Associate Director Corporate Finance at Mazars

Purpose of the role

• Your responsibilities will include managing the Corporate Finance Department, providing direction, supervision and reviewing of corporate finance reports/ assignments/ projects. This role reports to the Corporate Finance Director

Responsibilities

Individual outputs:

• Initiation of engagement process
• Presentation of reports to clients
• Fieldwork
• Produce initial / draft reports (incl. changes after reviews and client feedback): Valuations and reviews; Fairness opinions; Due diligence investigations/reports; Specialist reviews; Financial models; Viability studies and capital investment appraisal; Mergers and Acquisitions and Management buy-outs
• Manage individual productivity

Results accountable for:

• Review and final sign-off of all (initial, draft & final) reports
• Overall budget management
• Project / assignment budget management

Management:

• Capacity management, team structure and related roles –
• Job planning and allocation of work
• Resolve escalated queries
• Approve timesheets and leave
• Performance management
• On-going review / monitoring of work
• Career and succession management
• Employee management
• Department administration (ensure invoicing, cash collection and post engagement documentation are performed timeously)

Leadership:

• Strategic orientation
• Acts in alignment with the Mazars’ culture
• Communication
• Performance management (leadership component)
• On-the-job training, coaching and guiding
• Motivate and engage team members

Client outputs:

• ­Build and maintain professional client relationships
• Grow client portfolio

Qualifications

• Honours Degree (Finance / Accounting) or equivalent
• Registered as a CA(SA) will be beneficial
• Minimum of 5 years' corporate finance experience