Assistant Manager, Financial Due Diligence

Join Our Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) Team in Kuala Lumpur Our TAS team helps businesses navigate the entire transaction life-cycle, providing opportunities for engagement throughout the duration of a deal. Key services include: • Corporate Finance Advice: Leading M&A transactions with expert guidance. • Financial Due Diligence: Conducting thorough financial due diligence for buy-side and sell-side transactions for private equity, GLCs, corporate clients etc. • Valuations: Offering comprehensive valuation services on various transactional (acquisition, disposal etc.) and non-transactional (impairment testing, purchase price allocation, dispute valuation etc.) matters. • Advisory Services: Providing strategic and commercial advisory services. As a member of the TAS team, you will help clients identify and mitigate risks associated with deals, ensuring successful outcomes and fostering growth. Join us to leverage a global network of industry experts and data-driven insights, enhancing your career and making a tangible impact on businesses and communities. As a manager some of your responsibilities will include: • Manage and deliver financial due diligence projects related to transactions involving strategic acquisitions (buy side) and divestment (sell side). • Understand the key business drivers of different companies, analyse financial and non-financial data including quality of earnings, quality of assets, cash flow and working capital, customer, and supplier matters. • Identify critical findings and potential risks, derive insightful recommendations, and communicate concise findings to our clients. • Prepare and draft client reports to address their strategic goals, including as the buyer or seller of the assets. • Responsible for majority of day-to-day client communications. • Keep up to date with global, regional, and local business and economic issues. • Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities for new/existing clients. • Establish effective working relationships with stakeholders and clients. • Coach and supervise team members. Think you've got what it takes to be a manager? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick: • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in global accounting firms, with detailed knowledge and understanding of financial due diligence and M&A process. • Degree and/or professional qualification in finance / accounting (ACCA/ICAEW/CPA etc.). • Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. • Demonstrates proven expertise and success in leadership roles providing financial due diligence and other transaction-related services to clients. • Demonstrates proven expertise in interviewing executive management at target companies, as well as extensive knowledge assessing a target company’s quality of earnings, net assets, and cash flows. • Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Entrepreneurial mindset and good commercial acumen, with understanding of business and industry dynamics. • Highly adaptable, able to work independently and effectively under pressure. • Team player with strong interpersonal skills. • Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills. • Willingness to travel. • Demonstrated ability to think on your feet.