Job Description
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES
Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, those listed below:
- Creating progressive financial models that capture the future operating, investing, and financing activities, and helps clients determine future profitability, financial position, and risk.
- Prepare financial statements (including Income Statement, Cashflow Statement, and Balance Sheet), calculate and evaluate KPIs, various funding / financing structures, PPP modelling, etc.
- Analyzing financial and accounting information when evaluating transactions.
- Building analytical models to handle large data sets with Excel, Tableau, or other relevant specialized tools/programs that can be interpreted convincingly.
- Development of complex financial and business models (cashflow forecasts, strategic planning tools, business plans, valuation tools).
- Maintaining a working knowledge of measurement tools, benchmarks, statistics, and metrics needed to quantify and analyze aspects of deal risk.
- Conducting market analysis and develops an initial hypothesis around growth opportunities and upside potential and downside risks.
- Preparing robust business planning models by applying detailed understanding of commercial practicalities, accounting and finance knowledge, technical ability, quantitative analysis, and logic.
- Prepare financial forecast, scenario modelling and transactions modelling such as valuations and option appraisals.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of experience in a similar role.
- Experience of building or reviewing financial models in a Financial Modelling role that required an understanding of financial and accounting concepts or project finance (e.g., debt structures, cash waterfalls, financial ratios).
- Experience in using VBA, SQL, Tableau or Power BI would be advantageous.
- Advanced level of technical proficiency and computer literacy particularly with spreadsheets. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Have an effective approach to time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Experience in valuation, feasibility studies/projections, transaction support, due diligence, financial re-structuring and IPO’s.
- A strong understanding of accounting and financial concepts.
- Positive approach towards problem solving, even under time pressure.
- Excellent project and team management skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics or related field.
- International professional qualification advantageous i.e., CA, CFA, CIMA, ACCA or CPA
- MSc/MBA is a plus