The best career opportunities on a global scale

Finance Professionals represents specialist mid- to senior-level Corporate Finance professionals who are looking to progress their careers within:

• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Asset Management
• In-house M&A functions within the Industry and Commerce sector

We work with a broad range of clients, from global investment banks to independent boutiques and work on assignments from Managing Director to experienced analyst level, applying the same rigorous search techniques to all assignments irrespective of level.

Our clients work with us because we have strong relationships with the specialist candidates that they cannot find themselves. We operate globally, with expert research teams spanning over 40 countries focused on sourcing the top 20 per cent of individuals locally and internationally.

Our consultants appreciate your value and will represent you professionally and efficiently in the market. Hard-to-find and in high demand, you’ll choose to work with us because we provide access to the best jobs and exceptionally high service and delivery levels. Our unique structure of specialist teams working within specific niche markets means we possess in-depth industry knowledge and an excellent client list.

With candidate mobility at the forefront of our company vision and new research showing 94% of professionals would consider a career prospect abroad, Finance Professionals offers a truly global proposition. Unlike any other recruiter, our international offices based in London, Australia and Singapore work in tandem with each other utilising research teams spanning over 40 countries and sharing market knowledge, enabling us to find you the best opportunities around the globe.

Investment Banking

Our Corporate Finance IB team represents a broad range of clients from global investment banks to independent boutiques. In addition to generalist or regionally focused M&A roles, we focus upon the following industry sectors and have successfully completed multiple assignments in each area:

• Energy & Power
• Financial Institutions
• Financial Sponsors
• Healthcare / Chemicals
• Industrials / Transport
• Metals & Mining
• Real Estate
• Retail / Consumer / Leisure
• Telecoms / Media / Technology

We also cover the following product areas:

• UK Corporate Broking
• Equity Capital Markets
• Structured Finance
• Debt Advisory / Restructuring
• Leveraged Finance
• Equity Research

Completed Recent Assignments:

• Benelux M&A senior VP - top tier US bank
• Corporate Broking VP - UK Bank
• Debt advisory director and VP - European bank
• Energy M&A senior VP - European bank
• VP UK M&A - top tier US bank
• Nordic M&A senior VP - top tier US bank
• Consumer/Retail Associate - top tier US bank
• Transport corporate finance director - European Bank
• Healthcare Associate - top tier US Bank
• Industrials Associate - European Bank
• UK M&A Associate - top tier European Bank
• UK M&A Analyst - Independent advisory boutique
• French FIG Analyst - top tier European Bank
• Chemicals Analyst - top tier US Bank
• Equity Research Analyst – Telecoms, European Investment Bank
• Equity Research Analyst – Banks, UK Investment Bank

For more information, please contact: investmentbanking@financeprofessionals.com

Private Equity

Our Private Equity team recruits for a range of clients including US and European leveraged buy out funds and UK mid market players. We focus mainly on recruiting investment professionals for our clients generally based around specific geographic or industry sector focus. In addition we work on fund raising and research assignments.

Ongoing, our research team seeks to identify the strongest candidates in the industry to transition into private equity roles. This research method enables us to work quickly in order to secure the best talent for our clients year on year.

Recent completed assignments include:

• Investment Manager Nordic region - mid market European fund
• Research analyst VP - global buy out fund
• Investment Executive Nordic - leading buy out fund
• Investment Executive - global buy out fund
• Investment Executive - technology buy out fund
• Investment Analyst - real estate fund
• Associate x 2 - renewable energy fund

For more information, please contact privateequity@financeprofessionals.com

Asset Managment

Our Asset Management client base comprises a range of firms including:

• Institutional asset managers - global firms through to UK boutiques
• Hedge funds
• Funds of private equity/hedge funds
• Family offices

Reflecting the diverse recruitment needs of our clients we recruit into a broad range of roles including the recruitment of portfolio managers, research analysts, business managers (primarily COO’s and general counsel) and sales/distribution.
The needs of our asset management clients overlap with several other areas of the business.

Recent assignments include:

• Multi Family office - 2 corporate finance/private equity associates
• Natural resources Hedge Fund - research analyst
• Business development associate, Italy - institutional asset manager
• Business development associate, UK - institutional asset manager
• Employment lawyer - institutional asset manager

For more information, please contact assetmanagement@financeprofessionals.com

Industry and Commerce

Our I&C team works across the range of industry sub sectors and works primarily with FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 listed companies in the UK or European companies of comparable size. Our primary area of expertise lies in the recruitment of professionals into business development, strategy and in house M&A roles for our clients. We work at all levels of seniority and have an impressive track record in this area.

Recent assignments include:

• Manager corporate development, FTSE 100, pharmaceutical
• Director, associate and analyst, FTSE 100, energy and power
• Manager, corporate development, FTSE 100, metals and mining
• Analyst, corporate finance, FTSE 100, media
• Manager, corporate finance, healthcare, Switzerland
• Manager x 2, investment management, privately owned, consumer conglomerate
• Manager, corporate development, government owned, energy and power

For more information, please contact industryandcommerce@financeprofessionals.com