Senior Associate - Valuation - BFSI/Consulting

Job Description

Designation : Senior Associate - Valuations

Experience : 4 to 6 years of post-qualification experience in valuations

Qualification : Chartered Accountant/Masters in Business Administration with major in Finance

Job Location : Bengaluru

Summary:

Grant Thornton is collaborative, entrepreneurial and on the move. It is a dynamic global organization of 37,000 people serving clients in more than 125 countries. Grant Thornton LLP (- GTUS- ), the US Member Firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, has launched a shared service center in October 2012 in Bengaluru, India.

Required skills

Our client is looking for candidates with expertise in valuations of firms at early stage, mid stage and late stage of funding from VC investors

Candidates having expertise in one or more of the below :

- ASE 805, ASE 350, ASE 718, ASE 820, ASE 815

- Discounted Cash flow (DCF), Market Approach, Option Valuations, Purchase Price Allocation (PPA), Goodwill, Impairment Testing, Fair Value Measurement,

- Valuation of intangible assets such as patents and trademarks

- Proficiency in Purchase Price Allocations, ASC 805 and goodwill impairment testing, Proficiency in ASC 718/409a valuations

Client Responsibilities:

- Execution on client engagement - Ensure quality delivery as per client requirements

- Review of working papers and client folders. Suggest ideas on improving engagement productivity and identify opportunities for improving client service

- Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk management procedures of the firm

- Understand business & industry issues / trends. Identify areas requiring improvement in the client's business processes to enable preparation of recommendations

- Identify areas requiring improvement in the client's business processes to enable preparation of recommendations

- Identify & internally escalate and potential red flags related to the engagement on a timely basis

- Demonstrate industry expertise (detailed understanding of the industry, trends, issues/challenges and leading practices)

- Preparation of reports/deliverables/status updates/presentations

- Demonstrate ability of multi-task and manage multiple projects as directed by the managers

- Demonstrate an application & solution-based approach to problem solving technique. The same can be utilized for research on delivery of solutions

- Manage engagement budgets and support superiors in developing marketing collaterals, business proposals and new solution / methodology development

- Develop strong working relationships with client

- Attention to detail and mentor young interns and analysts within the practice

- Contribute to knowledge management sessions within the practice

- Identify and escalate potential business opportunities for the firm on existing client engagements

- Proficient in data analysis with demonstrated ability to coach young team members on MS Access and Excel

People Responsibilities:

- Demonstrate the ability to effectively discharge supervisory responsibilities

- Manage small teams - motivate, counsel & develop junior colleagues

- Demonstrate ability to conceptualize & translate lessons learned on client engagements into relevant training sessions for junior colleagues and contribute to learning & development initiatives

- Provide real-time constructive verbal feedback to team members and facilitate timely completion of engagement review forms

- Contribute to effective team work in internal engagement situation

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

Determine that the work delivered is of high quality

- Anticipate and identify engagement related risks and escalate issues as appropriate on a timely basis

- Actively establish & strengthen client (functional heads & key influencers) and internal relationships

- Assist Assistant Managers & Managers in developing new methodologies and internal initiatives

- Create a positive learning culture, coaches, counsels and develops junior team members

- Identify & escalate potential business opportunities for the firm on existing client engagements

- Should have good written, communication and interpersonal skills