Director: Transaction advisory services and Valuations

SUMMARY:
To deliver quality service to our clients, live the values of company and align outcomes with the overall strategic objectives of Company. To ensure maximum profit for the organisation through maximising profits on engagements. To grow Company service line to be a significant player in the market. Contribute to the development of new client relationships and overall marketing efforts

POSITION INFO:

Principal Accountabilities

General responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of the Transaction Advisory Services and Valuations strategy
• Manage Senior Managers, projects and clients on a day-to-day basis
• Manage multiple projects at a time and also lead/direct teams
• Deliver on multiple due diligence, valuation and JSE regulatory advisory projects
• Detailed professional report writing
• Involved Perform detailed n operational and financial analytical analysis
• Generation and detailed financial and valuation modelling
• Maintain positive, productive, and professional relationships with client personnel and colleagues.
• Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff.
• Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews to Senior Managers
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Consult with staff members to offer client companies a professional transaction experience -and determine the right deal to do
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments both generally and as relevant to the client''s business.; and
• use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided
• Deliver on firm’s financial targets and metrics set
• Staff management, service delivery, profitability and expanding the services offered to current and prospective clients.
• Responsible to coordinate resources that are insourced through our network of independent consultants, or from our international colleagues in the wider Grant Thornton group, if additional specialist skills should be required

Strategy:

• To come up with a fit for purpose strategy for the firm
• To participate in the evaluation of the performance and management of the service line and own teams: The main purpose is monitoring activities and performance. This includes actioning interventions and the overall management of assignments
• To plan, monitor and implement strategic projects allocated to Technical Service division

People/Talent

• Drive the implementation of talent management policies and processes for his/her mentees
• Ensure the development of his/her mentees in the organisation to be technical experts, to manage talent management processes of his/her mentees including (talent acquisition, succession planning, career management)
• Comply with the governance structures within the organisation to achieve on the strategies of the organisation
• Provide strategic direction to the mentees and align people to the strategy
• Communicate the vision and strategy of the organisation to all mentees and personnel in the service line
• Implement and monitor performance management processes for his/her mentees including the responsibility for managing out poor performers
• Set clearly defined KPI’s for his/her mentees
• Manage the capacity requirements of his/her assignments to ensure that the optimal capacity resulting from the engagement planning and strategy process is not exceeded
• Coach mentees and ensure they become effective business leaders
• Ensure the development of high performing teams in the service line
• Assist the service line leader to identify a strong leadership pipeline
• Assist the service line leader to ensure effective succession planning for the service line
• Ensure that gearing (Partner to staff) ratio is appropriate on assignments
• Implement organisations reward and recognition policies
• Lead and inspire people
• Identify key areas of strength of the engagement teams on his/her engagements and leverage off those key strengths

Stakeholder engagement

• Engage with Managing Director on matters relating to his/her portfolio
• Engage with internal Policy committee, EXCO and Extended EXCO on matters for which he/she is allocated responsibility as required

Innovation

• Innovation fundamental to distinguish firm from the competition in the marketplace
• Create developmental opportunities
• Work with Managing Director to engage in necessary research and formulate strategic approaches

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified CA(SA) – Must have been qualified for a minimum of 10 years
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Corporate Finance (specifically a strong due diligence background but also solid valuations and other transaction advisory skills)
• Experience at an Associate Director level in a Big 4 firm or a Director in a Medium or Small Auditing 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
• Strong financial modelling skills (in excel)
• Analytical skills (operational and financial analytical analysis)
• Extremely strong report writing skills (articulate, clear, professional)
• 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

Key Knowledge & Skills

• Industry knowledge
• General knowledge of Balanced Scorecards as a tool to measure performance
• Sound communication skills across all levels
• General knowledge of strategy, policymaking and the talent value chain
• Leading and managing change initiatives

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