Associate - TAS - TMT - TS Standard Services - Bangalore

Job description

About EY:
Ernst & Young is a global leader in Assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide over Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We operate from 9 cities in India with a work force of over 7500 people and have an industry specific focus - Technology, Communication & Entertainment, Infrastructure, Industrial & Consumer, Financial Services and Government Advisory.

SL Intro
EY is the domestic market leader in TAS hosting 400 professionals including 26 Partners, across locations, deeply experienced senior management, strong local capabilities, dedicated private equity group and extensive experience in cross-border deals. Our accolades include:
• Ranked #1 Financial Advisor in India by Bloomberg for ten consecutive years for most number of deals from 2002 – 2011
• Financial Advisor of the Year M&A Award – India, in 2011, 2009 and 2008 –by Financial Times & Merger market
• Financial Advisor of the year, India - 2011 AVCJ India Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards
• Investment Bank of the Year – Private Equity, 2011 – VCCircle Awards
• Most Active Transaction Advisor Award – PE and M&A for 2011, 2010 and 2009 - by Venture Intelligence
• Asia-Pacific M&A Investment Bank of the Year and Asia-Pacific M&A Deal of the Year at 2009 Asia M&A Atlas Award
• Cross Border deal of the year – Middle Markets, 2011, India M&A Atlas Awards

The Lead Advisory team is a SBU within the Transaction Advisory Services 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
Academic Qualification
CA or MBA (preferably from a premier institute) with a good academic background
Experience
 Required
The candidate should :
• Have 1-2 years of relevant post qualification experience
• Have exposure to M&A or research.
• Have basic knowledge of the rules and regulations that apply to M&A deals or should have done research in a couple of sectors
• High team orientation
• Good communication both written and oral (including report writing)
• Analytical skills
• Strong Financial modeling skills
• Should be well conversant with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Significant amount of initiative.

 Preferred
Preference will be given to candidates who have worked with:
• Investment banks
• Strategy teams of large corporates
• BPO's, specifically those in the IB / Research teams
• Private equity / venture capital firms
Roles/Responsibilities
• Understand client issues
• Provide support to the team in efficiency and productivity of managing an engagement
• Risk Management
• Support on marketing pitches
• Independent charge of financial modeling
• Prepare deliverables for engagements