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Engagement Associate - Finance & Management

Engagement Associate - Finance & Management

Prequate AdvisoryBengaluru, India
30+ days ago
Job description

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

You'll get an opportunity of working within a team of 2-3 other colleagues and play an integral part of a team who will be solving problems for clients. A typical engagement in consulting could entail, inter alia, analyzing the business, diagnosing a problem, evaluating the root cause, developing solutions, simulating the possible outcomes, creating an achievable plan, drawing milestones, executing the plan and reporting the results on an ongoing basis.

Your role will also require you to participate on topics as part of Prequate Advisory's Knowledge Initiatives and stakeholder enrichment efforts.

A typical engagement in consulting could entail, inter alia, analysing the business, diagnosing a problem, evaluating the root cause, developing solutions, simulating the possible outcomes, creating an achievable plan, drawing milestones, executing the plan and reporting the results on an ongoing basis.

EFFICIENCY : (40% of your time)

  • Management reporting & Analytical MIS
  • Business efficient & effectiveness measurement & mapping
  • Business structuring, restructuring and reorganizations
  • Instituting management frameworks or new tools & techniques
  • Developing efficiency and performance improvement measures
  • Investing methodologies, risk advisory & control systems

TRANSACTIONS : (40% of your time)

A typical engagement in IB could entail, inter alia, analyzing the business, identifying the opportunity, ascertaining the value of the business, developing the go-to-market strategy, creating the business & financial model, evaluating funding scenarios, evaluating the right investors and participating in deal-making (negotiations, valuation & structuring of the deal).

  • Modelling / remodeling of businesses to be able to unlock their growth potential
  • Preparation of detailed financial models, investor information memorandums and investor pitches
  • Performing valuations and benchmarking

    • GROWTH : (20% of your time)

  • Business value identification and strategy
  • Market entry strategy / India entry strategy / Market research
  • Value exploitation or augmentation roadmap planning

    • WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE

    MUST HAVES :

  • Experience in working with a consulting firm or management advisory firm or Big4 accounting firm, business consulting firm or I-Banking firm or FP&A team of a Startup
  • Role involving financial or business analysis or evaluation
  • Role involving corporate finance / business finance
  • Role involving management reporting / stakeholder management
  • Role involving assurance or risk advisory
  • Role involving efficiency measurements / assessment

    • GOOD TO HAVES :

  • Experience in working with a consulting / management advisory / Big4 / I-Banking firm
  • Role involving working with managements of client business
  • Role involving investment banking or M&A or liaising with investors / networks
  • Role involving efficiency measurements / assessment
  • Roles in strategy offices / founders' offices / chief executive offices
  • Roles involving core research

    • SOME PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT WE WANT IN OUR TEAM

    MUST HAVES :

  • Self-starter / initiative / self-motivated & ambitious
  • Above average presentation & communications skills
  • Above average excel & powerpoint skills with high attention to detail
  • Above average quantitative analytical skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and strong presence of mind
  • Ability to work with teams and challenge status quo
  • Willingness to travel

    • GOOD TO HAVES :

  • Reading as a habit
  • Personal & professional leadership and credibility
  • Strong knowledge in current affairs, venture capital & business

    • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

  • CA / CFA / CPA / CIMA and / or Management Degree - MBA / MS - FINANCE from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 management school anywhere in the world preferably in Finance, General Management, Business Strategy

    • NON-ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

    GOOD TO HAVES :

  • Participation / awards / recognitions or achievements in extra-curricular or co-curricular or even academic achievements

    • GREAT TO HAVES :

  • Public speaking
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