Associate

Overview

An Associate in the Strategy department supports the firm's Corporate Development and Partnerships agenda through market and industry research, financial analysis, business case development, and evaluation of strategic growth opportunities. The role involves contributing to M&A and partnership assessments, due diligence, valuation, and cross-functional strategic initiatives, while working closely with senior management and internal stakeholders. It offers a steep learning curve and hands-on exposure to how enterprise-wide growth, investment, and operating decisions are evaluated and executed.

Key Role Expectations

• Supporting the development and periodic refresh of the firm's corporate strategy by assessing growth priorities, strategic choices, financial implications, and execution requirements
• Serving as an integral part of the management team to support value creation by identifying opportunities and providing critical information and analysis to make operating and strategic decisions
• Leading and supporting due diligence efforts, coordinating with legal, finance, and operational teams to identify opportunities, and uncover risks
• Sourcing, building, and maintaining a pipeline of acquisition and partnership opportunities, including but not limited to target screening, automated target evaluation skills on AI platforms, prioritization, strategic rationale mapping, and preliminary target evaluation documents
• Creating competitive landscape maps for acquisition mandates, running trading and transaction comparables for targets, analyzing market trends using industry data
• Conducting financial modeling and valuation of target companies to assess strategic fit, ROI metrics, and revenue and cost synergy modelling
• Assisting Department HODs in building, auditing, and tracking department reports
• Defining and tracking key strategic and financial metrics to monitor progress against enterprise priorities, identify performance gaps, and support timely management decisions
• Working with Senior Management on various strategic initiatives and projects across the firm by assisting on research, modelling, presentation, and stakeholder management

Experience

2-4 years

Education

Graduate (Any Specialization)

Compensation

The compensation structure will be as per industry standards

Prerequisites

• Agent building and AI literacy
• Strong analytical ability
• Understanding of core finance, M&A, valuation (DCF, LBO modelling) techniques, trading and transaction comparable, financial modelling concepts
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent Team and Project management skills
• Entrepreneurial and proactive attitude
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Commitment and ownership
• Drive towards continuously learning, growing, and exceeding expectations
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills