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THE GRANGE SCHOOL CAREERS FAIR. A career in Corporate Finance Cole Associates Corporate Finance LLP www.cole-group.co.uk. Corporate finance: Education and training. Graduate Qualify as a Chartered Accountant or Certified Accountant (3 years) or MBA Specialise in corporate finance
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THE GRANGE SCHOOLCAREERS FAIR A career in Corporate Finance Cole Associates Corporate Finance LLP www.cole-group.co.uk
Corporate finance:Education and training • Graduate • Qualify as a Chartered Accountant or Certified Accountant (3 years) or MBA • Specialise in corporate finance • Ongoing professional training
Corporate finance – relevant skills • Good communication skills • Outgoing, pleasant personality • Numerate, but not necessarily A* at Maths • Ability to project-manage and multi-task • Ability to get on with a wide range of people • Ability to think ‘outside the box’, i.e. laterally • Tenacity, optimism and determination
Corporate finance – types of work • Advising companies on the acquisition of another company, and raising the necessary finance • Advising shareholders on the sale of their company (e.g. a family-owned business) • Helping a company to raise finance for expansion • Advising a start-up company/entrepreneur • Advising a company on a stock market flotation
Corporate finance – types of work (continued) • Preparing a Business Plan • Valuation of a company or business • Preparing financial projections • Investment appraisal • Spreadsheet modelling • Helping a company in financial difficulties
Corporate finance – who you meet • Clients, across many different sectors • Venture capitalists (‘private equity’) • High net worth (rich) individuals • Banks • Lawyers • Other professionals (insurance, pensions, property, auditors, tax advisers etc) • Overseas contacts