Assistant Director - Valuation - Big4

Hiring for Assistant Director-Valuation(Company Valuation) with one of the Big 4's

We are hiring for one of the Big 4's for Assistant Director-Valuation.

Position Details :

Job Title : Assistant Director

Department : Valuations, Transaction Advisory Services

Reporting to : Executive Director

Location : Gurgaon

Job description:

The main objective of the role is to achieve business growth by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business decision-makers, provide guidance/expertise on various valuation engagements, and lead the team towards excellence in service delivery.

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities :

- Manage a team of 15-20 financial analysts

- Work on and lead several medium-to-high complexity valuation engagements. Area of expertise required in :

- Business valuations using DCF and market-multiples based approaches

- Purchase price allocation and Impairment testing of goodwill and intangibles as per US GAAP/IFRS accounting standards

- Value allocation and valuation of preferred equity using CVM, OPM & PWERM methodologies (under 409a or ASC 861)

- Valuation of debt, options and warrants, using Black Scholes and other similar models

- Financial due diligence and post-deal analysis

- Lend specific subject matter knowledge and provide team members with accurate and useful guidance in technical areas of high risk and complexity

- Produce assignment budgets and timetables, and manage delivery against them

- Focus team on key priorities and ensure smooth service delivery within the defined competency/geographical area

- Assign people to projects based on their skills, career goals and client's expectations

- Partner with internal and external clients to improve processes

- Work with project leaders to analyze resource needs and gaps, and devise alternative ways forward

- Generate new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions

- Develop long-term relationships, both internally and with clients.

- Responsible for goal setting, performance appraisal and professional development of counselees and the larger team

- Identify and plan for L&D needs of team members

- Be a positive leader and mentor to team members

Competencies / skills :

- In-depth understanding of financial and valuation principles

- Direct experience on various valuation techniques and methodologies including DCF, Market Comparables, Purchase Price Allocation, Impairment testing, Valuation of debt, options and warrants, Value allocation using OPM, CVM, PWERM etc.

- Financial modelling experience, mainly of building valuation models

- Knowledge of accounting standards, including US GAAP and IFRS, mainly in respect of their relevance to valuations

- Sound grasp of MS Excel; a natural interest in working and learning to use it to an advanced level

- Advanced knowledge of using various research databases like CapitalIQ, Bloomberg, Factset, Factiva, Thomson etc.

- Excellent analytical, project management and teamwork competencies

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Proven business development and marketing techniques, and ability to pursue and close business growth opportunities

Job Specification :

Education & Experience :

- MBA/PG Diploma (Finance) with 10+ years of experience, majority of which should be in core valuation area (Business Valuation, Purchase Price Allocation, Impairment testing, Debt/warrant/options valuation, Allocation modeling etc.), within investment banking support, financial research, or M&A advisory

- Experience with any of the Big 4 firms, leading investment banks or their support centers, or best practice knowledge service organizations is desirable