The opportunity
The Strategy and Transactions (SaT) teams in Asia Pacific has been providing market leading services to clients across Greater China, ASEAN, Oceania and Japan for over 20 years. We support EY clients in the region and globally throughout the transaction lifecycle and have helped EY clients create deal value and manage transaction risks. Similar to all service lines in the EY organization, SaT operates with financial services sector focused teams and another broad industry team.
Financial Services SaT (“FSO SaT”) focus on serving clients in the banking, insurance, asset management and fintech sectors, which are highly regulated segments bringing more sector specific training and exposures.
Transactions and Corporate Finance (TCF) covers 3 competencies including Transaction Diligence (TD), Valuation, Modeling and Economics (VME) and Lead Advisory. Valuation, Modeling and Economics (VME) advises client on the full suite of valuation-related services as well as business modelling services delivering integrated solutions to clients. We work closely with other SaT competencies and other EY service lines to provide seamless, highly integrated solutions to EY clients.
Job summary
We are committed to provide objective business valuation service and business modeling and advisory services to financial institutions and other financial services companies in Hong Kong, Mainland China and throughout Asia Pacific. By identifying critical value and risk drivers, and determining the linkages that affect performance, we help our clients improve alignment between management decision-making, resource allocation, executive compensation, and enterprise performance.
Your key responsibilities
• Conduct industry and equity research and analyze information obtained from various channels.
• Review and analyze valuation workings/reports issued by other valuation firms and prepare review memo in order to assist audit teams.
• Develop and analyze financial models and perform financial analyses (historical performance review, financial forecast and free cash flow analysis).
• Appraise company or asset values (financial instrument and intangible asset) using income approach, market approach or asset-based approach for transactions, financial reporting or tax purposes.
• Work closely with clients and other professionals in the financial due diligence, legal, tax and valuation fields.
• Provide valuation advisory support to clients during discussions on transactions.
What we look for
We’re looking for people with functional knowledge and diversified background in the following areas:
• University graduates with a minimum of 1 year's relevant experience for Staff 2 and minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience for Senior. Fresh graduates without relevant experience will be considered for Staff 1
• Degree holder in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, science, or related disciplines
• Holding or currently studying professional qualifications such as CFA, or FRM is preferred (but not essential)
• Strong analytical and logical thinking abilities and research skills
• Effective communication skills in both spoken and written English and Chinese
• Self-driven initiatives and willingness to accept challenges with positive energy
• Ability to analyze financial statements and forecasts is preferred
• Strong Microsoft and Excel knowledge and good report-writing skills
