Corporate Finance Associate

Supporting the Investment Director, you’ll relish the chance to utilise your resilience whilst interacting with stakeholders at all levels, without having to compromise your integrity to deliver. You’ll also be excited about opportunities to broaden your experience, building out an ecosystem that encourages partnership and collaborative working. 

Because it’s not about hiding away from numbers; it’s an opportunity to develop your skills whilst removed from a difficult sales culture. You’ll be closer to the decision making, helping deliver acquisitions and other inorganic opportunities that genuinely make a difference. 

Roke are a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Industry 4.0 through our Futures business and Intelligence as a Service. You will work alongside stakeholders to help solve complex and unique challenges.  

As a Corporate Finance Associate, you’ll be ensuring transactions are moved forwards in a timely fashion. Your involvement will be from the very start. Performing initial analysis and research, following through to completion whilst managing multiple senior stakeholders and problem solving at every turn. 

The Key Requirements... 

Proven analytical skills with an ability to demonstrate business acumen 
Exposure and experience in financial modelling and data analytics tools 
Able to show history of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at all levels 
An understanding of a technology focused sector or a desire to learn. It would be a bonus if this was Defence or National Security. 

Built over a 60-year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation. 

Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years, we intend to double our headcount by 2027. At Roke, every individual counts. We push technical boundaries, together. We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference. 

With us you’ll enjoy the variety, breadth and development working in an M&A environment has to offer, whilst still maintaining an ability to choose life.  

Where you’ll work… 
You can be based from either of our Romsey, Woking or Gloucester sites and there will be an element of travel involved. Please see details for each of our locations below; 

Romsey: Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, you’ll find our Romsey site located within beautiful Hampshire countryside, close to the picturesque New Forest District and not far from a superb stretch of the south coast. This is no corporate concrete jungle; this is a manor house site, with ample parking an on-site gym and a driveway full of daffodils in the spring. 

Woking: Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, you’ll find our Woking site in a modern building on the outskirts of London. Rated excellent for sustainability by BREEAM & Fitwel certified – you’ll feel better for visiting. This site provides key links to our customers in London, is a 5-minute walk from the train station, has secure parking nearby and dedicated cycle storage. 

Gloucester: Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, you’ll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base. Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk. 

The Benefits and Perks...  

Hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of your monthly hours working at your base/client location, subject to role requirements 
Flexi-time: Working hours to suit you and your life 
Annual bonus: Based on profit share and personal performance 
Private medical insurance: Includes cover for existing conditions 
Holiday: 25 days plus public holidays and your birthday off 
Chemring Share Save: Monthly savings into a 3 or 5 year plan. 

Clearances… 
Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve SC clearance. As a result, you should have resided in the U.K. for the last 5 years. 

The Next Step... 
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you