Senior Consultant, PLC Advisory, Financial Advisory

The Role

Our PLC Advisory team provides lead financial advisory and independent advice on a wide range of transactions including  M&A, Restructurings and IPOs. This is a holistic role, offering deep involvement in corporate finance and restructuring projects while working as part of a specialist PLC team. Our professionals advise UK and international companies, providing a range of corporate finance advisory services to deal with each client’s specific situation and needs. This is an opportunity to build a broad skill base advising clients in multiple situations, focused around advisory work for listed companies.

The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo

Our global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders in all situations – from well-performing to stressed. No two situations are the same, and our advice and approach is tailored to each set of circumstances and client.  

Teneo guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress to create liquidity headroom, reduce costs, improve profitability, turnaround or exit underperforming businesses, assess options, address balance sheet stress, communicate appropriately with all stakeholders, more efficiently run their businesses and, ultimately, deliver certainty from uncertainty. 

Key Responsibilities

• Working as part of a lead advisory team across a range of M&A, restructuring (including advisory, contingency planning and insolvencies) and ECM transactions.
• Assisting with day-to-day management of engagements, including taking responsibility for preparation of information and client communications.
• Proactively developing and presenting high-quality deliverables within planned timescales.
• Carrying out research for both deal origination and transaction output.
• Conducting valuation work and financial modelling, including DCF, LBO & Capital structure analysis.
• Collaborating with professionals across the financial advisory business.
• Making a proactive contribution to increasing the team’s market presence, network and business development opportunities.

Key Skills & Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent), both time and exam qualified
• Experience in professional services (including corporate finance, transaction services and audit), investment banking, corporate broking or similar.
• Demonstrates knowledge of M&A and restructuring services, or strong transferrable skills gained in a client facing role within a professional services company (e.g., corporate audit).
• Experience of carrying out financial/commercial analysis to inform client advice.
• Client focus, with an ability to work quickly and establish effective working relationships.

What can we offer you?

New joiners are supported by a week-long induction programme, and continuous improvement is achieved through a structured and tailored programme that suits your career development.

As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including:

• Competitive Salary
• 28 days holiday
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Cash benefits package
• Extensive investment in personal development & learning
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Private medical insurance
• Group Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.