Managing Consultant - Transaction Services

BDO in Malaysia is part of the leading global professional services network, BDO International, providing audit, tax, advisory, business and outsourcing services to clients across diverse industries. With over 60 years of experience, we are supported by more than 1,200 professionals — including over 200 Partners and Directors — across offices in Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. 
  
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Overview

Our transaction services team recognises the complexities of business deals and assists clients in the evaluation of business opportunities and the completion of successful transactions.

Whether a transaction requires pre-acquisition or post-acquisition assistance, our team of experienced professionals are able to combine their commercial and financial experience as well as depth of industry knowledge to meet our clients’ needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as engagement manager for financial due diligence / financial modelling / financial model review engagements, which might involve cross border transactions and working / collaborating with other BDO offices internationally.
• To assist in commercial due diligence and post deal integration engagements with experienced Director / Executive Director
• To guide and coach junior team members to construct financial models for financial modelling engagements / review financial models or projections
• To lead desktop research and background analysis of companies from a wide range of industries, including prospective clients
• To review deliverables of team members and consolidate team members’ deliverables to draft engagement level deliverables (i.e. due diligence reports etc.) for engagement director review
• Primarily responsible and lead client / engagement acceptances process and prepare relevant documentation to meet and comply with BDO’s client / engagement acceptances policies.

Education and professional skills/ knowledge

Experience and Education:

• A recognised degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Professional Accountancy Qualification
• Candidates with professional project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) will be highly regarded for post deal integration role
• At least 6-8 years of relevant experience, preferably gained in an audit or a transaction advisory environment. Financial modelling /commercial due diligence / industry research experience / post deal integration experience is highly regarded
• Sound project management skills. Those with relevant project management qualifications will be considered on preferential basis for post deal integration team.
• General understanding and working knowledge of International/Malaysian Financial Reporting standard

Other skills:

• Good grasp of numerals, report writing and presentation skills, advanced knowledge and mastery of Microsoft Excel have added advantage
• Strong team player with initiative and excellent communication as well as interpersonal skills 
• Strong interest / passion in corporate advisory work
• Good command of both written and spoken English. Multilingual candidates with professional proficiency of other commercial languages such as Mandarin will have added advantage

Kindly submit your application  together with your resume, along with copies of your latest academic and professional transcripts.