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Strategy & Transactions - Lead Advisory


The Lead Advisory team is a business unit within the Strategy & Transactions practice. This LA
partners with its clients to identify the best opportunities and assists them in choosing and
consummating the right transactions for their business success. With a dedicated team of
professionals in our Lead Advisory business, we offer comprehensive and integrated solutions
to our clients, and assist them in aligning their transaction and business strategy to drive
shareholder value and stay ahead of competition.


This team provides specialist lead advisory services on the following:

Mergers & acquisitions
Divestitures
Privatizations
Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances
Capital raising
Capital Markets
Corporate Restructuring

Your key responsibilities

Understand client issues
Have good working experience of financial analysis and basic financial modeling.
Experience on live mandates and deal closure will be preferred.
Research skills and building comparable valuation multiples
Ability to build an understanding of an industry
Provide support to the team in executing M&A and Private Equity fund raise transactions
Risk Management
Support on marketing pitches for M&A transactions
Independent charge of financial modeling
Prepare deliverables for engagements

Skills and attributes for success

Have exposure to M&A
Have basic knowledge of the rules and regulations that apply to M&A deals
Experience of creating pitchbooks, deal execution and closing end to end deals
Strong Financial modeling skills
High team orientation
Good communication both written and oral (including report writing)
Analytical skills
Should be well conversant with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Significant amount of initiative, self-driven
Experience with KPO's, specifically those in the Investment Banking/Private equity/ venture capital firms

To qualify for the role you must have

MBA (from a premier institute) with a good academic background
Relevant post qualification experience
It will be decided basis your experience and performance during the interview

Ideally you’ll also have

Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.
Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)
Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility

What we look for
People with the ability to work in a collaborative way to provide services across multiple client
departments while adhering to commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical
approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and
practical solutions.


What working at EY offers
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working
arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver
excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your
personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly,
and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to
achieve a lifestyle balance.


About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop
the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a
culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make
things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY
experience lasts a lifetime.


Join us in building a better working world.


Apply now.