Associate - Financial Due Diligence - Transaction Services - CA

Job Description

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Working in our multi-disciplined teams, you will apply your talents to a wide variety of complex, demanding and high profile transactions from acquisitions and mergers to flotation's and buy-outs.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Performing financial analysis on data provided and arriving at conclusions / identifying issues

- To undertake smaller assignments or assist in larger assignments reporting to a manager or partner

- Assess data accuracy and reasonableness and follow-up directly with clients and third-parties appropriately to achieve necessary understanding and to resolve anomalies

- Preparation and review sections of Transaction & Restructuring reports

- Management of and contribution to the development of junior staff

- Establishing credibility with clients/targets as a representative of KPMG Transaction Services

- Maintaining business contacts (i.e. it is our expectation that associates will make a positive commitment to maintaining contact with people they meet on transactions, who may become important providers of work in the future)

- To provide support/assistance for proposals/business development activities.

- To contribute to the effective working of the team and development of team morale

- To prepare first draft engagement letters, demonstrating T&R technical/risk management awareness

THE INDIVIDUAL

- Have 3 - 5 years experience in Transaction Services or in a similar environment (Audit and accounting firms)

- Have strong analytical skills and good verbal and written communication

- Strong analytical, research, and organizational skills, issue identification/prioritization/ resolution and report writing skills

- Strong written and spoken English language skills

- Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills

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

- Be willing to travel within India or abroad for continuous long periods of time

- Have strong soft skills such as; inter personal skills, team skills, communication skills both verbal and written

QUALIFICATION

- Be a qualified CA (ideally 1st attempt)