Corporate Development - Financial Due Diligence Specialist

Job Description – Specialist (CL – 9)

Job Title -  <Finance> + <Level Specialist> + <Entity (Corp Dev GGN/BGN)> 

Management Level : <09 - Specialist >

Location: Bangalore/Gurgaon

Must have skills: Experience in FDD, advanced financial analysis and proficient Microsoft Excel

Good to have skills: <AI Agents and Tools usage, teamwork and collaboration>

Job Summary:
As a specialist, works closely with Americas and Europe FDD teams, performing high quality diligence and analysis for acquisitions, joint venture, and equity investments. Review, analysis, and preparation of key financial documents. Attend target meetings, negotiation calls along with Europe and Americas teams. Advice to the corporate development team related to key deal issues impacting the business case and/or integration. Provide continuity/transition to the post-merger integration and operational finance teams post-closing.  

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and summarize M&A prospects from various sources (marketing materials, public filings, meetings, calls, etc.).
• Assess the quality of the Target Company’s earnings, operating metrics, debt, and net working capital.
• Analyze the historical and forecasted income statement and balance sheet, including customer data and KPIs.
• Develop agendas for management meetings.
• Conduct and follow up on meetings with Target Company management, including action items.
• Present in internal meetings with key stakeholders, such as Accenture leadership.
• Assist in reviewing the Flow of Funds, Purchase Agreement, and Closing Balance Sheet during the transaction closing process.
• Aid in negotiations on finance-related items such as net working capital and indebtedness.
• Support the purchase price adjustment process.
• Participate in internal process development/training initiatives.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in professional services or consulting in major accounting/financial firm.
• Prior 5 years Financial due diligence experience is preferred and have supported multiple financial due diligence projects
• Well versed with Microsoft excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft word, AI Agents and Tools (preferred)

Additional Information:

• The ideal candidate will possess a strong educational background in Finance or a related field, along with a proven track record in financial and analytical skills, hands-on experience with mergers and acquisitions, project management skills, highly effective verbal and written communications skills and familiarity with merger and stock purchase agreements.
• This position is based at our Gurugram and Bengaluru office.

About Our Company | Accenture (do not remove the hyperlink)

Experience: Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: CA/CPA/MBA/CFA (Accurate educational details should capture)

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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