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BUILD YOUR CAREER. JOIN US AT AAB.\n\nAAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.\nEVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.\n\nOur people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.\nYour growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.\nAABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS\n At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.\nESG COMMITMENT\n\nWe take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.\nROLE PURPOSE\nAs an Assistant Manager, you have a key role in supporting Managers, Directors and Partners in the delivery of awesome client service!\nAs a leading local M&A financial advisor, we’re involved in some of the most exciting deals across the island of Ireland. As part of this role, you’ll be undertaking client-facing work, providing advice and adding value at every stage of the deal cycle. You will also be getting experience working on a wide range of assignments including business advisory, public sector consultancy and forensic investigations.\nYou will have technical knowledge and an ability to use this to deliver client assignments from planning to completion. You are keen to start a career in corporate finance; hence no prior corporate finance experience is required. You demonstrate key people management skills including delegation, motivation and support. You will manage team workflow and control time and cost budgets. You will build strong professional relationships, and using your own business network, you will support the growth initiatives of the firm.\nYou will be at the top end of business, where you're recognised for the impact you make and your ability to network and build lasting relationships. It makes life here exciting, fast-paced - and incredibly rewarding.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\nAssisting in creating or developing investor decks, business cases and financial projections for private and public sector clients\nAssisting in the review of business plans and financial statements, inspecting underlying assumptions and financial information, and preparing a report with the key observations\nSupporting the identification of potential M&A targets and buyers by leveraging multiple streams including independent desktop review and collaboration with wider team\nAssisting with business valuations by researching comparable transactions and comparable quoted companies\nAssisting with due diligence fieldwork and the preparation of due diligence reports\nLiaise with clients, law firms, banks, equity providers, vendors and purchasers in the delivery corporate finance transactions\nSupport Managers/Senior Managers with coordination of deal initiation and business development activities of the department\nConducting forensic investigations and preparing forensic accounting reports to be presented in Court\nExperience & qualifications\n Required\nA professional accountancy qualification - ACA/ACCA or equivalent. Newly qualified or experience. \nNo prior corporate finance experience is required. \nHave achieved an undergraduate degree or above in any subject (2:1 minimum classification preferred)\nHigher Grade/A Level or equivalent\n\nRequired Attributes\nGreat social skills and confidence with clients\nA knack for overcoming challenges to maintain strong business relations\nAttention to detail, be nifty with numbers, and have a knack for following processes within legislative guidelines\nA desire to stretch yourself and an insatiable hunger to succeed\nIntegrity and authenticity\nWHAT AAB OFFER\nWe want you to feel supported inside and outside of work. 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