Merger and Acquisition Analyst

Abantu Staffing Solutions; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing solutions company seeks an M&A analyst to provide technical support in mergers and acquisitions. Responsibilities include financial analysis, valuations, and advising clients during negotiations. The ideal candidate will have CA (SA) or CFA qualifications and over 4 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Experience of 4+ years in M&A or finance.
• Understanding of valuation principles and corporate modelling.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial planning including balance sheets and income statements.
• Conduct appraisals of tangible and intangible assets.
• Advise and participate in mergers and acquisitions negotiations.

Skills

Financial analysis

Corporate financial modelling

Valuation principles

Education

CA (SA) or CFA

Job description

The main function of an M&A (merger and acquisitions) analyst is to provide technical support to a company’s strategy, examine market opportunities and support negotiations in company mergers and acquisitions.

Tasks :

• Analyse a company’s financial planning : initial balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and bottom line.
• Conduct appraisals of tangible (tangible and intangible fixed assets); and intangible assets (items that determine competitive ability and the generation of earnings or value added).
• Structure and organise a company’s financial information and turn it into documents (spreadsheets, presentations or text documents).
• Carry out financial modelling. That is to say, address a number of scenarios based on different assumptions, assess the business¿ profitability, propose various financial alternatives and generate graphics for each of the scenarios presented.
• Design models for buying shares, debt restructuring and capitalisation of the company.
• Advise companies during mergers and acquisitions based on appraisals of tangible and intangible assets, and modelling.
• Take part in negotiations for mergers and acquisitions.
• Coordinate the due diligence prior to a company acquisition or merger
• Collect monthly management accounts of investees
• Develop forecast tools and dashboards to analyse revenue variance, business and industry trends
• Analyse industry sector trends

Desired skills :

• CA (SA), CFA or equivalent
• Experience +4yrs
• Understand basic valuation principles
• Understand corporate / financial modelling