Associate - Tag

**Description**

Company Profile:
Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional services firm specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services. With over 3000 professionals based across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation. Drawing on a strong operational heritage and hands-on-approach, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value
From its India office, A&M offers turnaround and restructuring advisory, interim and crisis management, performance improvement and transaction advisory services to PE firms, local and multinational firms and banks. Additionally, A&M brings industry expertise to India in a range of sectors, including: automotive, business process outsourcing (BPO), consumer products, industrial products, private equity, transportation & infrastructure, manufacturing, retail, technology, telecommunications and têxtiles.

Team Profile:
Alvarez & Marsal’s Financial Due Diligence (FDD) works with strategic players across industries and PE community. FDD focuses on providing potential clients with an understanding of company’s
(i)Sustainable economic earnings
(ii)Historical sales and operating expense trends
(iii)Working capital needs
(iv)Key assumptions used in management’s forecast
(v)Key personnel and accounting information systems

FDD covers quality of earnings (over/understated assets and liabilities, post-closing cost structure changes), 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.

Job Roles & Responsibilities:
Project Management
- Meticulous attention to detail, a sense of curiosity, and the ability to learn quickly, and a dedication to customer satisfaction
- Capture and record weekly expenses
- Take initiatives and gain skillsets as per project demand
- Ensure the timely delivery of work allocated
- Ensure actions on feedback by clients/SA/M/D

Due Diligence
- Prepare zero-defect, review-ready excel worksheets (Work Products)
- Develop a quick understanding of clients’ businesses and its derivers
- Conduct extensive research into companies and individuals to provide our clients with an
- Interpret, evaluate and prepare analysis of 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 and Alteryx
- 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 Manager

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
- Demonstrate leadership capacity and seek opportunities to demonstrate them

Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent (e.g., accounting degree or economics degree and CFE credential)
**Experience**:
Required
- 2-5 years in due diligence ( Full time / Articleship)
- Articleship from a Big 4 firm.