Senior Corporate Development Manager

Senior Corporate Development Manager

We’re looking for a highly motivated Corporate Development Manager to join our strategic and finance function to support key initiatives including M&A transactions, capital raising, and broader growth strategy. Reporting to senior leaders, you’ll work across teams to evaluate opportunities, build business cases, and manage communications with stakeholders ranging from the Board to external advisors.
This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who wants to be involved in the full spectrum of corporate development activities at a high-growth business. You’ll support cross-functional collaboration, contribute to commercial and strategic analysis, and play a critical role in enabling the business to scale efficiently and thoughtfully.

What you will be doing:

Support M&A Strategy and Execution

• Conduct financial modelling, valuation analysis, and commercial due diligence to assess acquisition and investment opportunities.
• Prepare briefing materials and support internal stakeholders through the deal lifecycle (from origination to integration planning).
• Coordinate data collection, cross-functional inputs, and project timelines across Product, Finance, Legal, and Tech teams.
• Support ongoing tracking and analysis of the M&A pipeline.

• Assist in preparing materials for equity fundraising, including investor decks, data rooms, and due diligence responses.
• Work closely with the CFO and external partners to support debt financing activities, including relationship management with lenders and maintenance of financial information required for credit reviews.
• Develop models, forecasts, and scenario analyses in support of capital strategy.

• Prepare board materials, investor updates, and strategic presentations.
• Help manage recurring and ad hoc communications with shareholders, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date materials for internal and external reporting.

• Contribute to high-priority strategic projects across the business (e.g., market expansion, pricing strategies, business case evaluation).
• Conduct market research and competitor benchmarking to inform strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with teams across the business to collect inputs and align execution with strategic priorities.

Skills we'd love you to have

Why ClearScore?

ClearScore is the UK's #1 credit score and report app. We are also present in South Africa, Australia and Canada, with more than 20 million users globally and growing fast. Someone joins ClearScore every 20 seconds.

We have established relationships with over 50 of the main lenders in the U.K., and have been a trusted tool for customers to manage their credit and make better financial decisions.

Since October 2016 we have helped 1.8 million users take out a new credit card or loan. We are user-centric at our core and we believe in leveraging technology to enable positive financial choices. We are design-led and data-driven and we embed these behaviours in everything we do.

What is D·One?

D·One was created in 2022 as a result of ClearScore’s acquisition of Money Dashboard - a company with best in class open banking and categorisation capabilities. The D·One mission exists to provide open banking data to lending partners, market researchers including hedge funds and ClearScore. Currently, our primary goal is enabling lenders to adopt open banking by delivering a lender specific open banking service with best-in-class credit analytics.

As part of the ClearScore Group, you will join a company where our culture is a fundamental part of all we have achieved. We believe in hiring smart, driven, passionate and diverse people who are keen on having a real impact in our organisation. We trust you to manage your own time so we offer flexible work and no fixed desk hours. We don't micromanage and we believe in measuring outcomes rather than effort. We have an inclusive culture where all, regardless of seniority, are encouraged to contribute with their ideas, look after their wellbeing and actively seek opportunities for career growth.

If you feel like this could be the place for you, apply and our Talent team will be happy to share more.

Benefits:

• 25 paid holidays and a “duvet day” on your birthday
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Private health and dental cover - including mental health support through Bupa 
• GP office visits
• Life assurance scheme
• Up to 6% matched pension
• Regular Lunch and Learns with guest speakers
• Dog-friendly office
• Daily breakfast and free snacks
• Access to discounts via Cobens Extras 
• Free sports and social clubs
• Continued investment into learning and development 
• Leadership-led training
• In-house psychotherapist
• Financial coach to help you plan and achieve your goals
• No clock-watching culture
• Generous maternity and paternity plans
• Culture and inclusion representatives
• Transparent pay structure and a career growth plan

Equal Opportunities

ClearScore is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. As an equal opportunity employer, we are able to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate individuals with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation, please inform us in advance, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

• Levels 1-5: Minimum 2 days per week in-office
• Level 6 and above: Minimum 3 days per week in-office

• Flexibility to manage your work and life
• Dedicated in-office days for team building and collaborative projects
•  Office facilities (with plants!) designed for productive interactions
• Clear expectations and support for maintaining our hybrid schedule

Inclusion Policy

We are always looking for talented individuals to join ClearScore. We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. Please see our People Policy Notice at https://www.clearscore.com/people-notice.