Corporate Finance Analyst
Purfleet Leisure business £65,000-£70,000 plus bonus Hybrid working (1 day in the office)
THE OPPORTUNITY
A newly created role within a fast-growing leisure business, joining a lean, high-impact Corporate Development team. Working closely with the Corporate Development Director, you’ll support financial modelling, strategic analysis, investor relations and transactions, with excellent exposure to senior leadership and key business decisions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
FINANCIAL MODELLING AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
- Maintain and develop the five-year strategic plan, ensuring assumptions and scenarios remain accurate and aligned with budgets and forecasts.
- Build financial models for acquisitions, new ventures, capital decisions and other strategic opportunities.
- Run sensitivity and scenario analysis, identify anomalies and present clear conclusions to senior stakeholders.
- Prepare concise management presentations, business cases, board papers and decision-support materials.
MARKET AND INVESTOR INTELLIGENCE
- Monitor the cruise, travel and leisure markets, summarising competitor activity, transactions and relevant macroeconomic trends.
- Research companies, deals, partnerships and market-entry opportunities.
- Support investor materials, data packs and Q&A preparation, while tracking peer performance and investor sentiment.
TRANSACTIONS AND PROJECT DELIVERY
- Support M&A and financing processes, including Virtual Data Room management, due diligence tracking and information requests.
- Act as a day-to-day contact for debt providers and escalate significant issues appropriately.
- Maintain acquisition integration, transformation and efficiency programme trackers, highlighting risks, delays and actions.
- Take ownership of ad hoc workstreams and deliver them accurately from start to finish.
ABOUT YOU
ESSENTIAL
- ACA, CIMA or equivalent qualification, or currently working towards one, supported by a strong academic background.
- One to three years of experience in financial advisory, Transaction Services, Corporate Finance, accountancy or corporate FP&A.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, with strong attention to detail across complex, multi-year models.
- Commercially curious and able to connect financial analysis with business strategy and value creation.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information concisely.
- Organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple workstreams in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment.
- A self-starter who takes ownership, builds strong relationships and consistently follows work through to completion.
DESIRABLE
- Experience in travel, leisure, hospitality or consumer sectors.
- Exposure to M&A, investor relations, capital markets, debt financing or board-level reporting.
- International work or study experience.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Flexible hybrid working.
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
- Broad development across Corporate Development and the wider Finance function.
- Complimentary and discounted sailings for you and your family.