absolutely essential.
- Uncompromising Integrity & Directness: You hold absolute ethical standards and total honesty as non-negotiable across every aspect of your work—delivering objective truth through clear, concise, and to-the-point communication without waffle, fluff, or ambiguity.
- Absolute Discretion & Confidentiality: You treat all client data, deal structures, and firm operations with total secrecy—maintaining absolute discretion both on and off the job. You do not discuss sensitive matters outside of work, nor do you ever publish client names, transaction credentials, or work deliverables on LinkedIn, social media, or any public platform.
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What Tunneys Offers
We believe that elite talent should be treated with trust, rewarded fairly, and given the space to perform at their best.
- Access & Exposure: Gain direct, consistent exposure to financial model builds, the M&A and restructuring markets and CFOs of businesses across all industries.
- A Transparent Path to Progression/Partner: We have eliminated the political gatekeeping often found in traditional firms. Our partnership track is clearly defined, objective, and based entirely on merit, performance, and contribution to firm growth.
- True Remote Flexibility: We operate a highly flexible, remote-first model. We trust you to manage your schedule and deliver results without unnecessary in-person requirements.
- High-Impact Engagement: Rather than producing lengthy, compliance-driven reports, your work will directly influence critical, real-time transactions and business preservation.
- A Culture of Professional Respect: We maintain a collaborative, low-ego environment focused on delivering exceptional client outcomes without unnecessary administrative friction.
How to Apply
If you possess the technical background and expertise of a seasoned Big 4 AD/Director and are ready to apply your skills in a more dynamic, rewarding, and flexible environment, we welcome your application.
Please submit your CV for a confidential, professional discussion with our leadership team.
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