Associate Director / Manager – Corporate Finance & Deal Advisory – Belfast

Company: Grant Thornton
Apply for the Associate Director / Manager – Corporate Finance & Deal Advisory – Belfast
Location: Belfast
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will lead day-to-day corporate finance engagements, delivering high‑quality advisory and transaction support while guiding junior team members. You’ll manage client relationships and ensure timely, on-budget delivery across M&A mandates, due diligence, valuations, and fundraising. You will also mentor senior staff and contribute to business development from a trusted advisory position.

Responsibilities

  • Manage M&A buy-side and sell-side mandates from start to finish
  • Lead due diligence assignments and financial reviews
  • Prepare and review valuation analyses and reports
  • Support debt and equity fundraising activities
  • Develop and review financial models and forecasting analyses
  • Manage project timetables, workstreams and deliverables
  • Coordinate advisers (legal, tax, banking, other professionals)
  • Present findings and recommendations to clients
  • Develop and mentor Executives and Assistant Managers
  • Support business development and proposal preparation

Key requirements

  • ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualification
  • Relevant post qualification transaction experience
  • Strong financial analysis, modelling and report-writing capabilities
  • Proven project management skills
  • Leadership and mentoring
  • Client relationship management
  • Communication and presentation
  • Financial modelling
  • Valuation analyses
  • Due diligence

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Posted: September 30th, 2026