Manager

SUMMARY:
Ensure that all staff are productive and produce work of the highest quality, meet their development and competency needs and are assessed on an ongoing basis. Ensure growth of the business and financial viability of the firm. Assist in the day to day operations of the firm

POSITION INFO:

Job Description

• Assist partners/directors in carrying out financial due diligence and valuation engagements
• Manage teams, projects and clients on a day to day basis
• Provide support to junior team members in guiding and reviewing their work output
• Coaching junior staff in a mix of technical due diligence and valuations skills, industry knowledge and soft skills
• Assist and take part in various internal initiatives to assist the partners/directors in delivering those initiatives
• Manage multiple projects at a time and also lead/direct teams of juniors and project plan
• Personally deliver on multiple due diligence, valuation and JSE regulatory advisory projects
• Be involved in multiple projects simultaneously (delivering on aspects of each)
• Manage others on multiple other projects simultaneously
• Detailed professional report writing
• Perform detailed operational and financial analysis
• Prepare detailed financial and valuation models
• Maintain positive, productive, and professional relationships with client personnel and colleagues
• Perform supervisory duties and mentor staff
• Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff. Review the work of all staff and confirm the work steps are completed accurately
• Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Consult with staff members to offer clients a professional transaction experience - determine the right deal to do, and then assist them in doing the deal right
• Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments both generally and as relevant to the client''s business use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided
• Deliver on financial targets and metrics set and assist in managing the financial aspects of the division
• Both provide and participate in ongoing quality and risk management initiatives
• Understand, commit to and rigorously apply quality and risk management policies and procedures at all times and ensure compliance of other team members
• Remain up to date in areas of expertise
• Various ad hoc responsibilities

Competencies

Behavioral Competencies         

• Practice Management - Ability to ensure effective processes and procedures to plan work, manage debtors and budgets, allocate resources and manage work in progress
• Strategy - Ability to align performance to the strategic objectives of the Division to ensure long term organisational and individual success. Ability to demonstrate a broad-based view of issues and their wider implications
• Leadership - Ability to motivate employees by providing sound guidance, innovative direction and facilitating team participation in order to reach organisational goals
• Mentoring - Ability to motivate employees by providing sound guidance, innovative direction and facilitating team participation in order to reach organisational goals.
• Ability to coach, train and develop auditing staff to upgrade their knowledge-both on the job on assignments as well as in the office environment
• Manage complexity - Ability to apply verbal and non-verbal skills in expressing ideas, feelings, opinions and conclusions so that all parties understand what is being communicated
• Problem solving and analytical skills - Ability to align performance to the strategic objectives of the Division to ensure long term organisational and individual success. Ability to demonstrate a broad-based view of issues and their wider implications

Technical Competencies           

• Reporting - Review of Audit work and Preparation of report to management and Auditors report
• Practice Management - Performance appraisals of junior staff
• Risk Management - Ensuring compliance with the documentation policy and conflict of interest
• Finance - Ensuring that billing is on time and approval of timesheet and Following up on outstanding debtors

Qualifications

• CA(SA) – Must have been qualified for a minimum of 3 years

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Corporate Finance (specifically a strong due diligence background but also solid valuations and other transaction advisory skills)
• Experience from a reputable firm
• Financial due diligence skills (extensive experience across multiple sectors)
• Business valuation skills (equity instruments, debt instruments, impairments, PPA’s etc., Excon approvals.)
• Regulatory (JSE advisory) skills and experience a plus but not mandatory
• Strong financial modelling skills (in excel)
• Extremely strong report writing skills (articulate, clear, professional)
• Analytical skills (operational and financial analytical analysis)
• Project management skills – must be able to work on more than one project at a time and also lead/direct teams of juniors and project plan and manage.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and under pressure.
• Energetic, enthusiastic, self-starter and “driver”
• Various ad hoc responsibilities

Performance Agreement

• The performance agreement of the incumbent, which attributes specific targets to the above mentioned outputs would be developed and agreed SEPERATELY based on this Job Description

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