This role serves as a central commercial and financial partner to the Executive Team and portfolio leadership, driving the design, challenge and delivery of value‑creation initiatives across the Group. Combining commercial finance, FP&A and business partnering with a strong PE‑style focus on EBITDA, cash and strategic value levers, you will help translate the equity story into actionable workstreams and KPIs, supports delivery teams with analysis and insight, and ensures progress is tracked and risks escalated. The role also provides key support on M&A transactions and post‑deal integrations, including modelling, KPI development and synergy tracking. With responsibility for clear senior‑level reporting and involvement in budgeting and forecasting, this position plays a crucial role in enabling strategic decision‑making and driving measurable value.

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The specific duties and responsibilities will include:

• Partnering on strategic value‑creation initiatives, translating the equity story into clear workstreams, KPIs and milestones
• Supporting initiative sponsors and delivery teams, shaping and challenging plans and investment cases
• Preparing and monitoring project plans, ensuring scope, milestones and benefits are defined
• Providing analysis, insight and constructive challenge to senior stakeholders
• Strong data gathering, analysis and modelling capability (incl. basic–intermediate financial modelling, scenarios and sensitivities)
• Supporting M&A activity through analysis, modelling and preparation of materials
• Assisting post‑deal integration by defining KPIs, building tracking tools and monitoring synergies
• Preparing clear reporting for the COO, CEO and Board on initiative progress
• Facilitating review sessions and ensure actions, ownership and risks are documented
• Supporting initiative‑level budgeting and forecasting, feeding into Group budgets and forecasts

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What you’ll bring to the team:

• ACA qualified accountant (ICAEW or equivalent), newly qualified or up to ~1 year PQE
• Trained in a Big 4 or leading mid‑tier firm, with strong financial analysis and stakeholder communication experience
• Experience working with trading, PE‑backed or high‑growth businesses within audit, transactions, deals or corporate finance
• Proven financial statement analysis skills, connecting P&L, balance sheet and cash flow to commercial drivers
• Strong data gathering, analysis and modelling capability (incl. basic–intermediate financial modelling, scenarios and sensitivities)
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, producing clear, “Board‑ready” outputs
• Comfortable working with large datasets from ERP/BI tools and translating data into actionable insight
• Strong KPI analysis skills and understanding of dashboard design and interpretation
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, able to build rapport and communicate clearly with senior leaders
• Commercially minded, focused on EBITDA, cash and value drivers rather than purely technical accounting
• Experience in performance improvement, M&A or transaction‑related projects, desirable but not essential
• Experience partnering with both finance and operational teams, desirable but not essential
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Power BI) and working with dashboards and large datasets, desirable but not essential

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What we offer:

• Salary aligned with your skills and expertise
• 25 days holiday allowance plus statutory public holidays
• A clear progression route to further your career
• Flexible benefit and well-being schemes
• Birthday leave
• 2 giving back days per year. We encourage our team to support the wider community by providing paid leave to work with local charities or good causes
• A hard working, fun and professional working environment
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity pay
• 36.25 hour working week

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Leonard Curtis is a market leading professional services provider operating across the UK and Channel Islands. Since our formation we’ve supported business owners and advisors by listening and offering practical solutions and tailored advice. Our expert team of specialists deliver positive strategic advice across restructuring and insolvency, funding and law across 30 offices and we remain the largest independent restructuring firm in the UK. A career with Leonard Curtis will open the door to varied career pathways.

We have built an environment that empowers you to express yourself to have confidence in who you are and what you’re capable of and develop the career you want.

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Learning and Development

Leonard Curtis has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules to external training and qualifications.

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Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity is a core business imperative of the Group. We are an equal opportunities employer which promotes inclusiveness and always employ the best professional for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows the Group to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports our business’s growth and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success.

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