Corporate Finance Executive (JHB Illovo) at BDO South Africa

Description
Purpose of this Role:

• We are recruiting an executive to work across due diligence and valuation streams. The executive will assist in providing deal related services, principally from a financial and accounting perspective to both financial and strategic buyers and vendors. The successful candidate will also be required to perform and be involved with financial modelling, JSE advisory services and M&A support where required.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Lead simple valuation and due diligence engagements with clients.
• Be involved in and support complex valuation and due diligence engagements with clients.
• Financial Modelling development, review and reporting
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative information on companies, industries, and transactions to identify key performance metrics and value drivers.
• Consult with clients regarding business performance, cash flow forecasts and prospects and understanding key valuation drivers.
• Think critically, identify issues, and propose strategies related to the advice being provided.
• Review, build and interpret financial models for businesses or projects.
• Use traditional and leading-edge valuation methodologies to determine the value of assets, equity, or debt instruments.
• Extract relevant information to prepare clear and concise due diligence and valuation reports, detailing the commercial rationale that supports the valuation judgments you have established.
• Preparation of proposals across service offerings.
• Management of risk processes to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Keep abreast of relevant changes on own field of work i.e. law amendments, new practice notes, etc.

Requirements

Qualifications, Recognition of Prior Learning, Work Experience and Knowledge:

• Qualified CA(SA)
• Strong academic results and professional competency preferred, including first time passes of Initial test of competence (ITC) and Assessment of professional competence (APC).

Work Experience:

• Recently completed audit articles

Knowledge:

• In article experience within a financial services/other supporting valuations team is advantageous.

Competencies - Technical & Behavioural:

Technical Competencies:

• Proficiency in financial modelling, advanced Excel skills, 
• Excellent email/virtual meeting manner and etiquette
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with internal and external clients ensuring a professional and quality service that meets required expectations and needs
• Have a clear interest in a broad range of business, strategy and finance topics
• Excellent communication, both verbal and written
• Excellent report writing skills
• A strong command of English (both oral and written)

Behavioural Competencies:

• High attention to detail
• Time management ability
• Able to prioritise
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve internal reporting deadlines
• Team player
• Task driven
• Have a strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth

BDO Core Competencies:

• Relationships and collaboration
• Exceptional client service
• Engaging people
• Quality, risk management and operational performance