Advisory - Assistant Manager - Deal Advisory - Cork

Job Description & Summary

This role provides strong candidates with the opportunity to become a key part of a rapidly growing area of the business, and offers highly attractive career development and progression opportunities. The Deal Advisory department in Grant Thornton has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate finance from mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory services, valuations, and raising capital and business planning.

The role will comprise of the following activities:

• Work on financial due diligence engagements related to acquisitions or divestitures by private equity investor groups and strategic corporate players;
• Provide support on lead advisory M&A projects, MBO/ MBI assignments (IM preparation, financial databooks);
• Assist on valuation engagements (constructing valuation models including DCF, comparable company analysis, stock options, Purchase Price Allocations (PPAs) / Intangible asset valuation);
• Familiarity with key valuation methodology and approaches and/or the ability to develop or formally review financial models;
• Create robust and flexible financial models such as 3-statement forecast models and sensitivity analysis;
• Work with clients to prepare business plans in line with their organic/in-organic growth strategy; and
• Assist the wider team on debt advisory engagements.

The successful candidate will be and possess:

• Prior experience in transaction advisory is a must (i.e., financial due diligence, valuation & modelling, M&A lead advisory);
• 3-4 years of relevant experience;
• The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics;
• Qualified with ACA, CFA or equivalent qualification;
• Strong understanding of GAAP principles (IFRS and Irish GAAP);
• Advanced skills in MS Office – Excel and Power Point; experience in use of databases such as S&P Cap IQ Pro, Mergermarket, Bloomberg etc. is advantageous;
• Experience working with BI tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau etc. is advantageous;
• Fluent English is a must, other European languages are advantageous;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to write clear, concise reports;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on their own initiative within a challenging and dynamic work environment;
• Strong team player with good organisation and planning skills;
• Strong time-management skills and ability to work towards deadlines; and
• Actively pursuing self-learning, on-the-job training, and knowledge from other team members

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