Manager - Corporate Strategy - M&A - BFS

Job responsibilities :

As the Manager, Corporate Strategy, you would have the below key responsibilities :

- Provide advisory support to senior management, business leaders and functions

- Analyse new business opportunities for inorganic growth

- Portfolio management of internal lines of business and subsidiaries of Tata Communications

- Align, structure, and execute inorganic initiatives

- Financial analysis, valuation, and business plan creation

- Liaise with multiple internal, external and regulatory stakeholders on various initiatives

- Analyse business scenarios and create viewpoints to facilitate business decisions

- Ensure smooth execution of qualified corporate strategy projects, including scoping discussions and assigning resources, while juggling between both operational/tactical and strategic activities

- Identify problems and significantly improve, change or adapt existing method and techniques

- Engage in regional/segment projects to lead teams under overall supervision

- Form and lead ad-hoc cross-functional teams to drive the projects to closure

Skills :

- Financial analysis and business valuation : Firm understanding and hands-on experience in different approaches to financial modelling and valuation including but not limited to DCF, comparative valuation, economic analysis and debt analysis

- Pitch creation and impactful presentation skills

- Structured problem solving : Given the dynamic environment we operate in, you would be expected to work through seemingly unstructured situations, identify the key business priorities and take the initiative to apply your problem-solving skills

- Database management : Experience in creation and management of VDRs and internal databases

- Research : Hands on exposure to financial research resources like Bloomberg and ability to research and analyse financials, market, industry and macroeconomic research reports, and comparative analysis

Functional knowledge :

- Basic understanding of Cloud and communication systems

- Indian merger code and basic corporate law

Communication skills :

- Communicating problems and ideas in a structured and succinct manner, both in spoken and written English, for the purpose of inter-personal communication, presentations and business writing is a must have 

- Team player : We strongly believe that individual success lies in the success of the team. To that end, we work as a non-hierarchical team and often in groups, supporting one another within the function and cross-functionally. We are keen to add another team player to the team. The role can require unstructured work across teams in varied geographies and with very diverse set of stakeholders.

- Inter-personal skills : Your job would entail building professional relationships, putting together ad-hoc teams and often resolving conflicts and willingness to learn on the job.

Essential qualifications :

- Business management graduate in General Management or Finance, preferably from a tier-1 business school. Undergraduate in engineering, economics or finance.

Experience :

- Given the nature of the role, a candidate with 2-5 years of experience in corporate development, financial services or economic analysis.