Assistant Manager - M&A Strategy - Big4

Roles and responsibilities

We are recruiting for an AM in the team. Working as a senior member of the team your responsibilities will include:

- Become a deal specialist focusing on M&A, disposals, refinancing and independent business reviews with a strong emphasis on market and commercial due diligence, business plan reviews, and pre-deal assessments.

- Work closely with Strategy colleagues in the UK and become an integral member of their project teams

- Develop proposition expertise with the opportunity to lead engagement teams across a range of industries

- Advance you are existing analytical and primary research skills to manage live dialogues with management teams, private equity owners and industry experts.

- Develop the necessary skills to give an evidenced point of view on the attractiveness of the target and the market in which it operates

- Travel to the UK to work on live engagements

- Take a leadership role in the organization's deals team which would include coaching, mentoring and practice development.

- Acting as the point person between the UK and organization's deal teams which would include managing and coaching team members, involvement in pipeline meetings and project delivery

- Designing, shaping and coordinating the preparation of deliverables that span single or multiple work streams or end-to-end engagements

- Communicating views and insights (both in writing and verbally) in an effective and compelling manner to clients and organization's colleagues

- Anticipating and developing the answers to potential questions and challenges from the client

- Leading on business development activities, in particular, support with proposal development

- Working with the M&A project teams in the UK as an integrated team member throughout the project life cycle, right from the identification of the initial hypothesis, to the final report and recommendations to the client

Essential skills required

Education / professional qualifications

MBAs, CFAs, and Engineers from a leading Indian/International educational institution

Prior Experience:

Relevant experience in commercial/strategic due diligence within a Big 4 or strategy house in an M&A environment is a must

Key Skills

- Flexibility to adapt to a variety of different engagement types as well as working hours

- Enthusiastic and able to influence the team in a positive manner

- Be comfortable working to tight deadlines and demanding requirements

- Strong numerical, analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills - ability to demonstrate how one supports the other - and sound commercial acumen

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Behavioural/team skills

- Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations

- Flexibility to adapt to a variety of engagement types, working hours and work environments and locations

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Team player; self-driven and ability to work independently