Corporate Finance Manager

Our client in the asset management and leasing industry are looking for a new Corporate Finance Manager to join the team based in London. This is a key leadership role where you will manage a team of two and lead on corporate analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• M&A and Investment Analysis: Lead the financial due diligence, asset valuation, and underwriting processes for potential corporate mergers, fleet buybacks, and rolling stock expansions across the UK and continental Europe.
• Advanced Valuation Modelling: Build and stress-test comprehensive DCF (discounted cash flow), comparable transaction, and asset-backed leverage models to evaluate the equity value and net present value (NPV) of asset investments.
• Commercial Pricing Support: Design sophisticated lease-rate pricing structures for competitive bidding tenders, ensuring revenue models accurately factor in rolling stock residual values, depreciation curves, and maintenance provisions.
• Investment Committee Presentations: Translate dense financial models into highly polished investment memoranda and risk-return presentations for executive leadership and institutional sponsors.
• Capital Markets Support: Interface with syndicated bank lenders and capital advisors to help structure debt financing conditions aligned with asset performance metrics.

Required Skills & Experience

• Significant experience within an Investment Banking (M&A/Coverage), Corporate Finance Advisory (Big 4), or Infrastructure Private Equity environment, ideally with industry exposure too.
• High-level mastery of complex corporate valuations, asset impairing analyses, and pricing models—specifically handling debt-heavy capital structures.
• A strong academic foundation in Finance or Accounting, ideally paired with a CFA Charterholder status or a formal Chartered Accountant qualification.
• Strong systems exposure, particularly excel too.