Corporate Finance Manager

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At UK Government Investments (UKGI), we create value for society from government’s most complex commercial interests. What we do is unique, and so are we. Wholly owned by HM Treasury (HMT), our team comprises 150 experts drawn from the public and private sectors who work together to provide high quality advice to departments.

Please note, this role is available in either our Leeds or London office.

Our work is delivered in four areas:

• Governance
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  Promoting best-practice stewardship on behalf of 9 departments for 26 publicly owned businesses which together employ over 109,000 people, generate around £25bn of gross income and manage over £284bn of assets.
• Corporate finance
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  Advising departments on corporate finance matters, including all major government financial interventions into distressed corporate structures and corporate finance negotiations. This year we have undertaken a key advisory role in some of the most high-profile transactions and situations facing government, including the sale of Chelsea Football Club, as well as supporting departments with matters arising from the ongoing war in Ukraine and supporting the launch of the Energy Markets Financing Scheme.
• Asset Realisation
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  Preparing and executing all significant corporate asset sales by the UK Government, including supporting the policy to return Nat West Group to the private sector.
• FInTAG
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  Improving management of fiscal risk by strengthening expertise within government. This involves undertaking a new, cross-government data collection and analysis project that will help map the current contingent liability landscape.

These are some of the most complex and demanding tasks across government, ultimately having a significant social, economic and political impact across the UK.

Working for UKGI provides a unique opportunity for talented individuals from both the public and private sector to contribute to work of national importance.

Our Managers work across a variety of teams within UKGI, and regularly divide their time between corporate finance matters and other teams within the organisation, such as the governance and monitoring of some of HM Government’s most important assets. Your time will generally be divided amongst these teams, with the opportunity to apply your financial expertise on up to two of our assets to help ensure that they are run in the best way possible, and meeting the policy objectives set out for them by the government.

You will normally have 5
-7 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas with proven corporate finance background at analyst or associate level (or equivalent);

• Corporate finance
• Investment banking
• Debt restructuring
• Accountancy
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Financial strategy

• Regular financial analysis and reporting to Assistant / Executive Directors;
• Financial modelling including reviews of historic and projected performance;
• Regular portfolio monitoring to support quarterly and annual shareholder reviews;
• Valuation of the Government’s holdings; supporting Assistant/Executive Directors on specific portfolio companies,
• Cross-portfolio discussions and external interactions (with portfolio companies and other Government Departments);
• Working with key stakeholders and external advisers to execute major asset sales by the Government;
  
  Providing analytical support on UKGI’s involvement in special situations and the Government’s commercial negotiations;
• Managing contract deliverables and performance.

We are looking for applicants to be able to demonstrate the following skills and behaviours:

• An understanding of capital structures,
• The ability to value assets and manage and contribute to asset sales;
• A good understanding of corporate governance and corporate finance;
• An understanding of financial analysis, company valuation and accountancy;
• Relationship management of a range of senior level stakeholders both internally and externally;
• Strong written and oral communication skills to be able to convey complex financial scenarios with clarity, conviction and…