JLB Alliance Pte Ltd – Corporate Finance Advisory Associate / Senior Associate

Responsibilities

• Assist in the execution of valuations of businesses, intangible assets, financial instruments (convertible loans, options, debt securities & equity securities) for financial reporting, litigation support, M&A and capital raise purposes.
• Assist in M&A and capital raise engagements.
• Develop valuation models and draft valuation reports to assess a variety of financial instruments adopting methodologies for option valuation, monte carlo simulation, credit assessment and fixed income valuation, models for business valuation including discounted cash flow and trading/transaction multiples as well as models for intangible asset valuation.
• Perform market and industry research.
• Draft teasers and investment memorandums as well as researching on potential buyers/investors for M&A/capital raise transactions
• Assist in business development activities including preparation of proposals.
• Develop and maintain positive, productive, and professional relationships with clients and colleagues.

Requirements 

• Excellent academic background with a BSc or MSc in Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Computational Finance, or related degree. Professional qualification in accounting / CFA will be an added advantage.
• Ideally 2-4 years of experience from an audit & accounting professional services firm or bank.
• Strong grasps of quantitative finance, financial instruments, business, and intangible asset valuation concepts including valuation models for derivatives, credit instruments, monte carlo simulation, discounted cash flow, trading/transaction multiple valuations as well as intangible asset valuation models.
• Knowledge of valuation related financial reporting standards.
• Expertise in implementing valuation models for financial instruments in VBA or other programming languages.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and presentation/report writing skills, combined with a good understanding of business dynamics and commercial value drivers.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, ability to develop good internal and client relationships operate well within a team environment.
• High proficiency in both verbal and writing English is essential.
• Permitted to work in Singapore.