Job Description

CharteredPartners is seeking an experienced corporate finance professional to join our client in Sydney at Partner level. The successful candidate will lead origination across M&A and capital advisory, owning client relationships and a personal fee budget while setting the strategic direction of a growing deals practice. Specific qualifications, regulatory fluency and technical breadth are detailed in the sections that follow.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new accounting-firm practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented accounting, audit, tax and advisory professionals to make safe, well-judged moves into rewarding new roles, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Originate M&A and capital advisory mandates across the Australian mid-market, converting a personal network into engaged deals.
• Own client relationships at board and shareholder level and carry accountability for a personal revenue target.
• Lead and oversee execution across sell-side, buy-side and capital-raising engagements through to completion.
• Set commercial terms, fee structures and retainers and protect the quality and reputation of the practice.
• Advise on deal structure, SPA mechanics, completion accounts and earn-outs alongside legal and tax advisers.
• Navigate public-market and regulated situations, including FIRB clearance and obligations under the Corporations Act and ASIC.
• Recruit, lead and develop the deals team and contribute to firm-wide strategy and brand.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• CA (CAANZ) or CPA Australia, or the CFA, with a recognised degree in finance, accounting or economics.
• Twelve or more years in corporate finance, M&A or investment banking, including a sustained record at Director or Partner level.
• Demonstrable origination track record across Australian mid-market transactions.
• Fluency in the ASX listing environment and the FIRB foreign-investment regime.
• Working knowledge of the Corporations Act and ASIC regulatory perimeter relevant to corporate finance.
• Authoritative command of valuation under DCF, comparables and LBO frameworks.
• Strong grasp of SPA mechanics, net debt, working capital and completion accounts.
• Established relationships across the private equity, superannuation, infrastructure and family-office buyer universe.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the gravitas to advise boards and win mandates.
• A track record of leading and building high-performing advisory teams.

Preferred Experience:

• A portable book of business and an active pipeline of near-term opportunities.
• Sector specialisation in technology, consumer, healthcare, resources or financial services.
• Experience of cross-border transactions connecting Australia with Asia, North America or Europe.
• Exposure to public-market and takeover situations on the ASX.
• Prior experience within a recognised global accounting-firm deals practice.
• Familiarity with debt advisory and the structuring of acquisition finance.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Australian citizens, permanent residents and candidates with valid Australian work rights who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist accounting-firm recruitment consultant.

Chartered Partners is a trading style of Feltan Associates Pte Ltd; an international Executive Search, Recruitment and Consulting business based in Singapore, licensed and regulated by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower to conduct recruitment services for clients. UEN: 202225620G. EA Licence 23S1672. All rights reserved.