Job Title - Associate (Qual+Quant)
Experience Level- 2 to 4 Years
Department – Investment Banking
Location – Gurugram
Job Summary
Acuity is currently looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who have strong leadership, organizational and teamwork skills for its Investment Banking team based in Gurgaon.
Key Responsibilities
- Play a key role in the origination, generation & evaluation of ideas / opportunities, and execution of transactions and working across broad scope of assignments across multiple geographies and sectors
- Conduct deep dive research and analysis on various industries including TMT, Industrials & Consumer, among others
- Working on company profiles (ranging from strips / thumbnails to one-page summaries to detailed ones), potential targets / buyers / M&A screening, Pitch book update and other adhoc research
- Take ownership of sophisticated financial models, company valuation, trading/ transaction comparable, ratio analysis, financial performance analysis, etc.
- Structure and/or supervise presentations and projects / transactions related documents
- Benchmark companies on various financial and operating parameters to analyze the competitive positioning
- Exhaustive secondary research (through databases, general secondary sources, journals, annual reports, company websites, government and ministry websites)
- Communicate with current & potential clients regarding projects structuring, timelines and clarifying queries
- Industry screening on pre-defined criteria to create a shortlist
- Financial analysis with extensive use of databases, filings and other company documents
- Manage project timelines and quality of deliverables in a manner to ensure “high client satisfaction”
- Presenting findings of analysis to clients, team members and senior management
- Conducting detailed quality checks of all outgoing materials
- Ability to work individually and in the team
Key Competencies
- MBA (Finance) / CA / CFA
- Experience of 2-4 years in Investment banking division of a bank, boutique firm, KPO, consultancy and advisory firm
- Should have good knowledge, understanding and working experience of industry research, company profiles, case studies, potential targets / buyers / M&A screening, company valuations and financial performance analysis
- Strong finance fundamentals and knowledge of financial terminology
- Excellent working knowledge of databases such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, FactSet, Pitchbook, CB Insights, etc.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- MS Office skills - should be proficient in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, and MS Word
- Exposure to handle client relationships
- Ability to work independently and effectively under tight deadlines