Senior Associate - TAG

Alvarez & Marsal; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) delivers due diligence services, focusing on quality of revenues, earnings, working capital and forecast assumptions. The role involves interacting with C-suite executives and senior personnel to communicate insights and recommendations.

The candidate should have CA or equivalent qualification and 2–3 years in financial due diligence, with exposure to GAAP/Ind AS as applicable in India.

Qualifications

• CA or equivalent qualification required.
• Minimum 2–3 years in financial due diligence.
• Experience in statutory audits considered for this role.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage due diligence projects with meticulous attention to detail and clear delivery.
• Prepare review-ready Excel worksheets and write sections of the report.
• Interpret, evaluate and analyze income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements.
• Summarize information from multiple sources into concise analytical assessments and recommendations.
• Coordinate with senior stakeholders, including investors/clients and internal teams, to ensure findings are clear and actionable.
• Mentor juniors and contribute to on-the-job training while prioritizing multiple projects and tight deadlines.

Education

CA or equivalent

Job description

Team Profile

Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) works with strategic players across industries and PE community. TAG focuses on providing potential clients with an understanding of company’s

Description

Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) works with strategic players across industries and PE community. TAG focuses on providing potential clients with an understanding of company’s

Sustainable economic earnings Historical sales and profitability trends Working capital levels Key assumptions used in management’s forecast Key personnel and accounting information systems

TAG involves commenting on quality of revenues and earnings, over/understated assets and liabilities, post-closing cost structure changes, historical trend analysis (key market drivers, sales strategies, customer relationships and customer churn) and qualitative observations like company’s internal control structure, management and accounting team, and accounting information system. As part of FDD, extensive interactions are conducted with C-suite executives and other senior personnel of the corporations.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

Project Execution and Management

• Meticulous attention to detail, a sense of curiosity, and the ability to learn quickly, and a dedication to customer satisfaction
• Strong communication and presentation skills as the role would involve conversations with various stakeholders – investors / clients; targets and senior team members
• Analytical bent of mind with an ability to identify patterns, draft questions and draw conclusions from discussions with stakeholders to identify and articulate potential deal issues.
• Take initiatives and gain skillsets as per project demand
• Ensure the timely delivery of work allocated
• Ensure actions on feedback by clients / internal stakeholders

Due Diligence

• Develop a quick understanding of clients’ businesses and its derivers
• Prepare zero-defect, review-ready excel worksheets (Work Products)
• Ability to write sections of the report, which would form part of the final deliverables.
• Interpret, evaluate and prepare analysis of income statement, balance sheets, cash flow statements and business plans
• Summarize, quickly and effectively, information from multiple sources into concise analytical assessments and recommendations
• Compile full data book with supervision
• Well acquaint with GAAP (Indian GAAP and Ind AS)
• Prioritize several projects and assignments while meeting tight deadlines
• Discern patterns of complex diligence matters and provide accurate understanding
• Identify and effectively communicate potential deal issues to seniors
• Knowledge of data analytics software like Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI is a plus.

Team Work

• Proactively ensure that skills and capabilities of the team are growing
• Develop constructive working relationships with the team and assist team during time crunch
• Promote team culture and build trust
• Seeks guidance and feedback for growth and demonstrates the commitment to develop
• Mentor juniors and provide them with on-the-job training

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent)

Experience

• Required
• 2–3 years relevant experience in financial due diligence (Senior Associate).
• We will also consider statutory audit candidate with 3-4 year experience on a selective basis for this role.