Corporate Finance Manager

About us

Avencia Consulting are partnered with a leading Specialty Reinsurer based in the City who have a newly created position in their team for a Corporate Finance Manager to join.

The role

The role sits in the growing Corporate Finance team and involves working on dynamic strategic projects including equity transactions, refinancing's, M&A opportunities and raising third-party insurance capacity to support the continued growth of the business.

Key accountabilities

• Build financial models and business plans (including operating models and perform valuation analysis)
  for new opportunities and business units
• Involved in all aspects of potential transactions including performing due diligence and financial modelling on potential opportunities. The result of this work is to make recommendations to Senior Management
• Research and assessment of performance of the company and target companies, as well as peer analysis
• Preparation of valuation, investor, strategy and Board presentations
• Assessment of capital structures of peers. Monitor and compare the Group's metrics
• Analyse equity, credit and other legal documents such as shareholder agreements and debt documents.

Skills & experience

• Prior experience in, or demonstrated strong interest in, corporate finance, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, restructuring, leveraged finance, investments and deal advisory
• Demonstrated ability to perform quantitative analysis and in-depth research of public or private companies
• Knowledge and/or experience creating and assessing business plans and operating models (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flows)
• Performed detailed modelling from scratch and knowledge of valuation analysis
• Experience in the insurance industry is not required
• A strong background or demonstrated knowledge of finance/accounting
• Strong qualitative and analytical skills with experience in excel
• A desire to work in a team environment and partner with other teams, often under tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to write effectively
• Solid presentation skills using PowerPoint / Word