Financial Due Diligence Manager/Senior Manager

Role Responsibilities 

As a Financial Due Diligence Manager, you will: 

• Own day-to-day engagement management: plan workstreams, coordinate information requests, manage multiple responsibilities, and keep stakeholders aligned; oversee databook workflow and guide junior team members to ensure analysis meets scope requirements. 

• Lead review of target performance and deal metrics: quality of earnings, working capital and cash flow considerations, net debt analysis, and issues impacting purchase price and deal structuring; analyse financial / operational results through records review and management interviews; identify GAAP/IFRS issues relevant to financial statements. 

• Communicate effectively to all levels of engagement management; present findings and recommendations to senior managers/directors, partners and clients; manage expectations and maintain momentum under tight timelines while balancing multiple engagements. 

• Review and comment on databooks; guide team members to ensure your analysis addresses scope; write, review, and present reports including diligence findings and recommendations from an M&A / financial due diligence perspective. 

• Manage engagement risks and execute required mitigation actions; prepare internal documentation / working papers and engagement acceptance procedures; ensure analyses are consistent with scope, evidence, and quality standards. 

• Participate in business development activities; contribute to proposals / pitches and help convert follow-on work through strong delivery and relationships. 

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In addition, for Senior Manager:  

• Set and defend the deal narrative: break down historical performance, growth/profitability drivers, consistency of earnings/cash flows, working capital cycles, projections, contractual commitments, accounting policies, and control environment; translate findings into decision-ready implications (e.g., Transaction price adjustments, SPA defence mechanisms, carve-out/separation considerations, remediation priorities). 

• Establish and maintain senior stakeholder alignment; run executive-level conversations on key diligence issues, trade-offs, and mitigation; communicate complex conclusions crisply and credibly, and steer difficult discussions (e.g., aggressive add-backs, data gaps, control weaknesses, covenant/funding concerns). 

• Drive a proactive risk-management approach across complex engagements: anticipate scope creep and data limitations, set review standards, enforce consistent documentation, protect quality across multiple teams, and manage delivery profitability by optimizing scope, staffing, and timelines. 

Requirements 

• 5+ years of overall experience (7+ years for Senior Manager) in corporate finance / advisory / transactions / M&A with 2+ of those years in a managerial or equivalent capacity (4+ years for Senior Manager) 

• Strong advantage: track record of leading complex deals, supervising execution across multiple teams and geographies, advising senior stakeholders, and driving conclusions under ambiguity 

• Completed degree in Finance / Accounting / Economics / Mathematics (or related). Professional designation (ACCA/CPA/CFA or equivalent) is an advantage.  

• Strong credibility in technical discussions (accounting policies, GAAP/IFRS issues affecting valuation, pro forma considerations, sector-specific knowledge) and ability to defend conclusions with senior stakeholders and partners. 

• Advanced Excel and databook-based analysis; ability to synthesize large datasets into structured conclusions and clear reporting; exposure to analytics/visualization tooling (e.g., Power BI/Alteryx) is often beneficial. 

• Ability to drive scalable delivery: set templates and quality approach across teams, supervise databook and reporting standards, and use analytics-enabled methods to accelerate insight generation and consistency across engagements and offices. 

Examples of expected performance 

• Delivery excellence: analysis and reports directly address scope and are delivered on time under compressed deal timelines. 

• Clear conclusions: crisp, well-supported findings and recommendations that partners/clients can act on. 

• Risk discipline: management of engagement risks and quality despite data constraints. 

• Team uplift: coaching improves junior output quality and speed; review notes are constructive and repeatable. 

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In addition, for Senior Manager:  

• Executive-grade outcomes: reports and presentations stand up in senior forums and influence negotiation/decision-making. 

• Practice impact: simultaneous maintenance of quality and economics across multiple engagements and contribution to growth via opportunity shaping and cross-service integration.