SaT-TD-FSO-Assistant Director

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GDS SaT - Assistant Director – Transaction Diligence, Financial Services

Within SaT, Transaction Diligence (TD) services encompass the strategic development and execution of an appropriate transaction structure, which includes execution of financial due diligence, IPOs and restructuring of banking loans. Our team works to understand profit drivers and trends, assumptions of future performance, and assists with purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters. TD professionals work on buy-side diligence and provide sell-side diligence services. This helps clients maximize value, mitigate risks and achieve their strategic goals, in acquisition and divestiture deals.

The opportunity

We’re looking for an Assistant Director with expertise in Financial Due Diligence, professionals having experience in dealing with private equity firm for their mergers and acquisitions transactions or experience in the field of financial planning and analysis and statutory accounting to join TD team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a prominent firm and develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, and learning & development.

Your key responsibilities

• Understand the due diligence process and has client facing experience in financial analysis and report writing
• Counsel team members on the project on KPIs, key financial drivers,
• Ensure good number control and make sure s/he along with team members deliver quality service as per client’s needs and priorities
• Measure, monitor and improve client service by leading projects and guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery
• Focus teams on the key priorities while managing several large to medium-size projects
• Ensuring smooth service delivery within the defined geographical area and defined timelines
• Produce assignment budgets and timetables, and manage delivery against them
• Execute and manage 2-3 deals at a time ensuring quality review of deliverables, in terms of partner review, leading client and management calls, accuracy of research findings, presentation of data, logical reasoning of points of view, usage of crisp and effective language, and comprehensiveness of report vis-à-vis the agreed scope.
• Identify, develop and implement best practices in projects. Define need for new information sources and provide feedback on new sources.
• Manage efficiency and productivity of team members on a day-to-day basis. Ensure adherence to SaT work-flow protocol and tools.
• Manage capacity planning, competency mapping and recruitment of resources for the assigned teams
• Demonstrate and apply in-depth subject knowledge to deliverables and has general understanding of other-related disciplines
• Proactively participate in research approach identification and execute it to produce outputs contributing to the overall project.
• Provide constructive solution and give expert reviews for all projects within the assigned subject

Skills and attributes for success

• Relevant diligence experience working with corporates and private equity clients for mergers and acquisitions transactions experience or experience in the field of financial planning and analysis and statutory accounting
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong drive to take new initiatives and ability to adapt to new situations and ideas
• Experience in one or more of the Financial Services sub-sectors – Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance, Wealth & Asset Management, Payments, Fintechs – is preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal and teaming skills.
• Willingness to travel, when necessary

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Chartered Accountancy degree or MBA in Finance from a premier institute with 12- 14 years of experience
• Relevant diligence experience working with corporates and private equity clients for mergers and acquisitions transactions experience or experience in the field of financial planning and analysis and statutory accounting

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Excellent executional and team managing skills
• Rich experience in handling Client interactions
• Project management and leadership skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 3000 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally

What we offer

• EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY

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EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

 Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

EY | Building a better working world 

 
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.  

 
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.  

 
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.