Manager - Merger & Acquisition

Company : One of the top consulting firm

Position : Manager - Merger and acquisition (corporate finance)

Location : Chennai

Role And Responsibilities:

- The person would primarily be required to lead the project team, keep the work focused on the objectives and market the group's services.

Some of the key work areas would include:

- Building relationships with key transaction oriented / acquisitive groups in the identified sector / region

- Project management and monitoring a team of Managers and Associates

- Analysing the financial and operational positioning of corporates to proactively suggest strategic options including JV / partnerships, acquisitions or divestitures

- Coordinating pitch presentations to obtain new mandates

- Finalising fund raising / M&A mandates of quality clientele / or executable transactions

- Financial Modeling and Tax structuring

- Building a healthy pipeline of opportunities and mandates in the specific areas fund raise / M&A engagements

- Business Modeling and Plan Development and an ability to analyse and envisage new / key industry trends

- Coordinating and managing the financial, tax, commercial and operational due diligence process in a transaction

- Assistance and guidance in finalisation of the transaction documentation including the initial Information Memorandum, financial model and the definitive agreements

- Project management and execution

- Business development

- Provide inputs for group business plan and future direction of the Corporate Finance practice

- Evaluate economic and legal risks to the Firm arising out of engagements, consult and adopt suitable risk management practices

- Keep abreast of new developments in the profession, the business, the industry and the regulatory environment

- Build a strong network with peers and professionals in the field

- Have 5 - 7 years of post qualification experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, PE Fund raising and Valuations or in a similar environment

- Strong and well rounded business and macroeconomic understanding

- Strong network of relationships amongst the investing community or large corporates

- Strong analytical bent of mind and structured problem solving approach

- High level of strategic and creative thinking and an ability to come up with solutions from a tax or legal structuring perspective

- Extremely high level of comfort with spreadsheets, MS word and Power point

- Have strong soft skills like; interpersonal skills, team skills, communication skills - both verbal and written

- Have the ability to work under pressure – stringent deadlines and tough client conditions which may demand extended working hours

Qualification:

- Be a qualified CA (ideally 1st attempt)/ MBA (finance) from a reputed institute