Times Group - Chief Manager/AGM - Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions - Chief Manager/AGM - Times Group

Role :

- Review and understand different businesses (not necessarily in media) based on research reports

- Review financial statements and understand different businesses

- Prepare and review valuations, based on different methods

- Prepare Business Plans (including financial model/valuation)

- Make presentations and present to all relevant stakeholders

- Undertake commercial negotiations based on understanding of the business and our needs

- Review transaction documents (NDA, MOU, TS, SSA, SPA, SHA, TMLA, other operational agreements), including to ensure all - what if situations are covered (we generally work with lawyers for drafting)

- Supervise and review legal and financial due diligence (we generally work with external consultants for actual due diligence)

- Manage the project

- Prepare/review MIS and track performance

- Interpret data/metrics in performance of business

- Use and create contacts to source information/deals/people etc

Qualification & Experience :

- MBA or CA with above average academic performance and subsequently having over 10 years of experience

- Post MBA/CA experience in any of the following areas: investment banking, corporate business development or M&A

- Experience in consumer (B2C) service industries (media, telecommunications, etc) will be an advantage

- Skill set to include strong quantitative abilities, keen strategic analysis acumen and competence in using quantitative analysis tools

- Good communication skills

Growth :

- This is a long-term position with growth opportunities within the M&A team in the initial years

- The Group is huge and there may be possible lateral opportunities within, based on performance and aptitude

About Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd :

We are India's Most Diversified Media Company in World's Fastest Growing Media Market. The Company has a strong Heritage of 175 Years. We have strong presence in Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Internet domains. Our brands like Radio Mirchi, Femina, Filmfare are market leaders in their respective segments.

Our flagship brand, The Times of India, is the world's largest selling English daily, and The Economic Times is the world's 2nd largest English Daily after wall Street Journal.

The company has been consistently growing faster than Sensex in the last 25 years and has 7,000 employees across all major cities in India.