Senior Associate (Financial Due Diligence)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing client engagements in the area of Transaction services, Buy side / sell side due diligence or Carve-outs assignments etc

• Deliver work of the highest quality within budget.

• Anticipate and identify engagement related risks and escalate issues as appropriate, on a timely basis.

• Actively establish and manage relationships with clients on projects.

• Assist Managers in developing new methodologies and internal initiatives

• Continuously strive towards exceeding client and engagement team expectations and work on increasingly complex assignments

• Strong technical knowhow on financial statements analysis, KPIs, building databook (Analysis Pack), preparation/consolidation of financial statements, trial balance mapping, reconciliation of management and audited accounts. Various other analysis: price-volume, churn-rate, top customers, ageing, headcount and trending analysis.
• Framing management questions and writing diligence reports (including business overviews, historical sections, Quality of earnings adjustment section etc.)
• Independent handling of large assignments and maintain a strong user connects
• Understand business & industry issues / trends. Identify areas requiring improvement in the clients business processes to enable preparation of recommendations
• Proficient in data analysis & validation
• Proficient in excel and large volumes of data
• Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk management procedures
• Demonstrate an application & solution-based approach to problem solving technique
• Manage engagement budgets and support Managers in developing marketing collaterals, business proposals and new solution / methodology development
• Develop strong working relationships with client
• Attention to detail
• Professional Experience / Qualifications.
• Chartered Accountancy degree or MBA Finance with 2-4 years of experience into Financial Due Diligence