AAB

Corporate Finance Manager / Senior Manager

Posted 2 Days Ago

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Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, GBR

Hybrid

Senior level

Professional Services • Consulting • Financial Services

The Role

The role involves providing corporate finance advice, managing transactions, and preparing proposals, while collaborating with a team of experts in M&A and fundraising.

Summary Generated by Built In

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL. BUILD YOUR CAREER. JOIN US AT AAB.

AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.

EVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.

Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.

AABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.

ESG COMMITTMENT

We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.

ROLE PURPOSE

This is an opportunity to join Northern Ireland’s most active corporate finance team. Ranked #1 deal advisory team in Northern Ireland, according to the latest Experian rankings, AAB advises ambitious family businesses, entrepreneurs and investors on some of the region’s most exciting and high-profile transactions.

Working alongside experienced dealmakers, you’ll gain exposure to a diverse range of M&A, fundraising and strategic advisory assignments, helping clients navigate key moments in their growth journey.

This is a fantastic opportunity to accelerate your career with a market leading team.

Purpose of the role/key responsibilities:

Facilitate successful delivery of corporate strategy assignments in conjunction with corporate finance transactions
Lead the provision of high quality corporate finance advice to clients across all types of corporate finance transactions
Project manage corporate finance transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, due diligence, share valuations and fundraising
With support from Partners and Senior Managers, deliver high quality corporate finance advice to clients across all types of corporate finance transactions
Prepare proposal documents for Partner review
Develop comprehensive knowledge of corporate finance advisory work, procedures, processes and techniques
Demonstrate working knowledge and experience of financial modelling and ability to review models and advise staff and clients accordingly
Perform detailed work as may be required, particularly work of an advanced technical nature, and produce detailed advice and recommendations, with due regard to risk
Produce and present high quality reports, presentations and analysis for meetings and external distribution
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and experience of executing corporate finance transactions
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of accounting practices and financial analysis
Utilise existing knowledge and further develop sector specialisms, using market knowledge and contacts to undertake deal initiation activities to support the department business development activities

Experience & qualifications

Experience and skill set required for the role:

Accountancy qualification, such as CAI or equivalent
Previous experience of working in a similar role
Expertise in technical compliance and advisory work
Experience of working to tight deadlines
Experience of handling a client portfolio with strong client engagement
Experience of managing teams
Experience of networking and business development

WHAT AAB OFFER

We want you to feel supported inside and outside of work. That’s why we offer a benefits package designed for your wellbeing, lifestyle, and career.

Time Off & Family Support

Annual leave (plus public holidays), with the option to buy or carry over leave
Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, adoption)
Paid volunteering day to support causes that matter to you

Health & Wellbeing

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) for you and the option to cover family members
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 mental health and wellbeing support
Death in Service benefit

Financial Security

Competitive pension scheme
Life assurance policies to support you and your family

Flexible & Agile Working

Hybrid working model
Agile working culture that supports flexible hours and smarter working
Modern office spaces designed for collaboration, focus, and wellbeing

Disclaimer
Unsolicited CVs sent to AAB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AAB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.