Overview
Qualification:
– Chartered Accountant (Final cleared within 3 attempts) and / or
– MBA (premier or leading Business Schools), and / or
– Recognized degree from leading international universities, with a post-graduate degree or professional certifications
Work Experience:
– Minimum 5 years post CA qualification / post MBA / post PG experience
– Minimum 3 years’ experience in advisory, consultancy or an industry based operational role, with specific industry focus
Skills Required:
– Project Management experience is a must. Should have managed medium to large engagements with minimal supervision from Partner / Director.
– Good understanding of the M&A Lifecycle and process (pre-deal, diligence, valuation and post-deal)
– Prior Financial Due Diligence, M&A Tax, Management Consulting – cost optimization, operations consulting, forensics, finance transformation and similar experience preferred.
– Experience of key integration / separation activities such as Project Management Office support, synergy evaluation, communications planning, operating model development, finance and HR integration planning and execution, and supply chain planning
– Self-motivated and well-organized with a positive attitude towards challenges
– Enthusiasm to participate or lead in a team based across multiple geographies to meet challenging client deadlines in a fast paced environment
– Excellent analytical, problem solving and project and time management skills
– Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills (English).
– Strong knowledge and experience using the basic Microsoft Office applications (including Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
– Willingness to travel for considerable periods of time
Responsibilities:
– To lead and / or participate in engagements to assist clients execute their set integration or separation objectives
– Work with and, when required, lead, a project team, occasionally alongside other countries globally
– To lead and / or anchor the Project Management Office and across multiple functions. Act as the key contact for client stakeholders throughout the project whilst overseeing the day-to-day management of the Project Management Office
– Understand the sources of value for synergy, and critically assess client’s assumptions to support the pre-signing process
– Apply Integration or Separation methodology to the practical aspects of business operations and the client’s market sector throughout the engagement process to support sound and practical recommendations
– Plan, develop and execute the integration work plans, identify improvement areas, identify / escalate / resolve integration issues
– Proactively identify likely issues that could impact project success and leverage wider company service line support as required, differentiating and enhancing our service offering to clients
– Lead the effort to create quality end deliverables, such as tracking tools, client project templates and reports, providing the client with high quality recommendations and project plans
– Drive business development initiatives, including proposals and supporting creation of thought leadership documents
– Support the project team with process understanding, financial and operational analysis and monitoring activities to closure, including follow ups with client and targets.