Financial Due Diligence | TS | Assistant Manager

About InterpathInterpath Advisory is an international and fast-growing advisory business with expertise across deals, advisory and restructuring.We offer the full spectrum of restructuring services from business performance improvement and value creation through to stress, distress and insolvency offerings. Our advisory practice consists of corporate finance, transaction services, valuations, debt advisory, tax, pensions, forensic accounting and e-discovery services.Our teams combine specialist technical knowledge with deep sector experience to help businesses, investors and stakeholders navigate complex financial challenges and make critical decisions.The teamThis role sits in Interpath's Transaction Services practice. You will work on financial due diligence for buy-side and sell-side transactions alongside Interpath Global deal teams, on engagements.The roleYou will build the underlying analysis that every conclusion in the report rests on — accurately, and on time.RequirementsWhat you will be doingTake ownership of defined areas of analysis within a workstream and see them through to a reviewable standardBuild the underlying financial analysis on which the team's conclusions rest, covering trading performance, margins and other key measuresPrepare working capital, net debt and other supporting schedules and exhibitsReconcile the analysis back to source records, including management accounts, statutory accounts and the trial balancePrepare tables and charts for the report to the standard the team requiresMaintain the information request list and flag items that have not been receivedSupport the question-and-answer process and help prepare for management meetingsAddress review points properly, resolving the underlying issue rather than the symptomRaise issues as soon as they arise. An anomaly that cannot be explained is a finding, not an inconvenienceWhat We Are Looking ForQualified accountant or finalist — CA (ICAI), CA (SA), ACA, ACCA or equivalent OR MBA in Finance or equivalent. Around 5 to 8 years of experience, of which at least 3 in financial due diligence, or in audit with genuine deals exposureA sound working command of quality of earnings, net debt and working capital analysisStrong Excel skills. Accuracy under time pressure is central to the roleUnderstands the purpose of a quality of earnings analysis, not only the mechanics of preparing oneClear written EnglishResponds constructively to review and acts on the feedback givenWhat Would Also HelpBig Four audit or transaction services backgroundExposure to MS Excel, Alteryx, Power Query or Power BICFA Level I or progress towards itExperience working to UK or European reporting conventionsHow We Will Assess YouA screening call, a technical interview, a case study, and a conversation with the Transaction Services lead you will be working with. We will tell you where you stand after each stage.Our Values:Embrace different: - From cultures to mindsets, we welcome them all. Our global presence means we're inclusive by nature and we believe that people are equal, but not the same.Do the right thing: - Our comfort zone is uncomfortable; we always make the right decision not what is simply easy or popular. Always consider how to implement these decisions, people will always remember how you made them feel.All hands on deck: - We stand shoulder to shoulder with colleagues and clients, be that physically or from afar. Our individual expertise may find them answers, but it is through teamwork that it is implemented.Passion drives success: - The impossible is always possible, we push the boundaries of what is expected because we're never satisfied with the status quo. Our clients expect a positive result when they engage with us, and it's only by delivering this that we win.