Associate/Senior Associate - Financial Due Diligence (1-5 yrs)

Associate/Senior Associate - Financial Due Diligence

Key responsibilities:

- Assist with core financial due diligence, helping to identify key risks and potential deal breakers, assess the strengths and weaknesses of the business

- Preparing project Databook

- Analyze detailed financial statement information including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and key operational data

- Synthesize and convert the data into meaningful information that is used to drive discussions with target management and drive observations and conclusions

- Assess the quality of the target company's reported earnings, net assets, and cash flows

- After an investigative analysis, assist in the construction of deal-oriented reports and presentations for clients that highlight the key financial, commercial, and other findings facing investments and the drivers behind maintainable profits and cash flows

- Aid the team in further articulating how such findings should be incorporated into the client's valuation and sale, purchase agreement and provide other negotiating points

- Participate in meetings and conference calls with target company management and with client personnel

- Be actively involved in building and maintaining client relationships and other business development opportunities.

Qualifications/ Ideal Experience:

- A minimum of 1-6 years of financial accounting due diligence experience at preferably a Big4 or a top accounting firm in their India Global Delivery Center

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting and/or related major

- Chartered Accountant (CA)/ Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/ Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

- Working knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting

- High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Strong project management skills

- Flexibility to work as both a team member in a collaborative setting and as an individual contributor

- Ability to thrive and be effective in fast-paced settings