Total 21 job vacancies by Hays Specialist Recruitment

Your new firm
We are partnering with a major accountancy firm with multiple offices across the Northwest region to search for an M&A Tax Director./ Partner This firm provides a range of advisory and accounting services to a largely owner-managed business / entrepreneurial client base. A modern practice, they have 160+ staff spread across multiple office locations, with tax being a key service line as they continue to build and grow. The tax team makes up around 20% of the overall headcount with them providing advisory & compliance services to a well-rounded and varied portfolio. Due to growth and market opportunity, they are now looking to bring in an experienced M&A Tax Director/ Partner with experience of M&A work. A flexible team, you can be based with the corporate finance team in Manchester and will be required to travel to their main Lancashire-based office for tax meetings and general team collaboration.
Your new role
You will be joining the firm as an M&A Tax Director/ Partner to lead the M&A tax team and to support the managers, senior managers and juniors to complete their work. Your role will be to take ownership of this senior role and lead from the front from both an operational and client perspective. With a strong communication and leadership style, you will be leading all aspects of the M&A tax team and make sure their work is completed and delivered to a high standard. You will be working alongside a really successful corporate finance team who are based out of Manchester and are winning deals constantly. The opportunity to work and collaborate with an outstanding team of corporate finance and tax professionals on all transactional work, leading the management team to provide a high level of tax due diligence and support to these teams.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role you will need to come from a strong M&A tax background, with experience of leading from the front and leading busy, technical tax teams.This role would suit a director or partner from a Big 4 or Top 20 firm who has M&A exposure at all levels and is ready to take their career to the next level.CTA/ ACA or ACCA qualified, you will be an experienced Tax Partner or Director with the gravitas to communicate, control and successfully lead an already established team of M&A tax professionals.
What you'll get in return
In return for this role, you will receive a competitive salary, benefits package, pension scheme, hybrid working options, flexible working hours and a firm wide bonus scheme relating to performance. Additional benefits as a partner are discussed on a confidential basis.
What you need to do now
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Your new company
A top 35 award-winning practice is relocating to Cardiff to establish a new Tax Centre of excellence. This presents an outstanding opportunity to work in a firm with an excellent reputation across the South West. They manage a diverse client base and excel in terms of client quality.
They are looking for an experienced Tax Advisory Senior Manager / Associate Director for their technical tax service.


Your new role

• Advising on business restructuring
• Interpreting and advising on technical tax matters in a comprehensible and practical way.
• Supporting colleagues on advisory projects and develop junior members of the team as theyprogress into this type of work.
• Building relationships with clients to garner work through referrals.

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid working & flexibility with hours
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Profit share scheme
• Life assurance (6x annual salary)
• Health and wellbeing support

What you need to do now


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Your new company
Senior Manager/Director required by Big Four Accountancy Firm in Birmingham for their Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Tax Team. Due to my client's diverse client base, you will have the opportunity to expand your Mergers and Acquisitions skills as you will be working with multinational companies, large international private equity houses and emerging capital providers.


Your new role
As the Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Tax Senior Manager/Director, you will be responsible for due diligence services, tax structuring, input into SPAs and financing documents, post-acquisition implementation and reorganisations, and ongoing advice to corporates and individuals. Within this Firm you will have the opportunity to manage a portfolio of high-profile merger and Acquisitions projects, you will be working with shareholders and management teams in the UK and internationally on the structuring of their personal investments and advising on tax technical and commercial issues. In addition, the Senior Tax Manager will participate in client business development activities, pulling on your marketing skills and provide training and coaching to junior staff members.


What you'll need to succeed
The successful Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Tax Senior Manager/Director will be ACA/ACCA/CA/CTA qualified and have experience in Mergers and Acquisitions tax requirements and of providing corporate tax advisory to UK or international corporate clients.


What you'll get in return
Working on high calibre London clients and international transactions from a Birmingham base, you will be advising across the most interesting areas of tax and working with some of the largest PE houses. This firm offers a lot of flexibility, including home working and flexible working hours.


What you need to do now
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Your new company

Our client is a leading healthcare value consultancy that works with a range of healthcare products and service providers, aiding development and commercialisation. They are passionate people working as integrated global teams, growing a respected healthcare value consultancy business that is committed to personal development and rewarding high performance. Our client is proud of their culture and their approach to people and their working environment.

Your new role

With the continued growth of our team, we are looking to hire a Director in our Heath Economics and Data Analysis business area, to provide business leadership and act as a senior lead on assigned projects. This involves being the senior point of contact for clients on assigned projects, mentoring and guiding the project team to ensure client objectives are met, and providing final strategic review of deliverables to ensure high quality deliverables are provided to our clients.
The main responsibility of the role is to lead the development of health economic models and a range of health economics projects. This includes the development of global cost-effectiveness and budget impact models, early economic models, model adaptations and methodological studies. The role also involves identifying, driving and assessing new business opportunities, leading the development of proposals, and building relationships with clients in order to maximise the chance of winning work.

You will work as part of the leadership team to ensure that work is won and delivered to meet financial targets and other KPI's. You will also be responsible for driving innovation through proposing new or modified service offerings, providing input to the strategic direction, and engaging in activities to increase the external profile, such as preparing publications and presentations in area(s) of expertise.

Key activities include:

* Assessing RFPs and business opportunities and contributing to the development of proposals.

* Developing and/or directing the development of a range of health economics models, budget impact models, systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses and other statistical analyses as part of the health economics and data analysis practice offerings

* Supporting project teams in their interaction with clients, including providing senior technical leadership on selected assigned projects.

* Reviewing project deliverables, including QC of models and associated protocols and technical reports.

* Monitoring developments in area(s) of expertise; proposing new or modified service offerings and ensuring these are incorporated into proposals and projects, as appropriate.

What you'll need to succeed

* You should have a post graduate qualification in Health Economics with extensive experience of building cost-effectiveness economic models and budget impact models, with at least seven years' industry experience.

* You will be able to demonstrate experience of developing and interpreting economic models and understanding systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

* The ability to demonstrate relevant research and technical skills, excellent analytical and writing skills, a creative mindset and a team work ethos is essential.

* Ability to demonstrate strategic insight, discuss strategic project decisions with clients and project teams, and to gain their confidence.


What you'll get in return
We believe in rewarding high performance - so our benefits package includes a competitive salary, performance-related rewards, health insurance, pension, and gym membership. We provide support for further qualifications in a friendly and informal office environment. This position is based at our European head office, in a stunning location just outside Manchester, UK, however the global nature of our business provides real opportunities for international working and includes the prospect of short and long-term assignments in any of our locations.




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Operations Director Job
· Salary: SM3, £55,848 - £58,978
· Required: December 2024, As Soon As Possible Thereafter, Subject To Notice Period
· Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 52 Weeks Per Year
· Working Hours: 36 Hours Per Week, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Negotiable
· Location: SE3 0XX, Blackheath, London Borough of Lewisham

Do you want a job within a fast paced all through academy environment?
Are you ready to lead a team and supervise the day-to-day work of the Academy office and Finance department?
We are looking for someone who contributes towards planning, development and organisation of the support service systems and are able to implement new ideas to improve efficiency.

If yes, then we would like to offer you the opportunity to work with us here at St Matthew Academy, a high performing Catholic school where pupils flourish both academically and socially.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well organised and motivated Operations Manager, with school experience who is ready to join and oversee a committed team and work with staff in supporting the education of our fantastic pupils at St Matthew Academy - a place where all pupils and staff "let their light shine".

In October 2019, Ofsted confirmed SMA as a good school where all pupils, through their hard work and commitment, are able to 'let their light shine'. In Feb 2023, our CSI inspection stated 'The behaviour of pupils is exemplary in lessons and around the school, and strong and positive relationships are evident throughout the school.' We are proud that our pupils are able to learn in a disruption free environment resulting in strong progress for all. We are now pursuing our mission to embed ourselves as a truly great school at the heart of the community we serve.

The successful candidate will:
· Have an oversite of the Academy's operations.
· Be reliable and able to use time management skills effectively.
· Have experience of using school administrative systems including BROMCOM.
· Be fully competent in the use of IT packages which must include Microsoft Office.
· Have excellent interpersonal skills, be highly motivated and have the ability to work well under pressure.
· Be an excellent communicator in both verbal and written communication.
· Be friendly and approachable with a welcoming and professional manner.
· Be able to demonstrate the ability to work effectively and contribute positively within a team environment.
· Be genuinely committed and passionate to ensuring high expectations for pupils, staff and themselves in sympathy with our Catholic ethos.

St Matthew Academy is a diverse, vibrant Catholic all-through academy for girls and boys aged 4 to 16, where there are high expectations for everyone in our community. At St Matthew Academy our school motto is 'let your light shine' and we ensure that we live this vision every day at the academy by encouraging, promoting and celebrating success with all of our pupils in everything that they do. Our academy is situated between Blackheath and Lewisham in South East London, benefiting from excellent public transport and road links to all parts of London and Kent. Our magnificent buildings offer state of the art resources and the latest technology. Our primary and secondary phases are situated on one site allowing a truly unique all through setting with opportunities for transition, collegiate working and subject development.

We offer:
· Fantastic pupils with enormous potential.
· Staff who are supportive to each other and enjoy working collaboratively.
· Personalised programme of professional development and coaching for all staff.
· A modern building, in a delightful setting and excellent resources.
· Excellent public transport and road links across London and Kent.
· Fully equipped gym and fitness suite, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle-to-work scheme, Tech Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme.
· A strong commitment to staff well-being.
We value the importance of diversity in our community and the significance of having staff that are representative of the children we teach. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are currently underrepresented within the Academy.

Our school motto is 'let your light shine' and we ensure that we live this vision every day.

How To Apply:
To apply, you are required to complete our school application form. Please request an application pack from Ellie or Francisca or call them for more information.
Your application is a direct permanent application to our school (not through an agency). Hays is our recruitment partner for all permanent appointments.
We warmly welcome applicants who wish to visit us in advance of making an application and will be delighted to show you around our fabulous schoo

· Closing Date: immediate, no later than noon 12 pm Monday 2nd December 2024
· Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 2nd or 9th December 2024

Please note: Early applicants will be considered for interview as soon as the application is received.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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Are you a highly motivated and detail-oriented senior accountant with a passion for finance?

Your new company

A dynamic and growing tech company is seeking a talented Accountant to join their team as the Chief Accountant for their holding company and newly established subsidiary in the UK.

Your new role

• Oversee financial reporting, accounting, tax, and payroll matters.
• Manage day-to-day accounting operations for multiple entities.
• Supervise the accountant responsible for the USA and Canada operations.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial statements, tax compliance, and payroll processing.
• Establish and manage accounting processes for a new operating company.
• Provide leadership and guidance to team members.
• Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulations.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.

What you'll need to succeed

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
• Minimum 5 years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and tax regulations.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills in Arabic

What you need to do now

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Your new company
We have been exclusively instructed on this opportunity by a growing insurance group. Working for a highly entrepreneurial business, you will be reporting directly to the Group CFO on designing and rescoping the finance function whilst supporting them in growing the business, organically and through acquisition.

Your new role
In this unique opportunity, you will be based in their Manchester office, assisting the business through a period of transition, growth and change. You will have responsibility for the provision of timely and robust management reporting of the Group's figures whilst driving growth, organically and through further acquisitions. You will update internal controls and reporting, whilst also implementing changes and driving performance and reviewing existing practice, whilst driving improvements, commercially and operationally.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be suitably qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with previous experience of working within a high-profile role where you have driven change and growth, ideally within an Insurance or Financial Services business. The client has suggested that there will be an advantage to those who have experience in M&A and/or supporting or leading to an exit.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a competitive salary of up to £120k depending on experience, plus a bonus and a fantastic benefits pack. This role will immediately allow you to be part of a high profile and business critical position and gain fantastic exposure to a fast-paced 'scale up' project, alongside a genuine 'wealth creation' opportunity.

What you need to do now
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Your New CompanyIs a Building Services consultancy based in the heart of London that is seeking a dedicated Sustainability Director. The company prides itself on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions across the commercial and datacentre sectors. They are very well known within the sectors they operate in and are always busy and never struggle from lack of work.
Your New RoleAs the Sustainability Director, you will be pivotal in steering the company's sustainability strategy and initiatives. You will be responsible for:

• Developing and implementing comprehensive sustainability policies.
• Leading sustainability projects from conception to completion.
• Collaborating with clients to ensure sustainability goals are met.
• Staying abreast of the latest industry trends and regulatory changes.
• Managing a team of sustainability professionals to achieve project targets.

What You'll Need to SucceedTo excel in this role, you should possess:

• A degree in Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, or a related field.
• Proven experience in a sustainability-focused role within the Building Services industry.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• A proactive and innovative approach to sustainability challenges.

What You'll Get In ReturnIn return for your expertise and dedication, you will receive:

• A competitive salary, depending on experience.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, pension scheme, and generous holiday allowance.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• The chance to work on high-profile projects that make a tangible difference in environmental sustainability.

What you need to do now


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Your new company
This International Tax Group is leading in its field, as, in turn are its employees. As an incubator for talent, they have a history of accelerated progression within the Midlands team, having brought a number of people through to Partner in the last 15 years. The team is well respected within the market, having been involved in many iconic market-leading transactions over the years. They have a new opening for an International Tax Services Senior Manager/Director to take on projects and assignments to help their clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy.

Your new role
Projects will range from advising on expansion into new markets, pre-merger reorganisations and post-merger integration, business model redesign, managing the risk arising from global law change such as BEPS and optimisation of capital structure and financing. Evidently, this is an opportunity to take on a versatile role with great room for development. Additionally, this offers a great chance to develop your leadership skills further into a renowned international tax adviser working with UK / overseas MNCs, lawyers and banks.

What you'll need to succeed
As the International Tax Services Senior Manager/Director, you will be client focused and strategically and commercially aware with strong international and UK tax technical skills. Your client relationship skills, business development skills and your ability to lead and sustain effective teams will be used to the full.

What you'll get in return
You will be joining a Firm that will invest and support you in offering you the opportunities on projects and assignment to further develop you as a tax professional. In addition to market leading remuneration and benefits packages, the firm also actively support and encourage flexible working for all staff, including home working, flexible hours and fitting around family requirements. Overseas secondments are available for those who want them.

What you need to do now
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Your New CompanyIs a well-known built environment consultancy with a multidisciplinary office based in London. They work across a number of prestigious and unique projects within the residential, educational, industrial, and commercial property sectors.

Your New RoleIn this role, you will be instrumental in supporting the design development and leading the technical direction of the group. You will assist in managing the Building Services team, developing new and existing client relationships, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the technical development of the Building Services group.
• Managing existing clients and developing further opportunities.
• Growing the team through new and repeat clients.
• Ensuring projects meet legislative and health and safety requirements.
• Advising clients and architects on energy use and conservation.
• Peer reviewing colleagues' work.

What You'll Need to SucceedTo be successful in this role, you will need:

• A degree or HND in Electrical Engineering.
• Chartered status or on the pathway to Chartership.
• Experience in designing projects from conception to completion.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience in winning work.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

What You'll Get In ReturnIn return, you will receive a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• A salary commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.#

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This is an exciting new opportunity for a Tax Director/Partner which offers equity prospects (if desired) in the medium term. The team are widely geographically spread and work very effectively on a flexible hybrid basis, so there is only an expectation to attend one of their offices once a fortnight (or more if preferred).

They're keen to talk to candidates who value delivering quality tax advice, developing a team and managing client relationships. They have a well-established Business Development Team, so there is less of a requirement for these skills. The role has been created as both a need for succession to one of the partners and because of organic growth. Client base is predominantly high-value owner-managed businesses.

The firm has an impressive growth record which they're looking to build on. They have a young, energised Partner group who have a modern approach and are hugely flexible with the team. It's an exciting time to join and become part of their journey!

What you need to do now
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Your new company
I am currently working with a local not-for-profit organisation that represents over half a million members in the healthcare industry, working with them to make a positive difference. This organisation is now looking to invest and develop their data strategy and grow the function to inform and lead overall service improvements. This role is a hybrid working opportunity, with the flexibility to work from home for up to 60% of the week.

Your new role
You will be responsible for:
-Providing leadership to the executive team and other decision-making groups on the growth of D&A
-Lead, create, deliver and report on the D&A strategy, incorporating business needs
-Refine and lead a team of data professionals across the business
-Lead, support and manage the D&A Department, providing clear direction, communicating agreed objectives and facilitating individual and team development
-Lead all necessary changes to the D&A methodologies in a systematic and outcome-based approach
-Overall responsibility for the D&A budget including management, communication and working within financial, budgetary and business planning procedures
-Manage the data architecture, ensuring that appropriate guidelines are given to those responsible for designing data structures and repositories as well as data exchange protocols
-Provide and present modern D&A and BI in accessible, user-intuitive formats that drive understanding, insight and customer-led decision-making across RCN
-Definite the D&A Transformation Programme and prioritise the roadmap from idea to value with the Executive Team and key cross-functional stakeholders

What you'll get in return
-A competitive starting salary including a guaranteed pay progression of at least 3% a year until you reach the top of your scale
-Hybrid working policy - 60% remote, 40% on site in the Cardiff office
-Access to a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing programme that includes an independent Employee Assistance Programme offering free round-the-clock advice and support on a range of issues
-Flexitime, home working and compressed hours are all available to support you
-28 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 2 years)
-Auto-enrolled into a Group Personal Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8%
-Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
-Discounts across multiple retailers

What you need to do now
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Your new company
You will be joining an established, global organisation who operate across a variety of sectors and hold an accolade for their contributions to the sector as well as their high regard in the ranking for places to work. This position is a fixed term contract for 18 months covering maternity leave, with a view to starting immediately and working Monday to Friday remotely, with travel to Worcester once a month.

Your new role
This is an excellent opportunity to work with the SLT with varied duties. Your main responsibility will be co-ordinating 'office management' activities across the Centre of Excellence (COE), supporting projects, managing company information on various portals used for bidding activities, managing content on the company intranet for COE / Finance related policies and procedures. Key duties are:

• Support to the COE Director, liaising and co-ordinating various activities.
• Be responsible for production and distribution of various reports.
• Assist the Business Finance Director responsible with the organisation & preparation for the Finance Training Day
• Management of various pre-qualification portals, including Achilles and Construction Line and all business opportunities relating to them.
• Cash allocation activities including credit card payments.
• Design, develop and maintain several Sharepoint sites to a high standard.
• Manage all administration for Finance students undertaking CIMA, ACCA & AAT. This will include training agreements, booking forms and student tracking information.
• Manage all invoice coding and checking relating to Finance training.
• Ad hoc communications (internal and external).
• Management of various functional mailboxes.

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be highly organised, efficient, influential and confident to handle a variety of tasks whilst working without line management supervision. This role will suit someone with experience as a PA/EA/Office Manager/Senior Administrator with strong experience and the gravitas to manage a busy, complex and challenging role. As the role is remote working, with travel to Worcester once a month, you will need to be confident working from home and able to manage your time well.
Essential criteria for this role:

• Microsoft Excel - advanced level, in order to manipulate data for reporting purposes.
• Microsoft Outlook - intermediate level to organise, respond to and archive incoming and outgoing messages.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word in order to produce reports.

Additionally, you will need:

• Able to work effectively without line manager supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate with all levels of management.
• Time management of self and others; determination of daily priorities in order to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Ability to motivate self and others to maximise productivity.
• Ability to identify and drive process improvements.
• Must be influential and persuasive.
• Excellent organisation skills are required.
• Exact attention to detail is key.
• Must be Methodical.
• A positive outlook and attitude are vital to the role.
• Ideally, you will have an NVQ, preferably in Business Administration or similar.

What you'll get in return You will be working with a successful organisation, who are leaders in their sector with a professional and supportive team.

What you need to do now
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Your new company
A well established business in South-Wales, Swansea, is now looking to appoint an Operations Director. With a proven customer base, a tidy P&L and growth plans to boot, this could provide you with a great senior leadership opportunity.

Your new role
As the Operations Director, you will be reporting to the Managing Director whilst overseeing around 300 employees indirectly. Within this role, you will be expected to manage a budget in excess of £10m and lead the end to end operational activities of the business. You will be expected to react within the market whilst working towards long-term strategies set out by the Exec team. As the Operations Director, you will be fundamental in the identification of cost-saving exercises including efficiency improvements.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in your application for the Operations Director vacancy, you must have a proven track record of managing large scale teams within a Manufacturing or Logistics business previously. In addition to this, ideally you'll be degree educated and hold either an IOSH or NEBOSH qualification. You must have strong P&L experience to accompany your budget creation / management skills.

What you'll get in return
As the Operations Director, you'll be paid an annual salary of up to £105,000, which will be dependent upon your experience. In addition to this salary, you'll be given a car allowance of £12,000, and you'll join the senior leadership bonus scheme.

What you need to do now
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Your new firm
This established international law firm is looking for a Corporate solicitor at the Senior Associate or Associate Director level to join their highly regarded top tier Corporate team in Bristol. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected and vibrant team with the prospect of a varied and interesting workload. You will have the opportunity to work on both national and international deals whilst all the time pursuing sector interests and within a supportive and collegiate environment.


Your new role
This team provide the full spectrum of corporate services including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, equity capital markets, fund formation and financial services. The firm focus on acting for clients within the key sectors of digital business, financial services, real estate & infrastructure and energy & utilities. You will enjoy working with clients such as large quoted companies, privately owned businesses, banks, financial institutions and institutional investors; in the last year the team have acted on over 60 deals with an aggregate value of over £2billion.


What you will need to succeed
Our client are keen to hear from candidates at the senior associate or associate director level. You will have gained a wide range of experience at a well-respected City or highly regarded national firm. Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, you will ideally be a 4-8 PQE lawyer, although candidates with more or less experience will be considered. You will be passionate about developing your career in the Corporate sector and have a high degree of self-motivation and willingness to learn, the ability to work effectively in a team and a passion for delivering excellent service to clients.


What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to join an award-winning law firm who offer exceptional career progression and development opportunities; it would be a particularly good role for those looking to move out of London to the South West. You will be working alongside a well-practised team in a collaborative environment, as well as receiving a competitive salary and generous employee benefits.


What you need to do now
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We would expect a lawyer with the given PQE to havegained the level of experience required, but this does not precludeapplications from those with more or less PQE.

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