When you work for us, you commit to a career at one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the world. Looking for a rewarding career? Take a closer look at Deloitte & Touche ME. You'll understand that Deloitte is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC region since 2010 (according to the International Tax Review World Tax Rankings). It has received numerous awards in the last few years which include Best Employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

In an international firm like Deloitte, our strong global presence is complemented by our local reach and market knowledge. A career in Financial Advisory with Deloitte Professional Services (DIFC) Limited will equip you with a deep understanding of the local and regional business landscape, enabling you to identify opportunities and risks to our clients’ businesses. In addition, your breadth of vision will be engaged, as you match our global resources to our clients’ advantage. Our FA practice encompasses a broad range of specializations and services but whose common goal is to offer strategic services to clients throughout every phase of the economic cycle.

Our Purpose:

Deloitte makes an impact that matters. Every day we challenge ourselves to do what matters most—for clients, for our people, and for society. We serve clients distinctively, bringing innovative insights, solving complex challenges and unlocking sustainable growth. We inspire our talented professionals to deliver outstanding value to clients, providing an exceptional career experience and an inclusive and collaborative culture. We contribute to society, building confidence and trust in the markets, upholding the integrity of organizations and supporting our communities.

Our shared values guide the way we behave to make a positive, enduring impact:

• Integrity
• Outstanding value to markets and clients
• Commitment to each other
• Strength from cultural diversity

Your role as an Assistant Manager in Financial Advisory, will focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, as well as practice development. In this role, you will work with high-performing people and teams, supporting them to make an impact that matters and to deliver exceptional client service

During your tenure as a Senior manager in Financial Advisory, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

Core Professional and Technical capabilities

Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

• Builds sophisticated analytical models to handle large data sets with Excel, Tableau, or other relevant specialized tools/programs that can be interpreted convincingly
• Applies rigor to all analytical models and enhances a model’s ability to serve as decision-making tool
• Is aware of relevant technology applications for data modelling and analysis, and easily learns new applications
• Maintains a working knowledge of measurement tools, benchmarks, statistics, and metrics needed to quantify and analyze aspects of deal risk
• Uses simulation techniques for goal setting, forecasting, value stream modelling, among other purposes

Delivery Excellence

• Understands how assigned areas of responsibility contribute to engagement objectives and desired outcomes
• Manages to deadlines to help team stay on track during a transaction, adapting to changing priorities as they arise
• Develops informed recommendations by combining insights from personal experiences and Deloitte subject matter experts (SMEs) with relevant technologies, methods, and/or tools

Financial Acumen

• Uses company’s financial information to better understand a client/target's business to support recommendations
• Quickly interprets and reviews financial information and explain complex concepts to client

Manages Risk & Upholds Confidentiality

• Outlines a quality assurance plan, specifying the standards, tools and techniques to define priorities needed to provide high-quality services
• Mitigates deviations from required quality standards by establishing internal review cycles and monitoring progress
• Anticipates potential risks related to managed work/processes and escalates them in a timely fashion to engagement leadership or relevant stakeholders

M&A Lifecycle Acumen

• Begins to specialize in a stage of the M&A transaction lifecycle and understands key dependencies across stages
• Conducts market analysis and develops an initial hypotheses around growth opportunities and upside potential and downside risks
• Maintains a broader, strategic M&A perspective throughout each engagement

Specialized Technical capabilities

Business Valuation and Intangible Asset Valuation

• Applies knowledge of commercial and tax laws to evaluate their impact in a regulatory and compliance context
• Determines appropriate valuation methodology given the nature of the company or asset being valued, and the context of the valuation
• Determines fair market value of businesses and separate assets using valuation methods such as Discounted Cash Flow, Market multiples and other relevant approaches
• Leverages economic and industry knowledge to assess the validity of the financial models and reports
• Identifies critical assumptions and facts that underline valuation estimates and provides alternative approaches as required
• Selects appropriate discount rate or multiples range for the target asset/company
• Applies knowledge of financial analysis for financial reporting and tax valuation, and determines if any issue arises in audit support analysis
• Coordinates the request and receipt of client-specific data required to perform an analysis

Leadership capabilities:

• Identifies and embraces our purpose and values and puts these into practice in their professional life
• Develops self by actively seeking opportunities for growth, shares knowledge and experiences with others, and acts as a strong brand ambassador
• Seeks opportunities to challenge self; teams with others across businesses and borders to deliver and takes accountability for own and team results
• Builds relationships and communicates effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders
• Understands objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns own work to objectives and sets personal priorities

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 5 years minimum experience in financial consulting (Financial Advisory/Corporate Finance/Business Valuations) or Investment Banking/ Private Equity preferably in Corporate Finance Department with experience in areas such as business valuations, mergers & acquisitions, due diligence and financial modeling.
• Full time MBA / qualified CA / CFA (level 2 or 3)
• Strong knowledge of valuation principles and finance
• Demonstrate ability to plan and manage engagements along with ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines.
• Strong Interpersonal & Communication skills.
• Advanced level of technical proficiency and computer literacy particularly with spreadsheets (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent business writing skills.
• Motivated, dedicated, dynamic & hard worker.
• Fluent in English with the ability to write and present in English.
• Bilinguals (Arabic & English) preferred.