Corporate Finance Senior - Investment and Finance Team

Corporate Finance Senior - Investment and Finance Team

The Corporate Finance Senior position will play a key role in structuring, negotiating, and executing new debt financings, as well as financial modelling and risk management for liquidity planning, asset sales and/or acquisitions.

This position will play a key role in structuring, negotiating, and executing new debt financings, as well as financial modelling and risk management for liquidity planning, asset sales and/or acquisitions. The role will be central to various valuation workstreams, ensuring business plan forecasting is interpreted and optimised with external valuers, shareholders and lenders/facility agents. This individual will interact closely with valuers, external lenders, legal stakeholders, internal finance and facility agents, ensuring financing solutions are aligned with strategic business objectives.

The role will also support broader financial planning efforts, interacting with all internal departments to accurately understand the business and ensure accurate business plan forecasting. The position will provide analytical support and input into all major business decisions, including covenant compliance, waterfall modelling, and board-level reporting.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to get fantastic depth and breadth on one of the most exciting urban regenerations in the UK.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work with lender deal teams to procure further development and investment financing as needed: including lender list creation, NDAs, pitching, negotiating and structuring loans;
• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis of proposed loan terms, coordinate with internal stakeholders and company shareholders to evaluate offers, and prepare recommendations for the selection process of preferred financing partners;
• Assist with the valuation of assets for both secured lending valuations to support the financing activity of the business, as well as year-end Company valuations for the audit of the annual accounts;
• Conduct ongoing valuation sensitivity analysis and LTV covenant projections, identifying key risks and mitigation strategies;
• Contribute to facility documentation and due diligence processes in collaboration with internal and external legal counsel, ensuring timely execution and alignment with business objectives;
• Manage ongoing investment and valuation covenant risks, ensuring early identification and mitigation of potential breaches in collaboration with internal stakeholders;
• Clear understanding of the running of the existing corporate financings: providing data, reporting and ensuring compliance with all loan covenants;
• Provide regular inputs into the group's liquidity analysis, working closely with internal teams to maintain forward-looking visibility on funding needs and capacity;
• Assist other internal teams with both asset sales and new acquisitions helping with appraisals, strategic decision making, purchase/sales review and process, documenting and closing;
• Other ad hoc financial modelling and analysis to review new strategies or business transactions;
• Prepare high quality board papers and presentations to communicate business performance and the rationale and impact on returns of proposed transactions or other initiatives.

General Accountabilities:

• Undertake additional relevant duties which fall under the general scope of the role, as directed by your Manager, raising any issues with capacity so they can be properly managed;
• Participate in the full year and half year Performance Development Review process as reviewer and reviewee, meeting the standards and timescales required by the Company;
• At all times ensure that your understanding and skill level regarding the Company's IT systems are up to date, as applicable to your role. Undertake IT training as required to ensure full and proper use of the available technology;
• Work within the Company's policies and procedures, governance framework and standards, as detailed on the Company's intranet;
• Remain knowledgeable about Group activities, benefiting from all forms of internal communication provided and acting as a positive ambassador for the Company at all times;
• Use materials and resources effectively and efficiently to minimise waste and consider the impact of potential actions on the environment before taking business decisions.

Qualifications/Experience/Skills:

• Skilled financial modeller, with the ability to build a model from scratch, look beyond a model and understand its broader business context;
• Experience building models for investment and development financings, DCF and Term/Reversion models for valuation, as well as development appraisals;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and confidently across all levels of the organisation;
• Ability to work proactively and independently, with a high level of attention to detail;
• A strong desire to work in the real estate industry (specifically for a build to rent developer/operator) is essential;
• IT literate with advanced Excel and good PowerPoint skills;
• Candidates may come from a surveying firm, investment or retail bank or a property development/investment company. Experience working with the real estate industry is required with transaction as well as valuation-related experience.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

About the job

Contract Type: Temporary Interim Management

Specialism: Accountancy & Finance

Focus: Corporate Finance

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: London

Industry: Accountancy

Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 per annum + bonus + pension

Job Reference: 0SH17M-99F3D162

Date posted: 23 January 2026

Consultant: Hannah Bottrill