Description
Overview:
Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services. With more than 10,000 professionals based in locations 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.
OUR TRANSACTION ADVISORY PROFESSIONALS
The A&M Global Transaction Advisory Group (“GTAG”) is comprised of former Big Four CPAs and CAs who provide private equity and corporate clients buy side and sell side financial accounting due diligence. GTAG professionals actively engage in assessing a target’s quality of earnings, analyzing cash flows, reviewing working capital, identifying key business drivers, reviewing forecasts, and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors. GTAG professionals routinely team with the firm’s operational, tax, commercial, and information technology professionals to deliver a truly integrated solution to clients
Responsibilities
- Assist with core financial due diligence, helping to identify key risks and potential deal breakers, assess the strengths and weaknesses of the business against industry benchmarks, and assist with the evaluation of the potential transaction in the context of their clients’ investment strategy.
- Analyse detailed financial statement information including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and key operational data. Synthesize and convert the data into meaningful information that is used to drive discussions with target management and drive observations and conclusions.
- Assess the quality of the target company's reported earnings, net assets and cash flows.
- After an investigative analysis, assist in the construction of deal-oriented reports and presentations for clients that highlight the key financial, commercial and other findings facing investments and the drivers behind maintainable profits and cash flows. Assist the team in further articulating how such findings should be incorporated into the client's valuation and sale / purchase agreement and provide other negotiating points.
- Participate in meetings and conference calls with target company management and with client personnel and will serve as an additional point of contact for client personnel with respect to day-to-day execution matters.
- Displays the ability to manage and prioritize assigned responsibilities and proactively consults with superiors.
- Ability to assist with multiple chargeable and non-chargeable projects of varying size and complexity.
- Possesses the ability to self-review and critique project databooks.
- Possesses appropriate report writing skills in order to assist the engagement team in writing full DD report.
- Ability to assist the engagement team in Quality of Earnings, P&L and Working Capital analysis with guidance from the engagement manager.
- Able to assist the engagement manager with engagement issues (e.g., billing, status updates, scope changes) including preparation of scope of procedures, request lists, etc.
- Can effectively assist engagement managers with day-to-day client interaction on deals.
- Works with engagement manager to develop and propose creative solutions to engagement and transaction risks.
- Consistently displays desire to take on more responsibility.
- Gathers applicable conflict check information and coordinates with Managing Directors to set up engagement codes and other engagement requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting and/or related major
- CPA or CA certification preferred
- Big Four experience required
- Fluent in English, and either one of the following languages is preferred: Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Tagalog or Vietnamese.
- Ability to travel within the region (where practical and possible)
- Solid hands-on experience working in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, or Vietnam (in country), preferably with one of the Big Four accounting firms.
- Strong excel and power point skills required. Experience with data analytics and visualization software (i.e., Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau) strongly preferred.
- The ideal candidate for the Senior Associate position will have at least 2 years of audit experience at a Big Four accounting firm as well as a preferred minimum of 2 years of experience in a financial accounting due diligence group.
- The ideal candidate for the Associate position will have at least 2 years of audit experience at a Big Four accounting firm.
- The successful candidate will be ranked a Top Performer in his or her peer group and furthermore, driven to success, a self-starter, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. The individual will be insightful, decisive, a critical thinker, and commercial. Further, the individual will be able to work well on teams however will develop the knowledge and maturity to work with our clients independently.
Specific characteristics include:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to articulate to senior members of target management, client representatives and colleagues
- Highly analytical mind-set
- Strong project management skills
- Deep accounting skills including a working knowledge of IFRS
- Team-oriented personality
- Professional in style and demeanor/exercises good judgment
- Motivated and effective in a fast-paced culture
