Project lead - Corporate Strategy (Financial Modelling and Valuation)

Our client is a global management consulting firm with offices across multiple countries, working alongside ambitious clients to achieve extraordinary results, outperform competitors, and redefine industries.

Job profile :

• Provide thought leadership and strong business judgement across corporate finance engagements
• Quickly build understanding of diverse business models, industries, and geographies.
• Lead research and analysis work streams; assign tasks and balance team workloads.
• Identify and leverage appropriate research sources and analytical tools.
• Ensure timely, high-quality, and error-free outputs from analysts and associates.
• Translate client needs into tailored analytical approaches and actionable insights.
• Conduct advanced financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, and valuation work.
• Link operational and financial performance to valuation outcomes.
• Assess the impact of changes in financial metrics across financial statements and valuations.
• Build financial models from scratch, focusing on strategic choices and value impact (not just template-based valuation)
• Maintain strong awareness of capital markets, macroeconomic trends, and capital flows
• Conduct company, industry, and investment research.
• Clearly communicate insights, implications, and recommendations to internal teams and clients.
• Provide structured feedback, coaching, and mentoring to junior team members

Qualification and Skills Required :

• Graduate or postgraduate degree with specialisation in Finance and strong academic performance
• Experience requirements:
• 36 years of relevant experience if highest qualification is postgraduate like CA, CFA, MBA.
• Prior experience in investment banking, equity research, management consulting, or corporate finance roles
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Exposure to Python and Generative AI is an advantage