Deals Financial Due Diligence Manager

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1500000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 15-25 LPA)

Min Experience: 5 years
Location: Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Kolkata

JobType: full-time


The role involves leading and delivering high-quality financial due diligence (FDD) projects, analyzing both financial and non-financial information in alignment with clients’ value creation and investment hypotheses. The Manager will prepare due diligence reports, communicate findings via a cloud-based platform, and support corporate and private equity clients in making informed deal-related decisions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Financial Due Diligence & Analysis

• Lead and manage buy-side and sell-side FDD projects independently, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Analyze complex financial data, perform EBITDA analysis, and identify key business drivers and potential deal breakers.
• Prepare clear, concise, and insightful financial due diligence reports.
• Provide expert reviews on project outputs, ensuring accuracy, logical reasoning, and clarity in communication.

Project Leadership & Client Management

• Guide and mentor team members, setting priorities, monitoring KPIs, and ensuring alignment with client needs.
• Manage multiple medium to large-scale projects simultaneously while maintaining service excellence.
• Act as the primary client contact, providing commercial insights and strategic recommendations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with private equity and corporate clients, particularly within the Indian market.

Operational & Quality Management

• Develop assignment budgets, timelines, and manage delivery against agreed targets.
• Ensure adherence to FDD workflow protocols, risk management processes, and quality standards.
• Identify and implement best practices for efficiency and improved service delivery.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for capacity planning, recruitment, and competency mapping.

Data-Driven Insights & Tools

• Use advanced Excel skills, data analytics, and visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI) to drive insights.
• Translate raw data into actionable recommendations for client decision-making.
• Contribute to market research, deal trend analysis, and strategic project inputs.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

Education & Experience

• CA / MBA qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• 6–10 years of relevant experience in financial due diligence within consulting, preferably Big 4 or top-tier advisory firms.
• Proven client-facing experience in the Indian market with corporate and private equity clients.
• Experience across sectors such as Energy, Utilities, Mining & Infrastructure; Financial Services; Healthcare & Pharma; Industrial Manufacturing; Retail & Consumer; Real Estate; or Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

Technical Competencies

• Strong FDD core skills, including buy-side and sell-side deal experience.
• Expertise in EBITDA analysis and identification of key financial and operational drivers.
• Proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, financial modeling), report writing, and data visualization tools (Power BI, Alteryx).

Personal Attributes

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills in English.
• Strong analytical mindset with commercial acumen.
• Ability to thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments.
• Proven leadership and team development skills.
• Proactive, organized, and committed to continuous learning.

Core Skills:

• Financial Due Diligence (FDD)
• Private Equity (PE) Experience
• Client Relationship Management
• EBITDA Analysis
• Buy-side & Sell-side Deal Execution
• Data Analytics & Visualization