EY - Associate/Senior Associate - Transaction Support - CA

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 7200 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

Academic Qualification : CA with a good academic background

Experience :

Required :

The candidate should have:

- 3-5 years of relevant post qualification work experience

- Understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges etc. of the target company

- Analyzed historic and current financial information

- Analyzed projections and assumptions used for the same

- Identified of deal issues, assessing their impact on the transaction (valuation etc.) and advising on ways to address the issues

- Conducted analysis of transaction risks and ways to mitigate them

- Understanding transaction structure and basis it advised on structuring issues

- High team orientation

- Good communication both written and oral (including report writing)

- Strong analytical skills are a must

- Good at building relationships with clients

Preferred :

Preference will be given to candidates who have :

- Due diligence experience as part of M&A team in industry or Big 3 CA firms

- Been a part of the audit and assurance practice of Big 4 CA firms with some due diligence exposure

- Industry experience primarily in data analysis, MIS, project handling

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 be 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 improve processes so that the work team can capture and leverage knowledge

Networking & Identification of opportunities :

- Start identifying new opportunities for existing clients and communicates 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