Manager -transaction Advisory Group

**Description**A&M's Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has an exciting opportunity to join a growing team in Mexico. TAG is a subsidiary of A&M, an established leader in providing global leadership and advisory services to a variety of diverse industries. A&M TAG is seeking a Manager to bring their energy, passion, and expertise to help our clients get the answers they need to get the deal done. We provide private equity and corporate clients buy side and sell side financial accounting due diligence. TAG professionals actively engage in assessing a target's quality of earnings, analyzing cash flows, reviewing working capital, identifying key business drivers, reviewing forecasts, and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors.**_ What will you be doing?_**As a Manager, you will have the opportunity to work with our highly motivated and effective team of professionals on a variety of interesting projects across different industries including but not limited to manufacturing, distribution, consumer, retail, restaurants, business and industrial services as well as healthcare, software & technology, energy and financial services. You will gain exposure to our integrated due diligence approach that goes beyond traditional quality of earning analyses and focus on key value drivers for sponsors and lenders in Mexico and in Latin America as well. Our integrated due diligence approach combines our deep operational, functional and industry expertise with Big Four quality financial accounting and tax services to drive value throughout the investment lifecycle**Responsibilities include**- Assist with core financial due diligence, helping to identify key risks and potential deal breakers, assess the strengths and weaknesses of the business against industry benchmarks, and assist with the evaluation of the potential transaction in the context of their clients' investment strategy.- Analyze detailed financial statement information including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and key operational data. Synthesize and convert the data into meaningful information that is used to drive discussions with target management and drive observations and conclusions.- Assess the quality of the target company's reported earnings, net assets and cash flows.- After an investigative analysis, assist in the construction of deal-oriented reports and presentations for clients that highlight the key financial, commercial and other findings facing investments and the drivers behind maintainable profits and cash flows. Assist the team in further articulating how such findings should be incorporated into the client's valuation and sale / purchase agreement, and provide other negotiating points.- Participate in meetings and conference calls with target company management and with client personnel, and the will serve as a secondary point of contact for client personnel with respect to day-to-day execution matters. Between transactions, assist with building/maintaining client relationships.- Act as a counselor/mentor for Associates and Senior Associates- Displays the ability to manage and prioritize team responsibilities and proactively consults with Managing Directors and senior members of the team as appropriate- Maintains and updates, as appropriate, the budget and fee analysis- Manages multiple chargeable and non-chargeable projects of varying size and complexity- Possesses the ability to review project databooks prepared by team members- Possesses appropriate report writing skills in order to write full due diligence report- Acts as leader on Quality of Earnings, P&L, Working Capital and Net Debt analysis- Regularly communicates with client as to engagement issues (e.g., billing, status updates, scope changes) including preparation of scope of procedures, request lists, etc.- Effectively manages day-to-day client interaction and relationships- Develops and proposes creative solutions to engagement and transaction risks and effectively manages problem resolution- Consistently displays leadership capabilities- Activity recruits, trains, and develops Associates and Senior Associates, including teaching training classes as applicable- Gathers applicable conflict check information and coordinates with Managing Directors to set up engagement codes and other engagement requirements- Assists Managing Directors and Senior Directors in sales efforts**Qualifications**:- Bachelor's or master's degree in accounting and/or related major- Big Four experience preferred- Highly proficient in Excel and Power PointSpecific characteristics include:- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to articulate to senior members of target management, client representatives and colleagues- Highly analytical mind-set- Strong project management skills- Deep accounting skills including a working knowledge of Mex GAAP, US GAAP, IFRS and SEC filing.- Team-oriented persona