Corporate Valuations Manager at SNG GrantThornton

JOB PURPOSE

• Act as a corporate valuation specialist with strong purchase price allocation (PPA) experience, delivering business valuations and PPA engagements alongside the division’s transaction advisory services.

Staff development

• Ensure that all staff are productive and produce work of the highest quality, meet their development and competency needs and are assessed on an ongoing basis.

Financial

• Ensure growth of the business and financial viability of the firm.

Ad - hoc

• Assist in the day-to-day operations of the firm.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Assist partners/directors in carrying out financial due diligence and valuation engagements
• Lead corporate valuation and purchase price allocation (PPA) engagements, including the identification and valuation of acquired intangible assets and the assessment of fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
• Develop and review PPA valuation models, document key assumptions and valuation methodologies, prepare supporting reports, and address client and auditor queries.
• Manage teams, projects and clients on a day-to-day basis
• Provide support to junior team members in guiding and reviewing their work output
• Coaching junior staff in a mix of technical due diligence and valuations skills, industry knowledge and soft skills.
• Assist and take part in various internal initiatives to assist the partners/directors in delivering those initiatives
• Manage multiple projects at a time and also lead/direct teams of juniors and project plan.
• Personally deliver on multiple due diligence, valuation and JSE regulatory advisory projects.
• Be involved in multiple projects simultaneously (delivering on aspects of each)
• Manage others on multiple other projects simultaneously.
• Detailed professional report writing,
• Perform detailed operational and financial analysis.
• Prepare detailed financial and valuation models.
• Maintain positive, productive, and professional relationships with client personnel and colleagues.
• Perform supervisory duties and mentor staff.
• Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff. Review the work of all staff and confirm the work steps are completed accurately.
• Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews.
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment.
• Consult with staff members to offer clients a professional transaction experience - determine the right deal to do, and then assist them in doing the deal right.
• Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members.
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments both generally and as relevant to the client's business.
• use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.
• Deliver on financial targets and metrics set and assist in managing the financial aspects of the division.
• Both provide and participate in ongoing quality and risk management initiatives.
• Understand, commit to and rigorously apply quality and risk management policies and procedures at all times and ensure compliance of other team members.
• Remain up to date in areas of expertise.
• Various ad hoc responsibilities 

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Corporate Finance, with a strong corporate valuations background and substantial hands-on purchase price allocation (PPA) experience, supported by financial due diligence and other transaction advisory skills.
• Experience from a reputable firm
• Financial due diligence skills, with extensive experience across multiple sectors, to support corporate valuation and transaction advisory engagements.
• Strong business valuation skills, with particular emphasis on purchase price allocation (PPA), alongside valuations of equity and debt instruments, impairment assessments and Excon approvals.
• Demonstrated corporate valuation specialist experience with strong, hands-on purchase price allocation (PPA) experience, including leading engagements, valuing intangible assets, preparing and reviewing valuation models and reports, and supporting the audit review process.
• Offshore experience in delivering corporate valuation and purchase price allocation (PPA) engagements for international clients, including working with cross-border teams and stakeholders.
• Regulatory (JSE advisory) skills and experience a plus but not mandator
• Strong financial modelling skills (in excel), particularly in preparing and reviewing corporate valuation and purchase price allocation (PPA) models.
• Extremely strong report writing skills (articulate, clear, professional)
• Analytical skills (operational and financial analytical analysis)
• Project management skills – must be able to work on more than one project at a time and also lead/direct teams of juniors and project plan and manage.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and under pressure.
• Energetic, enthusiastic, self-starter and “driver”
• Various ad hoc responsibilities

QUALIFICATION

• CA(SA) – Must have been qualified for a minimum of 3 years