Careers

We are looking to grow our team by recruiting a Corporate Finance Executive.

We are flexible on location around our Scottish offices, primarily Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

This opportunity will offer the right candidate the opportunity to get real hands on experience and exposure from early on in the role in both national and international corporate finance activities as well as offering a clear path to promotion.

The Corporate Finance Executive will be responsible for (but not limited to):

• Preparation of financial information and analysis
• Production of reports, documents and presentations
• Company and industry sector research
• Regular client contact, managing relationships and keeping them up to date with progress on projects
• Financial due diligence reports
• Financial projections models in Excel
• Business planning and fundraising assignments
• Share valuation work
• Information memoranda and lead advisory assignments
• Support provided to department business development activities

About You: 

Previous Corporate Finance experience is preferred but not essential.  The successful candidate will ideally be CA qualified or equivalent with a level of understanding and experience of operating in a financial services environment.  

In addition, they will be highly motivated, ambitious individuals keen to progress quickly towards taking on increased responsibility. They will demonstrate strong commercial awareness, sound numerical and analytical skills and possess a good level of IT competence with experience of Microsoft programmes.  We encourage applications from candidates that have excellent communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels as well as priotitise workload.  candidate must work well both as part of a team and directly with clients and be a leader of their work and professional learning.

Why JC?

With 11 offices across Scotland and beyond, we’re one of the country’s leading firms of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers. Working at Johnston Carmichael means working in a team of over 900 sharp minds - each of which is valued and heard. We support our people to ensure they can grow their own way through proactive learning and development.

At Johnston Carmichael we want what’s best for our clients, our people, and our communities. You’ll be joining a team that’s engaged with its local communities and committed to supporting them. Over the last decade, we’ve raised over £450,000 for charitable causes across Scotland and we’re also Gold Sponsors of the Kiltwalk. You can read more about our culture and the values that define us here.

We have a People and Culture Forum that generates ideas for positive change and has several subgroups including LGBTQIA+ and Gender Equality which seek to educate and encourage everyone in our firm to be themselves in order to do their best work.

If you value enabling leadership, quality, integrity, and a workplace that prioritises giving back as much as you put in, then Johnston Carmichael is the firm for you.

Why Corporate Finance?

Our award-winning Corporate Finance team advise on acquisitions and disposals and guide clients through complex processes such as management buy-outs and institutional buy-ins. 

As well as offering expertise across Scotland, our team’s diverse background and experience of working in industry and banking gives us a real understanding of our clients’ needs. 

Our comprehensive service sees financial due diligence conducted from the same team providing lead advisory and acquisitions advice, ensuring our specialists work in tandem to deliver a joined up approach which meets our clients requirements. 

We can help clients develop financial models, raise funding such as debt and equity and, if required, provide business turnaround advice and management. 

As trusted advisers to our clients, we understand the challenges that they face in growing or selling their business and securing bank or equity funding and we have the specialists on hand to help.

How working for us can work for you:

As a valued member of the Johnston Carmichael team, you’ll benefit from a number of employee benefits including but not exhaustive to; a personal pension scheme, annual leave, and life assurance, as well as your own personal training and development plan. Click here to see what’s on offer at Johnston Carmichael.

We know that 9-5 office hours aren’t for everyone. We support flexible working and also use a hybrid working model. One size doesn’t fit all, so let’s discuss what might work for you and our firm.

Doing the Right Thing and Standing in Other People’s Shoes are two of our core values. We nurture and celebrate individuality at Johnston Carmichael. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all communities. Our culture is one where everyone is enabled to be a leader of their work and their learning.

If you’re ready to work in an innovative and forward-thinking firm alongside talented, sharp minds, apply today.

At Johnston Carmichael we are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace.  A copy of this policy will be made available on request.  We also welcome applications from individuals who have had time away from paid employment.