The key to ensuring your CV makes an impact when applying for an opportunity is tailoring it to ensure relevance for each opportunity. Make sure you highlight the skills you have that are relevant to the role and show your interest in the company, sector and opportunity.

If you are looking to progress in or make a move into Equity Research, there are 5 key aspects to include in your CV or develop to add to your CV to help you secure an interview:

1. Detail your academic achievements – employers in this sector are very focussed on recruiting individuals with consistently strong academic achievements. They will want to see your GCSE, A level, degree and any professional qualifications results and timeframes.

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Tailoring your CV to each application will help you secure an interview. All firms are different, they offer different cultures, work environments, clients and job profiles. Highlighting the skills and experience you have that matches what they are looking for will ensure your CV stands out in a short list.

If you are looking to progress in or make a move into Corporate Broking, there are 5 key aspects to include in your CV or develop to add to your CV to help you secure an interview:

• Demonstrate an interest in the markets. As part of your interests and in your profile, you can mention how you keep up with the markets and particular sectors or companies you follow. Be prepared […]
  

Interesting results from the poll we ran on the Women in Banking and Finance – UK group, thank you so much to all those who contributed. The main takeaway from the results would be how key it is to highlight your company’s flexible working practices if you are keen to recruit women into your team.

What do you consider to be most important for your next career move. What would tempt you to make a job move?

Base salary and bonus                40%

Benefits package                          8%

Flexible working                          46%

Diverse team                                 6%

If you are looking to make a career move or are recruiting for you team please get in touch with Sarah Seager (Spry) (sarah@alan-mitchell.co.uk) to arrange a confidential discussion, advice and guidance.

Please follow this link to view the results of the salary survey compiled earlier this year.

It details our findings on salary ranges for corporate financiers from Analyst to MD level across:

• UK M&A/Debt Advisory Boutiques
• International Boutiques & Investment Banks – M&A teams
• Small/Mid Cap Corporate Broking Firms

Please do get in touch for more details.

Alan Mitchell Salary Survey 2024

With everyone back from summer holidays the recruitment market into Corporate Finance is picking up slowly. We are finding that many of our mid-market investment banking clients are looking to build their teams at all levels from Analyst through to Director. Crucial skills they are focused on are strong financial modelling at analyst level, languages and sector specialisations.

There is still an air of caution affecting recruitment into our sector as everyone is waiting for the outcome of the Autumn budget and the results of the US election.  The most telling factor will be confirmation of the government plans for CGT and the effect that will have on markets and M&A activity.

There is a positive feel to the sector but with […]

If you are a recently qualified ACA nearing the end of your contract and are considering M&A advisory as a career move this guide will help you get an idea of what it is really like to work in the sector and who it suits.

The job

The day to day job of an M&A Analyst is varied and full of challenging work.  In many smaller firms you can be client focussed from day one, the main duties include:

• Assisting with creating valuation models, DCF, merger, LBO and other financial models
• Execution of transactions
• Assisting in the preparation of marketing pitchbooks and related materials
• Strategic research for clients
• Conduct due diligence and support negotiations.

What is great about M&A is that lots of […]

Your CV is a representation of you and your opportunity to secure an interview for your next career move. Attention to detail is crucial as well as making sure it is easy to read with correct grammar and spelling and highlights your relevant skills for the role.

If you are looking to progress in or make a move into M&A there are 5 key aspects to include in your CV or develop to add to your CV to help you secure an interview:

• A deal list – detailing transactions you have worked on and tasks you covered.
• Details of your financial modelling skills – courses you have taken and types of models you have worked on (for example, DCF, LBO, Merger, […]
  

In the third article of the series considering what it is really like for women working in the City, I will be exploring the difficulties of having a family whilst working in the City and dispelling misconceptions of maternity leave holding you back.

A common preconception of women going into the City, especially corporate finance, is that it will be difficult to start a family. Although, at the beginning of their career the thought of matters such as maternity leave are far from most women’s minds, it is often still a subconscious drawback. It is frequently thought by both women who work in the City and women looking to do so that it is incredibly difficult to come back from maternity […]

In the second article of the series considering what it is really like for women working in the City, I will be exploring the idea that there has been huge change in the City and that it is no longer completely male dominated.

The idea of the City being a men’s club was quite realistic in the past, however, it seems that in recent years it has been massively changing, especially since the #MeToo movement which shed a lot of light on all of the overt and engrained sexism that still exists across the world, especially in the workplace. After speaking to women who work in the City from investment banks focused on UK growth and mid cap companies and corporate […]