Who we're looking for
- Academic qualifications: university degree preferably in finance, accounting or mathematics and/or combination; qualification studies (ACCA, CFA) in progress;
- 3 or more years of professional experience in finance, accounting, audit or due diligence assignments, preferably with an international professional services firm;
- Detailed-oriented, logical, and organized;
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work accurately under time pressure;
- Ability to interpret and present results, work unsupervised with attention to details;
- Strong report-writing skills, including advanced use of MS Office tools;
- Excellent command of English (spoken and written);
- Appetite for varied project work and a desire to contribute to a highly successful M&A team.
Your future role
As a Senior Associate of the FA Transaction Services team, you will need to perform the following:
- An understanding of the Target business and its drivers;
- Identification of key risks in the Target;
- Comment with respect to quality of assets and liabilities;
- Comment with respect to quality of earnings;
- Comment with respect to quality of recurring cash flows;
- Identify liabilities that can significantly impact the deals;
- Identify issues likely to affect the Sale & Purchase agreement.
Main responsibilities include:
- Participation in due diligences and investigations;
- Analyzing business to identify key drivers of financial performance;
- Participate in client and target meetings, proposal/pitching stage;
- Project Management with a focus on due diligence projects;
- Report drafting and presentation of results to Manager/clients;
- Ability to discuss with legal and tax teams in order to exchange information;
- Building relationships with clients, daily communication.
What we offer
- The likelihood of working on some high profile transactions for strategic investors and private equity funds;
- The opportunity of rapid advancement in a high growth, high profit service line;
- Extensive training in a comprehensive European FA and M&A program, as well as on the job training.
