Associate/senior Associate/ Delivery Lead- Leverage Finance Job in Acuity Knowledge Partners

Education/ Experience and Skill Requirement

Acuity is currently looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who have strong leadership, organizational and teamwork skills for its Leveraged Finance team based in Gurgaon. The team is focused on helping onshore bankers in originating and leading non-investment grade debt financings (bonds and loans) for corporates and financial sponsors

Required Background

• Post-Graduation in Finance (MBA, CFA, CA etc.) or equivalent qualification

• Relevant experience of 4-6 years supporting Investment banking division of a bank, consulting firm, boutique firm, advisory firm

• The candidate should have the ability to work independently and possesses the management/leadership skills to run the research on a day-to-day basis and apply his insights to client ideas

• Ability to handle pressure working in fast paced environment with quick problem solving skills

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills

• Working knowledge of databases such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Thomson Eikon, Merger Market, etc.

• MS Office skills should be excellent in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, and MS Word

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working as part of the dedicated team for investment bank

• Interact with key bankers and business managers in multiple global locations to understand their feedback on the service and also identifying growth opportunities

• Perform advanced financial statement analysis and hands-on experience of working on LBO models, trading comparables and transaction comparables

• Analyze impact of overall economic health on financial performance of businesses and identify significant business, industry and financial strengths and risks

• Work on internal credit / capital market memorandums and client pitches

• Prepare bond and loan market updates, which analyze credit market conditions and broader macro-economic data trends

• Manage project timelines and quality of deliverables in a manner to ensure high client satisfaction

• Setting up responsibilities for direct reports; coaching them on complex assignments and reviewing their work with value add suggestions with a goal to exceed client expectations

• Demonstrate strength and flair in client/requester relationship building and management, information/knowledge needs assessment