EY - Associate/Senior Associate - Lead Advisory

About EY :

Ernst & Young is a global leader in Assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide over Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We operate from 9 cities in India with a work force of over 7500 people and have an industry specific focus - Technology, Communication & Entertainment, Infrastructure, Industrial & Consumer, Financial Services and Government Advisory.

SL Intro :

EY is the domestic market leader in TAS hosting 400 professionals including 26 Partners, across locations, deeply experienced senior management, strong local capabilities, dedicated private equity group and extensive experience in cross-border deals. Our accolades include:

- Ranked #1 Financial Advisor in India by Bloomberg for ten consecutive years for most number of deals from 2002 - 2011

- Financial Advisor of the Year M&A Award - India, in 2011, 2009 and 2008 - by Financial Times & Merger market

- Financial Advisor of the year, India - 2011 AVCJ India Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards

- Investment Bank of the Year - Private Equity, 2011 - VCCircle Awards

- Most Active Transaction Advisor Award - PE and M&A for 2011, 2010 and 2009 - by Venture Intelligence

- Asia-Pacific M&A Investment Bank of the Year and Asia-Pacific M&A Deal of the Year at 2009 Asia M&A Atlas Award

- Cross Border deal of the year - Middle Markets, 2011, India M&A Atlas Awards

The Lead Advisory team is a SBU within the Transaction Advisory Services practice. This LA partners with its clients to identify the best opportunities and assists them in choosing and consummating the right transactions for their business success. With a dedicated team of professionals in our Lead Advisory business, we offer comprehensive and integrated solutions to our clients, and assist them in aligning their transaction and business strategy to drive shareholder value and stay ahead of competition.

This team provides specialist lead advisory services on the following :

- Mergers & acquisitions

- Divestitures

- Privatizations

- Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances

- Capital raising

- Capital Markets

- Corporate Restructuring

Academic Qualification : CA or MBA (preferably from a premier institute) with a good academic background

Experience :

Required :

The candidate should :

- Have 3-5 years of relevant post qualification experience

- Have exposure to M&A or research.

- Be well aware of the rules and regulations that apply to M&A deals or should have done extensive research in a couple of sectors

- Have good working experience of financial analysis and basic financial modeling. Experience on live mandates and deal closure will be preferred.

Preferred :

Preference will be given to candidates who have worked with:

- Investment banks

- Strategy teams of large corporates

- BPO's, specifically those in the IB / Research teams

- Private equity / venture capital firms

Roles/Responsibilities :

Client service delivery/execution :

- Execute the work on a multiple client base. Assume near independent responsibility for smaller clients

- Develop rapport with middle layers of client management

Risk Management :

- Ensure compliance with risk management strategies, plans and activities.

- Understand the concept of risk management and is able to bring to focus risk issues on client assignments and take issues to the notice of the manager/supervisor

Knowledge Management :

- Support knowledge sharing efforts and continually improve processes so that the work team can capture and leverage knowledge

Networking & Identification of opportunities :

- Begin to identify new opportunities for existing clients and communicate to manager

Network internally within the peer group and other levels in the firm in order to gain understanding of issues that may impact issues with his clients