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Locations: Johannesburg or Cape Town
Working arrangement: Hybrid
Job Purpose
As a Manager in the Valuation and Business Modelling team, you will lead and deliver valuation and/or financial modelling engagements for a range of transaction, financial reporting and strategic purposes.
Depending on your experience, your role may have a stronger focus on valuations, financial modelling, or a combination of both. You will be expected to apply strong commercial judgement, manage engagements from planning through to completion, and communicate complex analyses and conclusions clearly to partners and clients.
You will be required to take responsibility for preparing and presenting complex transaction-related work. You will also be required to build and maintain strong client relationships, support proposals and contribute to the growth of the practice.
The role requires someone who is hands with a consistent focus on quality, professional standards and the firm’s risk management requirements.
Your Client And Engagement Responsibilities
Working arrangement: Hybrid
Job Purpose
As a Manager in the Valuation and Business Modelling team, you will lead and deliver valuation and/or financial modelling engagements for a range of transaction, financial reporting and strategic purposes.
Depending on your experience, your role may have a stronger focus on valuations, financial modelling, or a combination of both. You will be expected to apply strong commercial judgement, manage engagements from planning through to completion, and communicate complex analyses and conclusions clearly to partners and clients.
You will be required to take responsibility for preparing and presenting complex transaction-related work. You will also be required to build and maintain strong client relationships, support proposals and contribute to the growth of the practice.
The role requires someone who is hands with a consistent focus on quality, professional standards and the firm’s risk management requirements.
Your Client And Engagement Responsibilities
- Lead valuation and/or financial modelling engagements from planning through to completion.
- Understand the client’s requirements and translate these into a clearly defined scope, approach and delivery plan.
- Take direct responsibility for transaction-related analyses, models and reports.
- Present valuation and modelling analyses, key assumptions and conclusions clearly to clients and other stakeholders.
- Lead and review the work of junior team members on less complex engagements, providing timely and constructive direction.
- Manage engagement teams and timelines.
- Maintain effective working relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal engagement partners.
- Identify, document and communicate changes in scope, information limitations, technical matters and engagement risks on a timely basis.
- Apply appropriate scenario, sensitivity and stress testing and explain the resulting commercial implications.
- Support the development of proposals, pitches and other business development materials.
- Identify opportunities to build on existing client relationships and provide additional services that address clients’ business needs.
Deliver a high standard of client service and manage expectations throughout the engagement.
Technical Responsibilities
The successful candidate will bring strong experience in valuations, financial modelling, or both. The precise balance of responsibilities will depend on the candidate’s skills and experience.
Valuations
Candidates with a valuation focus should be able to:
Technical Responsibilities
The successful candidate will bring strong experience in valuations, financial modelling, or both. The precise balance of responsibilities will depend on the candidate’s skills and experience.
Valuations
Candidates with a valuation focus should be able to:
- Apply income, market and cost approaches, including discounted cash flow, comparable company and precedent transaction methodologies.
- Analyse historical and forecast financial information and evaluate the key operational and financial drivers supporting the forecast.
- Develop and assess valuation assumptions, including discount rates, terminal value assumptions, growth rates and valuation multiples.
- Calculate and assess the cost of equity, cost of debt and weighted average cost of capital.
- Select and analyse appropriate comparable companies and transactions using S&P Capital IQ and other relevant market data sources.
- Reconcile valuation results across methodologies and explain the reasons for differences.
- Interpret valuation results with reference to the subject company’s performance, competitive position, industry dynamics and available market evidence.
- Prepare and review valuation reports that clearly set out the scope, methodology, assumptions, limitations and conclusions.
- Perform scenario, sensitivity and stress testing and assess the effect of changes in key assumptions.
- Candidates with a financial modelling focus should be able to:
- Build integrated three-statement financial models incorporating the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.
- Develop models for transaction, project finance, strategic planning, forecasting and other commercial decision-making purposes.
- Design clear and logical model structures that appropriately separate assumptions, calculations and outputs.
- Review model logic, formula integrity, assumptions, accounting treatment and outputs.
- Develop appropriate debt, funding, tax and cash flow calculations relevant to the engagement.
- Perform scenario, sensitivity and stress testing and explain the effect of changes in key assumptions.
- Identify model limitations, inconsistencies and areas of risk.
- Apply appropriate financial modelling conventions, controls and quality-review procedures.
- Prepare clear model documentation and communicate model functionality and outputs to clients and other stakeholders.
Your People Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop junior team members through on-the-job guidance, regular feedback and formal performance discussions.
- Set clear expectations and allocate work according to engagement requirements and team members’ experience.
- Review work in a timely, thorough and constructive manner.
- Support junior team members in developing their technical, commercial and client-management capabilities.
- Identify technical and professional development needs and support relevant training.
- Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team environment.
- Demonstrate the firm’s values and expected professional behaviours.
- Apply the firm’s quality and risk management policies throughout the acceptance, planning, execution and completion of engagements.
- Ensure that analyses, financial models, supporting documentation and reports are complete, internally consistent and appropriately supported.
- Identify and escalate significant technical, commercial, independence or delivery risks.
- Apply relevant accounting requirements, professional standards and accepted valuation and modelling practices.
- Maintain appropriate engagement documentation and evidence supporting key assumptions and conclusions.
- Use appropriate data, technology and knowledge resources to improve the quality and efficiency of delivery.
- Contribute to the continued development of the team’s methodologies, templates, tools and technology.
- Manage complex technical and engagement matters and maintain clear communication with clients and internal stakeholders..
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Sound commercial judgement and the ability to interpret financial analysis in a broader business and transaction context.
- Ability to analyse historical and forecast financial information, including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements.
- Ability to understand and challenge the commercial, operational and financial assumptions underpinning forecasts.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the development or review of complex financial models.
- Experience using S&P Capital IQ or other relevant market and financial data sources.
- Strong report-writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to explain complex valuation and modelling concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong engagement and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments, deadlines and stakeholder expectations.
- Ability to review work critically and provide clear, constructive feedback.
- Strong attention to detail, while maintaining an understanding of the broader commercial purpose of the engagement.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Assist in development and adoption of AI tools to increase efficiency and implantation of EY’s AI strategy.
- At least 4 to 5 years of relevant experience in valuations, financial modelling, corporate finance, transaction advisory or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience in valuations, financial modelling, or both:
- Valuation candidates should have experience leading valuation analyses and preparing or reviewing valuation reports.
- Modelling candidates should have experience building integrated three-statement models and leading or reviewing complex financial models.
- Candidates with experience across both disciplines will be considered for a combined valuation and modelling role.
- Experience in a Big Four or comparable professional services, valuation, modelling, corporate finance or transaction advisory environment would be advantageous.
- A CA(SA), CFA designation or another relevant professional or postgraduate qualification.
- EE candidates will be given first preference.
