BDO – Manager – Financial Due Diligence BDO India LLP

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO India is seeking an experienced Engagement Manager for core due diligence, leading client services and supervising project delivery across target diligence engagements.

You will review information memoranda, financial data, and projections, mentor a team, ensure timely, high-quality deliverables, and maintain strong client relationships while upholding risk management standards.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capabilities and problem solving.
• Ability to interpret financial data and diligence reports.
• Experience leading teams on complex engagements.
• Excellent communication and client management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of the target business, market, and risks.
• Lead client services as Engagement Manager during diligence engagements.
• Supervise the team during project execution and review reports with value additions.
• Interpret information memoranda, business plans, and public data on target businesses.
• Produce high-quality deliverables (Excel/PowerPoint) within deadlines and brief senior leaders.
• Identify key deal issues and advise on valuation and pricing impact.
• Build and manage strong client relationships and ensure risk controls.
• Ensure compliance with risk management procedures and address issues with Partner support.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing; improve processes for the team and firm.
• Mentor and coach team members; lead by example and drive performance.
• Contribute to business development, proposals, and cost estimates.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Creative thinking

Technical knowledge

Leadership

Persuasive

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About Company:

BDO is a global network of professional services firms with a presence in over 166 countries, revenue of over USD 14 billion, and experience of over 60 years. It is a leading service provider for the mid-markets with client service at its heart.

BDO India Services Private Limited (or BDO India) is the India member firm of BDO International. BDO India offers strategic, operational, accounting and tax, and regulatory advisory & assistance for both domestic and international organizations across a range of industries. BDO India is led by more than 300+ Partners & Directors with a team of over 10,000 professionals operating across 14 cities and 20 offices. We expect to grow sizably in the coming 3-5 years, adding various dimensions to our business and multiplying and increasing the current team size multi-fold.

About Due Diligence:

We at BDO India carry out a procedure review based on verification of records and meetings conducted with key persons, along with an extensive analysis of data and information. We not only verify compliances and highlight potential risks and liabilities, but also provide key inputs for structuring your transaction.

Core Due Diligence role & responsibilities:

• Developing an understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges etc. of the target business
• Lead role in execution of client services as Engagement manager
• Leading the team during project execution, reviewing the report and providing value add inputs
• Interpretation, evaluation and analysis of information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business
• Production of quality deliverables (including Excel and Power Point documents) within agreed timescales, briefing Partner/Director/Senior Manager accordingly. On larger deals this may involve responsibility for the production of discrete sections. This will include:
  1. Review and analysis of historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets
  2. Review and analysis of projections, and underlying assumptions
  3. Evaluate the operating trends, quality of earnings, maintainability of EBITDA, working capital & cash flows considerations, net debt etc.
• Identifying key issues related to deal, assessing their impact on valuation/ price consideration and advising on ways to address the issues
• Create and manage good independent relationships with clients.
• To ensure compliance with risk management procedures and activities
• Be able to proactively resolve (with Partner support) risk issues in delivering services to clients
• Strong contribution to knowledge sharing efforts, review and continually improve processes so that the team and firm capture and leverage knowledge
• Should be able to build and manage a team effectively and be a strong role model, mentor and coach
• Working on Business development, proposals and cost estimates

Competencies:

• Analytical capabilities
• Creative and Innovative thinking
• Strong Technical Knowledge
• Leadership qualities
• Persistent and persuasive
• Interpersonal Relationship & Respect