Transaction Support Services Role - Financial Due Diligence - Big4 - CA

Financial Due Diligence :

- Due diligence is an investigation or audit of a potential investment or product to confirm all facts, that might include the review of financial records. Due diligence refers to the research done before entering into an agreement or a financial transaction with another party.

- Investors perform due diligence before buying a security from a company. Due diligence can also refer to the investigation a seller performs on a buyer that might include whether the buyer has adequate resources to complete the purchase.

Job Description :

TAS - Transaction Support - Due Diligence

The opportunity :

- You will be working in teams with experienced due diligence professionals, where you will learn and develop the skills you need to perform due diligence across a range of situations and sectors. When working on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team. Our team works to understand the client's business profit drivers and trends, as well as challenge assumptions of future performance and assist with purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters.

- As you progress your career with Big 4, you will have the opportunity to work on more complex transactions, increasingly lead teams, begin to build relationships with our clients and other members of the corporate finance community and take on broader roles within our business.

Your key responsibilities

- Client Management

Lead role in execution of client service

- Networking & Marketing

- Create and manage good independent relationships with clients

- Expand opportunities with existing clients, identify and act on referrals

- Build broad networks within the firm locally and internationally

- Lead and coordinate the planning and management of assignments, with guidance from the Partner

- Risk Management

- Ensure compliance with risk management strategies, plans and activities

- Handle straightforward risk management issues.

- Take on progressively greater risk management responsibility for high risk issues

- Be able to proactively resolve (with Partner support) risk issues in delivering service to clients

- Knowledge Management

- Strong contribution to knowledge sharing efforts, review and continually improve processes so that the team and firm capture and leverage knowledge

- People Management

- Build a strong team and be a strong role model, mentor and coach

- Assist in resolving people issues

- Assist in recruiting activities for the SBU, including campus hiring.

Skills and attributes for success

- Candidate shall have 5-10 years of relevant post qualification work experience

- Understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges etc. of the target company

- Analysed historic and current financial information

- Analysed projections and assumptions used for the same

- Identified of deal issues, assessing their impact on the transaction (valuation etc.) and advising on ways to address the issues

- Conducted analysis of transaction risks and ways to mitigate them

- Understanding transaction structure and basis it advised on structuring issues

- Strong Analytical Skills

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Project management/time management

- Client relationship management

- Staff management and development/leadership abilities

- Business development

- High initiative and drive

- Maturity and ability to handle pressure

- High team orientation

- Professional appearance and poise

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

- Due diligence experience as part of M&A team in industry or Big 3 CA firms.

- Been a part of the audit and assurance practice of Big 4 CA firms with some due diligence exposure.

- Deep sector experience in Banks and NBFCs with accounting, audit / assurance experience

To qualify for the role you must have: 

CA with a good academic background

Ideally you'll also have: 

- A proven record of excellence in a mergers or acquisitions transactions role

- Experience gained within another large professional services organization

- Established networking skills in a relevant industry

What we look for

We're interested in talented professionals with the ability to visualize our clients- goals and think creatively to facilitate them - often in politically charged environments. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, and a genuine passion for taking on new challenges, this role is for you.

Preference will be given to candidates who have Due diligence experience as part of Mergers & Acquisition team in industry