M&A Analyst - Port Elizabeth

Description:

The main function of an M&A (merger and acquisitions) analyst is to provide technical support to a company’s strategy, examine market opportunities and support negotiations in company mergers and acquisitions.

Tasks:

• Analyse a company’s financial planning: initial balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and bottom line.
• Conduct appraisals of tangible (tangible and intangible fixed assets); and intangible assets (items that determine competitive ability and the generation of earnings or value added).
• Structure and organise a company’s financial information and turn it into documents (spreadsheets, presentations or text documents).
• Carry out financial modelling. That is to say, address a number of scenarios based on different assumptions, assess the business¿ profitability, propose various financial alternatives and generate graphics for each of the scenarios presented.
• Design models for buying shares, debt restructuring and capitalisation of the company.
• Advise companies during mergers and acquisitions based on appraisals of tangible and intangible assets, financial planning and modelling.
• Take part in negotiations for mergers and acquisitions.
• Coordinate the due diligence prior to a company acquisition or merger
• Collect monthly management accounts of investees
• Develop forecast tools and dashboards to analyse revenue variance, business and industry trends
• Analyse industry sector trends

Desired skills:

• CA (SA), CFA or equivalent
• Experience +4yrs
• Understand basic valuation principles
• Understand corporate finance / financial modelling
• Advanced Excel

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