EY Complex Securities Valuation - Assistant Manager 

India, Kerala, Kochi 

821249258

Your key responsibilities

• Lead derivatives valuation engagements primarily for financial reporting purposes, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Develop and maintain financial and valuation models using tools like MS Excel, while guiding junior staff/ senior in model creation and improvement.
• Conduct fair value assessments for financial structures, including private company equity securities, options, warrants, preferred & common stock, convertible notes, debt, fixed income securities, contingent considerations, and derivatives.
• Contribute to report preparation, financial modeling, and identification of key issues, proposing solutions where necessary.
• Apply knowledge of option pricing theory, fixed income models, and other quantitative techniques in practical applications.
• Utilize advanced tools and technologies like MATLAB, Python, R, or similar software to enhance the valuation process and ensure accuracy.
• Stay updated on current business and economic trends, incorporating relevant information into valuation models and client engagements.
• Supervise and collaborate with junior team members, mentoring and guiding them in modeling, analysis, and reporting tasks.
• Manage relationships with clients, ensuring clear communication and understanding of valuation results.
• Manage a team of 5+ Valuation professionals, overseeing project delivery, providing strategic direction, and ensuring continuous professional development for staff at all levels, including Staff and Senior.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, presenting findings and recommendations to senior management and clients.
• Take an active role in process improvement, suggesting strategies to optimize workflows and increase the efficiency of valuations and reporting.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experienced with hedge effectiveness analysis and its practical applications.
• Proficiency in evaluating corporate bonds, treasury bills, and other fixed-income instruments.
• Strong understanding of debt securities, loans, and related financial structures.
• Hands-on experience with interest rate swaps, FX & currency swaps, credit default swaps, and other derivatives.
• Familiarity with forward currency contracts, future contracts, FX spot, forward deals, and similar instruments.
• Good understanding of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) modeling and its implementation.
• Experience in valuing financial securities, including:
• Options, warrants, fixed income securities, and related derivatives.
• Familiarity with specialized financial instruments such as:
• Employee Stock Options (ESOPs), Total Shareholder Return (TSR), convertible bonds, bonds with embedded options, and other products.
• Working knowledge of advanced quantitative methods, including:
• Monte Carlo simulations, lattice techniques, finite difference methods, etc.
• Experience with contingent consideration analysis and valuation.
• Exposure to innovative financial instruments like:
• Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFE) notes and credit-linked notes (CLNs).
• Ability to assist in calculating and reviewing the Incremental Borrowing Rate (IBR).
• Proficiency in creating and analyzing financial models using MS Excel and related tools.
• Working knowledge of financial and statistical software, including:
• MATLAB, Python, R, and MS Excel/VBA, Word, PowerPoint.
• Experienced with financial databases such as:
• Capital IQ, Bloomberg, and other similar tools.
• Strong project management, communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to manage small teams and support senior management in project execution.
• Proven ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as required for business engagements.
• Experience or exposure to Equity Research, Investment Banking, or Corporate Finance.
• Competence in analyzing moderately complex business scenarios using quantitative models.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A post graduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting (CA) or Business with 5+ years of related work experience
• A minimum of 5 years direct experience in utilizing Valuation techniques and methodologies such as Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Income Approach, market comparable, Option Pricing Model, Monte Carlo Simulation, Binomial Lattice etc. in a business valuation firm or practice or in venture capital, investment banking, commercial banking, financial research, national valuation firm or experience working in a corporate finance role for an organization, preferably for M&A activities. Experience in financial modelling including experience building models from scratch in MS Excel and related software preferred.
• Preferable achievement in or significant progress towards a CFA, ASA, CPA or related certification.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills

What we offer
EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across multiple locations globally and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success, as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.