Assistant Manager- Valuation - Big4

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

- Manage a team of 6-9 people

- Measure, monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

- Focus teams on the key priorities while managing several medium to large-size projects

- Ensure smooth service delivery within the defined geographical area

- Ensure that team members deliver quality service as per clients needs and priorities

- Partner with internal and external clients to improve processes

- Work with project leaders to analyze resource needs and gaps across locations, and devise alternative ways forward

- Assign people to projects based on their skills, career goals and clients expectations

- Produce assignment budgets and timetables, and manage delivery against them

- Provide team members with accurate and useful guidance in technical areas of high risk and complexity

- Act as a counselor for team members

- Participate in goal setting, performance appraisal and management of counselees

- Identify L&D requirements of counselees

Competencies / skills:

- Have strong knowledge of accounting principles, valuation methodologies and financial management concepts.

- Ability to source and analyze company and industry information from databases, news sources, industry trade groups and analyst research

- Experience in conducting market, industry and economic research and preparing research reports

- Have significant project and client management experience

- Have knowledge of research databases like CapitalIQ, Factset, Factiva, Thomson, Onesource etc

- Have a sound grasp of MS Excel; a natural interest in working and learning to use it to an advanced level

- Proficient with other MS office tools Word and Powerpoint

- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Have an eye for detail and be able to work under pressure

- Have excellent written and spoken English skills, and be able to discuss and reason complex technical issues

- Actively promote the sharing of knowledge within the group

- Be organized and structured in the completion of tasks

- Contribute pro-actively to building team spirit

Job Specification:

Education & Experience:

- MBA/PG Diploma (Fin) with 4 to 5 yrs relevant experience of working on DCF & Relative Valuations projects

- Prior experience working in a financial research firm, investment bank, or corporate finance group performing valuation engagements