Senior Associate - Gurugram, India - Acuity Knowledge Partners

    Acuity Knowledge Partners
    Acuity Knowledge Partners Gurugram, India

    2 weeks ago

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    Accounting / Finance
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    Job Purpose

    The job role is in the Private Markets division at Acuity, one of the fastest growing segments within the firm. This opportunity is ideal for a private equity /investment banking / strategy consulting professional who is interested in working with leading global private equity funds and corporations.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Supporting a US based PE firm in portfolio monitoring
    • Periodic update of valuation models for financials, performance commentary, key covenant etc.
    • Quarterly valuation of portfolio companies includes trading and transaction comparable, DCF, WACC analysis, performance commentary updates etc.
    • Detailed Capital Structure and tranche level debt analysis
    • EBITDA reconciliation from Audited to non-audited financials
    • Due diligence of target companies includes credit comps analysis, financial spreading, operating benchmarking, model update, Capital IQ screening.
    • Data Management on third party tools
    • Understanding credit agreements and other legal documents and extracting key points such as Affirmative and Financial covenant etc.
    • Creating reporting calendars and updating for latest results received. Follow-up for any delay in reporting
    • Historical trend analysis for valuations, leverage ratios, ICRs, Adj. EBITDA and other key metrics
    • Validating or re-calculating the covenants as per various lender conventions on Adjusted EBITDA calculations
    • Client Management: Understanding project request, and handling client queries

    Key Competencies

    • MBA finance/CFA/Chartered Accountant
    • 2-5 years of experience in strategy consulting/investment banking/private equity/research sectors
    • Experience in quantitative analysis including financial modelling, trading comps, transactions comps, benchmarking, capital structure, adjusted EBITDA reconciliation, covenant monitoring etc.
    • Excellent in MS Excel to process varied data sets in spreadsheets is highly desirable
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills
    • Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines
    • Dedicated and motivated individuals having demonstrated academic excellence with project management, client relationship management, analytical, and teamwork skills
    • Knowledge of databases such as Capital IQ, FactSet, Bloomberg etc.