Corporate Finance Analyst Development Programme
We've spent the last six years working with analysts who are tired of surface-level courses. You know the ones – they promise everything but leave you with generic spreadsheets and no real sense of how finance actually works inside a corporation.
Our programme runs differently. It's built around the way real analysts think, not how textbooks say they should. Starting September 2025, we're opening cohorts that focus on practical application over theory dumping.
What You'll Actually Work On
Financial Statement Analysis
Not just reading balance sheets. We dig into how companies actually structure their financials and why certain decisions show up where they do. You'll work with real company data from UK markets.
Valuation Techniques
DCF models that don't just spit out numbers. You'll understand the assumptions behind every input and how to defend your work when someone questions your growth rates.
Capital Structure Decisions
Why do companies choose debt over equity? When does leverage make sense? These aren't abstract questions – they're decisions you'll encounter constantly.
How the Programme Unfolds
Twelve months might sound long, but corporate finance isn't something you pick up in a weekend workshop. We've structured this to fit around working schedules because most of our participants are already in finance roles.
Foundation Quarter
Three months on core concepts. Financial reporting standards, ratio analysis, and building your first models from scratch. Expect to spend about eight hours weekly on coursework and case studies.
Applied Methods
This is where theory meets reality. You'll analyse actual companies, build comp tables, and work through merger scenarios. The workload picks up here – plan for ten hours weekly.
Capstone Project
Six months working on a comprehensive analysis of a UK-listed company. You choose the firm, build the model, write the report. This is portfolio-grade work that demonstrates your capabilities.
Who You'll Learn From
Our instructors aren't career educators. They're working finance professionals who've been in analyst seats at firms across London, Bristol, and Edinburgh. They know what actually matters.
Crispin Holroyd
Twelve years analyzing FTSE 250 companies. Crispin teaches the valuation modules and has a knack for explaining why models break in real situations.
Thaddeus Pemberton
Spent fifteen years advising on M&A deals. Thaddeus covers capital structure decisions and brings case studies from actual transactions he's worked on.
Ottilie Hargreaves
Eight years in financial reporting for multinational corporations. Ottilie handles the accounting standards modules and makes IFRS actually make sense.
Programme Starts September 2025
Applications open in May. We're limiting cohort size to twenty participants because smaller groups mean better feedback on your work. If you're serious about developing analyst skills that actually transfer to real work, get in touch.
Request Programme Details