Senior Consultant, Strategy and Transactions, Kenya at Ernst & Young

Key responsibilities:
As a Senior, you will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced VME team, and you will gain experience from working on a wide variety of assignments. You will be responsible for participating and assisting in valuation and financial analyses and applying valuation theories and approaches, including:

• Researching, gathering and analysing relevant information;
• Participating in the formulation of valuation approaches;
• Developing valuation and other business models;
• Assisting in the preparation of valuation reports for a variety of purposes such as financial reporting, transactions, tax, and litigation;
• Analyse and present complex financial information, including navigating financial models;
• Maintain communication with our clients and also coordinate junior consultants

Our projects typically involve managing multiple stakeholders and thus requires you to give the best advice using your knowledge and experience to provide the best outcomes.
Skills And Attributes For Success

• Excellent analytical, project management, communication, interpersonal, and teaming skills;
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail;
• Flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines;
• Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills
• Building and sustaining relationships with colleagues across the business, supporting them and promoting a collaborative culture Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills
• Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Proven experience of providing or contributing to valuation projects in a client-facing role.
• Previous valuation and financial modelling experience of at least 3 years in a professional firm, Private Equity firm or an Investment Bank.
• The ability to demonstrate intellectual rigor, curiosity and commercial awareness, combined with first-class numeracy and analytical skills.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of second-class upper honours or equivalent in any relevant fields of study, including but not limited to; - Commerce, Accounting or Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or International Business.
• A minimum overall grade of a B in KCSE and B in both English and Mathematics

Ideally, you’ll also have (not compulsory but highly advantageous)

• MBA, Master in finance or other relevant masters degree
• Specific industry expertise (financial services, consumer products, energy, telecoms, healthcare etc.) or Asset/valuation expertise (intellectual property, complex securities, experience in tax or fund valuation)
• CFA/CPA/CA/ACA/ACCA or similar financial qualification
• Knowledge of programming languages such as VBA etc.