VP/Associate Director - Transaction Advisory Support Services - M&A

Experience:

Required:

The candidate should have:

- 9-12 years of relevant post qualification 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

- Leadership skills

- Business development

- Strong market network and relationship building skills

- Strong Analytical Skills

- High initiative and drive

- Maturity and ability to handle pressure

- Positive attitude and high commitment

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Professional appearance and poise

- High team orientation

- Project management/time management

Preferred:

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

- Due diligence experience as part of M&A team in industry or Big 4 CA firms.

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

Roles/Responsibilities:

- Brand Building & Business Development

- Create and manage strong independent relationships with clients at senior positions with minimal partner involvement, expand client base with new wins and conversions (both existing and new clients)

- Build strong external networks. These have to be leveraged for building and growing the firm’s business

- Participate in building the brand of the Firm, and SBU

- Partner and build relationships, Lead role in client service delivery. Act as a Trusted Business Advisor

- Participate in advising clients on strategic issues and understanding client’s needs

- Independently lead and coordinate the planning and management of medium/large assignments, with a focus on Pricing, Billing & Recovery

- Maximizing fee opportunities

Risk Management:

- Develop and implement risk management strategies, plans and activities with minimal partner involvement

Manage sensitive and high level risk issues:

- Proactively resolve (with Partner support) risk issues in delivering service to clients

Knowledge Management:

- Champion knowledge sharing efforts, review and continually improve processes so that the team and firm capture and leverage knowledge

People Management:

- Build a strong team and be a strong role model, mentor and coach

- Assist in resolving people issues

- Assist in recruiting activities for the SBU, including campus hiring