Valuations & Modelling Manager - Financial Advisory at Deloitte

As a Manager in the Valuations & Modelling Services team, you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of engagements across all sectors, with plenty of responsibility for leading workstreams, managing junior staff and supporting directors and partners in client-facing delivery.

The nature of work that you will get involved in may include:

• Providing valuation analyses for commercial, financial reporting or regulatory purposes:
• Generating independent, insightful business, intangible asset and real estate valuations
• Performing detailed reviews of business, intangible asset and real estate valuations
• Leading and coaching a small team to provide valuation analysis of assets or investments typically held in funds or portfolios
• Providing insights and considerations specific to a particular asset class & industry
• Working closely with other Deloitte teams, including other service areas, on M&A advisory transactions
• Consultative services to assist clients with their business plan development, strategic investment decisions, or other financial objectives
• Understanding relevant legal, accounting and tax regulations related to valuation methodology
• Taking diverse business activities and transactions into account and simplifying them into the most granular components to build a financial model providing insights into the key drivers affecting strategic decision-making of the client
• Applying a logical, structured approach to guide teams to translate key financial and commercial aspects of transactions into a financial model
• Assisting clients with key decisions by considering market best practices when developing financial models for pricing, debt and equity structuring, working capital forecasting and synergy analysis
• Tailoring outputs of business and financial model towards end users and interprets the results for the client in a simple manner
• Preparing dynamic financial models by leveraging best practices to enable the tracking of potential scenarios
• Coaching team members about M&A transactions, along with the types of models used and their applications in different scenarios
• Working with and challenging clients to identify the key purpose of the model, relevant level of detail/complexity and desired outputs to plan the key attributes of the model prior to construction
• Understanding risk management procedures in respect of modelling engagements (e.g., client needs confirmation, modelling acceptance, and relevant member firm limitations on model testing/ review services)

Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience Required

• Relevant Bachelors degree e.g. Finance, Accounting or Investment Management / CA(SA) advantageous
• 2 – 5 years’ experience in similar role (advantageous).

To qualify, you should have the following skills and experience:

• Exceptional analytical, oral and written communication skills with a robust attention for detail
• Ability to take complex analysis and to present and communicate it in a concise and clear manner
• Show initiative to learn, ask questions and accomplish delegated tasks accurately
• Client focus, with ability to work quickly and establish effective working relationships
• Enthusiasm for and ideally, previous exposure to Valuations
• Logical and methodical approach to problem solving
• Project management and organisational skills
• The self-confidence/enthusiasm to be involved in business development activities
• Ability to lead small teams and develop people;
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint required.
• Proficiency in data analysis/visualisation tools advantageous (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)