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 potentialPreparation of detailed financial models, investor information memorandums and investor pitchesPerforming valuations and benchmarkingGROWTH : (20% of your time)
Business value identification and strategyMarket entry strategy / India entry strategy / Market researchValue exploitation or augmentation roadmap planningWHAT 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 StartupRole involving financial or business analysis or evaluationRole involving corporate finance / business financeRole involving management reporting / stakeholder managementRole involving assurance or risk advisoryRole involving efficiency measurements / assessmentGOOD TO HAVES :
Experience in working with a consulting / management advisory / Big4 / I-Banking firmRole involving working with managements of client businessRole involving investment banking or M&A or liaising with investors / networksRole involving efficiency measurements / assessmentRoles in strategy offices / founders' offices / chief executive officesRoles involving core researchSOME PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT WE WANT IN OUR TEAM
MUST HAVES :
Self-starter / initiative / self-motivated & ambitiousAbove average presentation & communications skillsAbove average excel & powerpoint skills with high attention to detailAbove average quantitative analytical skillsAbility to work under pressure and strong presence of mindAbility to work with teams and challenge status quoWillingness to travelGOOD TO HAVES :
Reading as a habitPersonal & professional leadership and credibilityStrong knowledge in current affairs, venture capital & businessEDUCATIONAL 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 StrategyNON-ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
GOOD TO HAVES :
Participation / awards / recognitions or achievements in extra-curricular or co-curricular or even academic achievementsGREAT TO HAVES :
Public speaking