Finance Manager-Epic Investment | Scrabble
Job Description
The Role
EPIC is unique in offering cross-disciplinary work experience to employees by providing them with significant experience of deal origination, execution and client interaction across private equity, corporate finance and fund placement transactions.
EPIC’s highly-entrepreneurial culture provides an open, stimulating and challenging work environment in which individuals can develop a wide variety of different skill sets and transactional experience.
The position includes on the job and regular team training sessions, with a focus on personal and team development.
Responsibilities
General
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Supporting the origination of investment opportunities, corporate finance and fund placement mandates.
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Direct engagement and delivery of workstreams into Managing Directors, Partners and external clients
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Market analyses and assessments of selected sectors and companies.
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Significant contact with potential investee companies, portfolio companies and corporate and fund clients.
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Supporting sector focussed marketing initiatives.
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Planning and implementation of portfolio company projects e.g. bolt-on acquisitions, new market entry.
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Building detailed financial models, incorporating operational and cash flow forecasts.
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Performing valuation analyses, including comparable transactions and public companies, discounted cash flow
and leveraged buy-out models.
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Identification of potential investors and buyers.
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Supporting the execution of principal investments and third-party corporate finance and fund placement
mandates, including supporting on day-to-day project management.
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Drafting of internal transaction review documentation and transaction marketing documentation.
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Supporting specific EPE Special Opportunities Limited (listed private equity fund) and EPIC Acquisition Corp.
(SPAC) projects.
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Supporting EPIC group projects including working alongside EPIC India’s leadership on the development of
EPIC India’s in market proposition and capabilities.
India Team
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Providing oversight and acting as an in-market point of contact for the India transaction team of analysts.
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Reporting into London Managing Directors and Transaction Team lead.
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Coaching, mentoring and training the Indian transaction team members.
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Acting as a role model of EPIC values, setting standards of high quality output and professionalism.
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Supporting recruitment activities for the India transaction team including application screening and candidate interviews.
Candidate profile
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Minimum 6 years prior experience in investment banking, corporate finance, private equity or investment management.
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Strong professional qualifications; CFA level 3 preferrable.
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Strong academic credentials from a top tier university.
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Track record of personal responsibility, in particular working independently in a project based environment with
tight deadlines and of delivering to client expectations.
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Proven ability to establish effective relationships and work well within a team (working directly with international
teams is desirable).
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Proven team leadership skills and experience.
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Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
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Strong analytical capabilities, combining both quantitative and qualitative skills.
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Proven experience in financial modelling and valuation analyses.
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Advanced Microsoft Office skills, in particular PowerPoint and Excel.
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Practical knowledge of financial databases (Factset, Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Bloomberg or equivalent).
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Data analytics experience (SQL, Python, PowerBI, Tableau) will support your application, but is not required.
