Walker Chandiok & Co LLP - Associate Director - Financial Due Diligence - CA - Grant Thornton

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Lead multiple financial due diligence engagements for private equity and strategic clients.

- Handle end to end delivery including supervising and reviewing engagement teams and fieldwork, reporting of diligence findings and coordination with other service lines like tax etc. within the firm.

- Establish strong professional relationships with external clients and internal team members.

- Support the partners in driving select client relationships of the firm

- Take the lead on internal practice improvement initiatives relating to quality, risk, people etc.

- Assist in business development work

- Support a portfolio of engagements, by leading a team of Assistant Managers, Seniors and Associates

- Develop and mentor teams

Desired Profile:

- 8-9 years of experience

- Qualified CA

Skill Set:

- Excellent written, verbal communication with presentation and team management skills.

- Strong report writing and review skills

- Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback to the team

- Monitor time and manage deadlines of the assignments

- Lead by example, delegate work successfully and develop and maintain high performing teams.

- Identify the opportunities to increase/improve the scope of work.

- Support seniors and independently work on business development initiatives including preparations of proposals and budgets

- Ensure timely billing and collections from the clients

- Strong problem-solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions

- Ability to manage client expectations through effective communication, technical knowledge, responsiveness.

- High on integrity and a self driven/pro active work attitude to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations

- Ability to multitask effectively

- Advanced MS Excel and data analysis skills and strong working knowledge of other MS Office applications including PPT, word