M&A Associate

Job Description – M&A Associate, Singapore

Role of the Associate

BDA Partners is seeking a highly motivated Associate for its Singapore office. BDA provides an excellent opportunity to gain an expansive breadth of hands-on experience across sectors, focusing on M&A (sellside and buyside) and capital raising.

The prospective candidate will provide project management and execution support on complex transactions and prepare presentation materials to communicate key messages to clients and counterparties. Specific duties include assistance in the preparation of financial models, valuation analysis, marketing documentation and research. As well as having a deep understanding of valuation and broad finance, Associates should be able to identify and vet potential buyers and support sector teams in developing client-ready materials.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients and participate in the execution of cross-border M&A transactions
• Support senior investment banking professionals in developing marketing leads and ideas to generate new business
• Define and prepare financial and technical analysis for M&A engagements, including buyside, sellside, corporate carve-outs and cross-border situations
• Assist senior bankers in process management, including due diligence
• Support negotiations and the preparation of key transaction documents and deal marketing materials
• Assess sellers and targets business plans, growth prospects and financial performance
• Perform valuation analysis using diverse methodologies, including comparable companies, precedent transactions, leveraged buyout and discounted cash flow analysis
• Guide and review the work of Analysts and Interns
• Attend and actively participate in meetings with clients senior team members
• A wide variety of other tasks to support the diverse activities of M&A advisory

Essential (Core) Competencies

• Minimum four years full-time M&A and capital raising advisory experience at an investment bank, the corporate finance team of a Big 4 firm, a corporate M&A department or a private equity firm
• Strong quantitative and accounting skills, including a deep understanding of valuation, M&A accounting and general financial concepts
• Ability to guide juniors in financial modelling, including building models from scratch
• Ability to interact with external stakeholders and defend assumptions and BDA's analysis
• Experience working on deals through the entire execution phase; cross-border mandates welcomed
• Strong client management skills, with the ability to earn the trust of client teams
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong work ethic, a team player, organised, with a high level of attention to detail
• Leadership mindset: able to work with junior team members to improve delivery and performance
• Ability to manage expectations and timelines and to communicate effectively with junior and senior colleagues
• Professional proficiency in English required; an Asian languageis an advantage
• Willingness to travel as required

All information received will be kept in strict confidence and used only for employment-related purposes. Given the number of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.