Job Description:

Role Summary:

This role is responsible to drive financial evaluation, structuring, and execution support for M&A, in-licensing, and business development transactions across Emerging Markets. The role partners closely with business development, legal, tax, treasury, and regional business and finance teams to identify, evaluate, and integrate inorganic growth opportunities, while providing robust financial modelling and post-deal performance tracking.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead financial evaluation:

- Lead financial evaluation of M&A and in-licensing opportunities, including P&L build-up, cashflow projections, NPV/IRR/payback analysis, and sensitivity modelling.

2. Prepare and present:

- Prepare and present deal rationale, financial models, and board-level presentations to CXOs and senior leadership to support investment decisions.

3. Support negotiation and structuring:

- Support negotiation and structuring of M&A and in-licensing transactions, working closely with deal teams.

- Conduct financial due diligence and risk assessment for target companies/products.

4. Collaborate cross-functionally:

- Collaborate cross-functionally with legal, tax, treasury, and business teams to ensure smooth deal execution, structuring and post-acquisition integration.

5. Track and report:

- Track and report post-acquisition/post-deal performance, providing insights for course correction and value realization.

6. Build and maintain:

- Build and maintain a pipeline view of active and prospective deals across Emerging Markets (Asia, Africa, LATAM).

7. Partner with regional teams:

- Partner with regional finance and commercial teams to align BD/M&A strategy with broader business objectives.

8. Drive process improvement:

- Drive process improvement and automation in deal evaluation and reporting workflows.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

- Chartered Accountant (CA) with 8 - 10 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A preferably within a Pharma/healthcare organization.

- Strong hands-on experience in financial modelling, valuation techniques (NPV, IRR, payback), and due diligence.

- Prior exposure to deal structuring, negotiation support, or post-merger integration is highly desirable.

- Strong stakeholder management skills with experience presenting to senior/CXO-level audiences.

Key Competencies:

- Analytical rigor with commercial acumen.

- Ability to work under tight deadlines across multiple geographies.

- Strong cross-functional collaboration (legal, tax, treasury, business).

- Ownership mindset with attention to detail in high-stakes financial evaluations.