Associate Director - Business Advisory - Financial Due Diligence

Role specific skillsets:

Operational

- Lead buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements

- Scoping the assignments, preparing and drafting / reviewing the proposal

- Execution of Financial Due diligence. Should be able to co-ordinate with tax and other teams to execute and finalize the entire report.

- Manage efficiency and productivity of team members on a day-to-day basis

- Manage staff in the field and in the office to provide real time feedback and guidance to client and ensure timely and efficient product delivery.

- Client interface and liaison. Independently handle client relationship

- Measure, monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

- Focus teams on the key priorities while managing several large to medium-size projects.

Practice Development and Client Relationships

- Lead and participate in Practice development and business development efforts

- Develop deep and enduring relationships with key customers. Generates ideas for new sub service line initiatives

- Identifies, develops and implements best practices in projects. Defines need for new information sources, and provides feedback on new sources.

People Responsibilities

- Coaches, counsels and mentors team members for professional development, and recommends training requirements to address perceived gaps.

- Manages performance of team members from setting goals to assessing performance against goals to providing performance feedback.

General skillsets:

- Client Excellence- Demonstrates a passion for delivering quality and ensures that client needs are met, benefiting both the client and the firm

- Growing the business- Demonstrates ability to identify and convert new business opportunities, both from existing and new clients

- Planning and organizing- Sets priorities, defines activities, gives responsibilities and plans work so that results are achieved on time and within budget

- Financial management- Deals with all aspects of financial performance in a timely and effective way so as to ensure that all time is appropriately recorded, billed and collected, thereby maximizing profitability

- People development- Seeks self-development and provides support that enables others to develop within the firm.

- Teamwork- Works cooperatively with others, positively influences them and ensures team participation to support the firms goals

- Communicating- Listens to, understands and communicates confidently with others in a clear, concise, polite and purposeful way

- Motivating- Motivates self and others to succeed

Desired Candidate Profile

To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, the candidate needs to have,

- A strong academic background

- Must have relevant Financial Due Diligence experience with big 4 or mid-tier accounting firm

- At least 8 years financial due diligence experience with a demonstrable track record of deal execution across all phases of the transaction cycle from origination to completion

- Have successfully demonstrated the ability of managing the financial due diligence process including co-ordinating all stakeholders and other advisors including, for example, legal and tax

- Experience servicing private equity groups, Venture Capitalist firms

- Possess a good balance of strong audit skills and business acumen

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to interact effectively with internal team members and external clients of the firm

- Ability to be a self-starter and to be confident when interacting with clients and asking questions

- Ability to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills

- A proactive, self-directed approach and the ability to learn quickly

The place of posting may be Mumbai, Pune or Bangalore based on the candidate's preference.