Associate Director

Core Deal value creation Role & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the partner for building the practice in the north region for BDO in India
• Execution target of ₹2 Crores
• Business development target of ₹1.5 Crore in year 1
• Lead teams and be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of mid to large scale integration/separation programmer
• Act as the primary day-to-day interface with senior client executives to develop integration and/or separation strategies, and converting these into high performing programmer
• Develop strong and durable client relationships as well as build and maintain effective firm-wide relationships
• Support or lead various marketing and thought leadership initiatives and present findings at external events or firm seminars
• Shape practice and product offering development activities and lead a team to ensure progress and delivery on those activities
• Mentor and support development of junior staff and develop enthusiasm and commitment from teams
• Participate in end-to-end deal lifecycle from pipeline to due diligence to deal close and provide programmatic leadership and program management for the successful post-close integration, delivering on all acquisition objectives.
• Closely partner with senior executives and functional workstream leaders to architect, plan and execute integration for our M&A deals.
• Own integration plans and milestones, deal governance, day-to-day execution of the integration process and manage decisions and progress reports for the Integration team.
• Surface critical issues/risks/roadblocks and drive them to resolution with constant and consistent objectivity; drive timely and objective decision-making with sound advice and good judgment.
• Develop success milestones and metrics aligned with transaction value drivers, monitor integration success and report outcomes to the organization.
• Improve integration outcomes by demonstrating industry standard methodologies and applying post-integration learnings.
• Ensure and manage effective communications to all stakeholders.
• Represent BDO in external conferences and seminars.

Technical skills :

• Have experience in planning & implementation of atleast 15 integration/separations of various front office and back office functions (Understanding of various facets of mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture transactions would be helpful)
• Have led strategic project management engagements - strong PMO skills and the ability to work in a high pressure deals environment
• Ability to understand complex deal situation and its implication on the client’s / target’s business model
• Good knowledge about operations and processes across different functions in an organisation
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint skills

Behavioural skills :

• Ability to build collaborative working relationships at all levels, establishing credibility both internally with senior management and externally with clients
• Self-starter with strong ability to drive decision making and stakeholder management
• Strong analytical skills and good verbal and written communication
• Operate in a fast-paced, iterative environment; successfully bringing together different functions, cultures, and processes
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams/organizations

Competencies

Analytical capabilities

Creative and Innovative thinking

Strong Technical Knowledge

Leadership qualities

Persistent and persuasive

Interpersonal Relationship & Respect