Real Estate M&A

Your potential, unleashed.

India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realise your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organisations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

The team

The Real Estate M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory team is being setup as part of CFA practice, providing independent advice and execution of real estate advisory opportunities. The team will advise on acquisitions, divestments, buy-outs and capital raisings across the Real Estate sector, a significant number of which will be cross-border or international in nature. We operate across all RE sub sectors and are seeing an uptick in real estate M&A activity focused on new age real estate like logistics, data centres, co-living and student housing as well as repositioning of assets in the office and retail sectors. The Real Estate M&A team will work closely with the Real Assets Advisory that provides consulting advice to public and private sector, and the Financial Investors and Institutional Tax teams that cover all the major sources of capital - Private Equity, Pension funds, Listed institutional landlord. As such, the team will have visibility across a wide spectrum of interesting real estate and infrastructure situations and access to global capital sources.

DIJV CFA team provides advisory & research support services to Deloitte members firms across diverse nature of the business development and engagements. We work as an extension of our Deloitte member firms’ CFA practices and provide dedicated offshore client support throughout the M&A lifecycle. Working on international assignments involving cross-border and cross-service line teams allows you to build your networks across the vast Global Deloitte network and develop understanding of the global CFA standards.

Our core service offerings include company analysis, industry research, identifying potential buyer/targets, company profiles, relative valuation, client talking points, pitch material and proposal, marketing material (IM’s, teasers, etc.), newsletter/dashboards, etc.

Your work profile

As an Assistant Manager in our Real Estate M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory Team you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations.

A career within Real Estate M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory team will provide a wide & valuable experience in an exciting and dynamic working & learning environment. The role will position you to support on all aspects of an M&A engagement which include the following activities:

• Support Deloitte member firms’ business CFA practice by assisting with day to day management of transaction processes, including the preparation of business reviews, information packs, management presentations, pitch materials, financial analysis and client communications
• Conducting industry/company research for both deal origination and transaction analysis
• Prepare transaction specific and marketing materials (teasers, information memorandum, pitch books, corporate profiles, and industry data and analyses)
• Identify potential financial and strategic buyers; perform in-depth company and industry research supporting specific client engagements and marketing opportunities
• Deliver and manage projects on various corporate finance initiatives and products including company profiles, target/buyer screenings, industry/thematic research, periodicals and sector dashboards, pitch material, etc.
• Build financial models, including relative valuation and other valuation assessments
• Serve as a critical project member for the execution and management of advisory projects; take ownership of projects by delivering quality output on a timely basis; ensure all end deliverables are thoroughly reviewed and are of highest quality;
• Work towards tight deadlines, adding value to complex and high profile projects
• Provide guidance, training and timely feedback to project team assignees
• Demonstrate strong business diagnostic skills and the ability to apply a logical and analytical approach to problem solving

Desired qualifications

• Prior transaction related experience (2-5 years) in a corporate finance environment from a captive wall street, boutique or middle-market investment bank with a track record of academic and professional success
• Strong academic qualification (CA, CFA, CPA, Masters in Finance/Management/Economics); MBA from an accredited college/university preferred
• Experience and real interest in real estate would be an added advantage

Location and way of working

• Base location: Delhi
• This profile does not involve extensive travel for work.
• Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customised the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Skills Required

In order to be considered for this role, your competencies will cover the broad scope of CFA services, leveraging your professional background and skills such as:

• Excellent track record and strong academic achievements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven analytical and systematic problem solving skills
• Ability to quickly interpret and review financial statements and apply basic financial, accounting and valuation skills
• Working knowledge of data sources such as Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Mergermarket, Thomson etc. would be an asset
• Basic to advance knowledge of MS Office
• Interest in working in a challenging and dynamic environment
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and with staff at all levels of the organization
• Proactive and an inquisitive mind, with a passion to provide world class client service
• Excellent numeracy skills with keen attention to detail and the ability to absorb and interpret large amounts of data quickly
• Good communication skills both oral and written

Your role as an Assistant Manager

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Assistant Managers across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for the success of engagement(s)
• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive.

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