EY - Assistant Director - Corporate Finance/Due Diligence

EY is a global professional services organization providing advisory, assurance, tax and transaction services.

- EY is among the world's most attractive employers. It offers opportunities and experiences that bring out the best in its people at work every day. Collaborating with diverse teams across the globe helps our people develop a global mind-set. EY develops outstanding leaders who deliver value to all our stakeholders to meet their strategic corporate objectives.

- GDS India has won several Global HR awards for its people practices: ranked first in the "Dream Companies to Work- . For the sixth consecutive year, we've been ranked as the "Best Place to Work for" in the - Great Place to Work- survey.

- GDS TAS has been one of the fastest growing services, delivering transaction support, transaction tax and capital transformation services to clients around the world.

- GDS TAS professionals work as an extended team to global TAS practices. They deliver insights, analytics and advice to our clients on strategies to raise, invest, preserve and optimize their capital.

GDS TAS offers you :

- First-hand knowledge on how the economic climate is changing

- Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

- An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of about 600 professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide

- Opportunities to work with EY TAS practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

We are committed to providing learning opportunities to our employees through robust training and global secondment opportunities.

GDS TAS Transaction Support :

- Within TAS, Transaction Support (TS) services encompass the strategic development and execution of an appropriate transaction structure, which includes execution of financial due diligence, IPOs and restructuring of banking loans.

- Our team works to understand profit drivers and trends, challenge assumptions of future performance, and assists with purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters.

- TS professionals work on buy-side diligence and provide sell-side diligence services. This helps clients maximize value, mitigate risks and achieve their strategic goals, in acquisition and divestiture deals.

Responsibilities :

The responsibilities of an Assistant Director will include :

The main objective is to achieve business growth by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business decision-makers, informing them of our scope of services and communicating how these services benefit their organizations.

- Building relationships with EY offices across the globe, demonstrating knowledge of regional practices business and developing open communication channels

- Identifying new services within business and working with partners and senior managers on learning and piloting activities from GDS

- Managing and participating in due diligence engagements and leading engagements which are complex and EY client critical

- Developing and guiding staff and other junior professionals by providing effective performance feedback/training, and ensuring team responsibilities are consistent with skills and developmental goals. Leading by example

Job requirements :

To qualify, candidates must have :

- Chartered Accountancy degree or MBA in Finance from a premier institute

- Relevant external audit experience working with a public accounting firm and/or mergers and acquisitions transactions experience or experience in the field of financial planning and analysis and statutory accounting

- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills

- Effective written and verbal communication skills