EYP-Merger & Acquisition (Live deals)- Assistant Director

• Lead a team of professionals managing the entire M&A (buy or sell side) deal cycle, from origination to closure for EY Lead Advisory clients
• Originating and cultivating strong relationships with EY clients and onshore stakeholders and lead the internal business development efforts to grow the regional practice in the defined area of responsibility specifically for TMT sector
• Perform do-ability study of the transactions sourced and put it across the onshore Partners/Senior Managers with a view and analysis on fees, do-ability and identifying internal resources to work on the transaction
• Working on deal origination ideas / presentations OR pitch books OR buyer or target identification
• Performing valuation analysis using precedent transactions OR trading comparative valuation analysis OR DCF
• Preparing extensive business plan and financial models
• Working on live deals and helping in financial diligence process, preparing Information memorandums OR Management presentations OR Teasers
• Participate actively in building an industry focused and niche M&A Lead Advisory practice with front-end M&A execution support is desirable;
• Should have few creds in the TMT sector while supporting on proposal stage or at an execution stage
• Drive the implementation of new Analytics techniques and develop efficiency in the existing work
• Drive the implementation of L&D priorities in the team
• Preferred to have someone with deal execution process from front for managing client meetings and visits, bilateral discussions, commercial negotiations, due diligence, SPH agreements and ensuring timely transaction closure

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of the M&A deal lifecycle. Ability to understand and analyse an industry and company to deliver tactical or strategic insights for inorganic expansion or spin offs or stake sale
• Strong communication, presentation and team building skills and experience in producing high quality meeting decks, client presentations
• Strong knowledge of valuations principles and financial statements
• Strong financial research and analytical skills
• Exposure to DCF valuation, Merger models and financial due diligence

To qualify for the role, you must have

• MBA (Finance) OR Certified Financial Analyst OR Chartered Accountant
• 10+ years of front-end M&A exposure working in Investment Banking or Equity research engagements handling end to end M&A deals/projects independently.
• TMT sector expert having strong experience in M&A Client Management, Strategy research, Pitch books, Target or buyer identification, financial research, including post-merger activities and client discussion materials and financial analysis
• Understanding of financial modelling and company valuation techniques
• Expert knowledge of research databases such as Capital IQ, One Source, Factiva, Thomsonone etc.

Ideally, youll also have

• Project management skills
• Team management skills
• Exposure to tools like Generative AI, VBA, PowerBI etc. will be an added advantage

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries