M&A Specialist

Are you looking for a career in M&A at one of the most active strategic acquirors in the World? Then this is your chance!

The Corporate Development Ventures & Acquisitions team at Accenture is growing and is looking to add to their India Team. You will join a team that is passionate about enabling Accenture's sustainable, profitable inorganic growth agenda and operates

end-to-end across the acquisition deal cycle from origination through execution to integration. Open positions are at the Analyst level.

Job profile

V&A Team

The Ventures & Acquisitions team is part of our Global Corporate Development team and works with our business leaders to identify, acquire and integrate companies. Strategic acquisitions help Accenture enter and scale in priority growth offerings, which mean the target companies are often in the most exciting and pioneering capabilities.

You will be collaborating with business strategy teams, analyzing target companies for suitability, researching priority market sectors, building business cases to support outreach and manage pipeline. The successful candidate would have an inquiring mind and be curious to learn about Accenture's new and pioneering offerings which help our clients drive innovation and value.

About The Role :

As an Sr.Analyst/Specialist, you will be a member of a Corp Dev team focused on performing M&A market research assessments for a broad spectrum of industries.

You will report to the Manager of Market Due Diligence and will be part of a growing global and multicultural team. Long-term, you may have the opportunity to gain experience in adjacent disciplines across the M&A lifecycle, such as deal execution, financial due diligence, and post-merger integration.

Market due diligence includes:

Primary and secondary research and analysis of early-stage acquisition companies across different business strategic sectors, e.g., digital, technology, consulting.

Gather information, perform basic analysis on information gathered to provide meaningful insights, and organize findings into a compelling report.

Act as a consultant by assessing companies' strategic/commercial fit, identifying financial risks and opportunities

Leverage data analytics and data visualization techniques to enhance reporting workflow

Provide input on best practices and process optimization opportunities.

Creating dashboards/presentations on ongoing acquisition activities in the market

Perform quality checks on the output and support the lead in various team related activities

Qualifications

Educational Qualification

Masters degree in MBA/Finance

Bachelors in business administration, Accounting, Economics or similar



Must have

4-5 years of experience required in Market Research, Strategy, M&A research, financial analysis or similar consulting/corporate background

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint/Excel/Word)

Team player committed to providing high quality work in a timely manner

Experience handling a team (optional)

Preferred skills

Knowledge of business intelligence tools, database management or programming languages to handle and visualize data e.g. Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python

Working knowledge of research databases, e.g. CB Insights, Pitchbook, Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Mergermarket, Factiva

Knowledge of other international languages is a plus .