Your key responsibilities
Brand Building & Business Development
Create and manage solid independent relationships with clients at senior positions with minimal partner involvement, expand client base with new wins and conversions (both existing and new clients)
Build robust external networks. These have to be leveraged for building and growing the firm's business
Participate in building the brand of the firm and the practice
Participate in advising clients on strategic issues and understanding client's needs
Independently lead and coordinate the planning and management of medium/large assignments, with a focus on Pricing, Billing & Recovery and Maximizing fee opportunities
Risk Management
Develop and implement risk management strategies, plans and activities with minimal partner involvement
Manage sensitive and high-level risk issues
Proactively resolve (with Partner support) risk issues in delivering service to clients
Knowledge Management
Champion knowledge sharing efforts, review and continually improve processes so that the team and firm capture and leverage knowledge
People Management
Build a solid team and be a strong role model, mentor and coach
Assist in resolving people issues
Assist in recruiting activities for the overall practice, including lateral & campus hiring
Preferred candidate profile
Skills and attributes for success
Understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges etc. of the target company
Analyzed historic and current financial information
Analyzed 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
Leadership skills
Business development
Strong market network and relationship building skills
Strong Analytical Skills
High initiative and drive
Maturity and ability to handle pressure
Positive attitude and high commitment
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