Transaction Services Assistant Manager

About the Role

Transaction Services Assistant Manager at Cooper Parry.

Following securing investment from Lee Equity Partners and completing its seventh acquisition, Cooper Parry aims to hit a £600m revenue target by 2028. The role integrates with our fully integrated Deals business covering Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Transaction Tax, Debt Advisory and Liberty Corporate Finance.

We are building a Manchester/Leeds based Transaction Services (TS) team within our nationally integrated TS practice. The Assistant Manager will play a key role in building a successful business in the North.

• Co‑develop our approach, scope and objectives with the client, understanding key business performance drivers, and providing value through insights, factual conclusions and advice.
• Gather, verify and assess information, and formulate views and conclusions.
• Plan, prepare and review outputs from our work, including written reports and presentations/meetings with the client, ensuring insightful data analysis and presentation.
• Plan and monitor the progress of live projects, sharing potential key issues on a timely basis, such as identification of risk for our client or items impacting price.
• Establish yourself as a key client contact.
• Project‑manage teams as well as work together with team members, and form relationships with other Cooper Parry teams.
• Share your technical and wider knowledge with the team and provide coaching to others.
• Understand the wider capabilities of Cooper Parry and look for opportunities to broaden the services provided to our clients.
• Play a leading role in the Transaction Services team and business opportunity initiatives, and take responsibility for your own career development.

• Have an ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification.
• Have financial due diligence experience (ideally both buy‑side and sell‑side due diligence, completion accounts and SPA experience) and strong commercial acumen.
• Have accomplished report‑writing experience.
• Be a highly effective time manager, with the ability to keep calm when under deadlines.
• Have strong project‑management skills and technical knowledge.
• Have experience of managing client relationships and negotiations.
• Have business‑development capability. Ideally having already worked with lower mid‑market Private Equity houses.

We’re a client‑focused firm that values integrity, continuous learning, and shared success. Our culture is built around openness, partnership and a commitment to making complex transactions straightforward.

• A flexible approach to work – balancing working from home, in office or with clients.
• A generous holiday entitlement.
• An enhanced parental leave policy.
• An enhanced pension scheme.
• No dress code – just “wear something!”
• A multi‑award‑winning wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental, spiritual, and financial health.
• Volunteering opportunities to work closely with local communities and charities.
• Cooper Parry social/sports clubs.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’ll work with you to ensure you have everything you need to develop your skills and achieve your best.

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