Corporate Finance Trainee

3 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa BDO South Africa Full time

YOU’VE WORKED HARD FOR YOUR SUCCESS.

Now make it work for you, by joining the fastest-growing professional services firm, globally.

At BDO, we invest in our people to help them grow, both professionally and personally. Work with over 1 800 professionals across seven offices in South Africa and watch your career take off.

We have vacancies for a Corporate Finance Trainee at our Durban Office.

Building trust and relationships
- Fostering Collaborative Teamwork.
- Approachability, persuading and influencing.
- Proactive in all that we do
- Fostering active communication (verbal and written)
- Continuously adding value
- Excellent presenter
- Have a Commercial and Innovative Digital Mind-set

**Requirements**:
***Transaction Advisory (50%)
- Execution of due diligence projects including working paper and report template preparation
- Production of comprehensive due diligence reports which indicate, inter alia key due diligence findings and recommendations to the client, which are in compliance with best practice and BDO standards
- Contribute to professional and collaborative client relationships
- Maintain active communication with managers, partners and clients ensuring the management of expectations and client satisfaction. Proactively identify, document and communicate any changes to the scope of work

M&A (50%)
- Liaise with partners in the Durban office to identify M&A deals
- Work with our other regional M&A teams on the execution of their Durban based jobs
- Prepare information memorandums and teaser documents in compliance with best practice and BDO standards
- Assist in the preparation of valuation workings and reports of privately held businesses and projects using various valuation techniques.
- Identification of potential buyers by leveraging the BDO network, desktop research, client contacts, and own network

**Qualifications**:

- BCOM-Economics, Statistics
- Fresh out of University

**Competencies**:

- Ability to build strong and effective relationships with internal and external clients ensuring a professional and quality service that meets required expectations and needs
- Have a clear interest in a broad range of business, strategy and finance topics
- Stays up to date with market conditions and developments
- Excellent communication and report writing
- Ability to identifying new business opportunities
- Ability to work as part of a team and build a successful team
- Excellent planning and organising abilities
- Ability to work under pressure and achieve internal reporting deadlines
- Have a strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth
- Have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for analytics
- Have a strong record of leadership in a work setting
- Ability to prepare detailed reports with the appropriate levels of literacy.

The appointment will be made in terms of the firm’s Employment Equity Policy.



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