Director, Strategy & Investments Permanent

We’re looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.

• Review and negotiation of transaction documents, including shareholders’ agreements
• Drive and supervise due diligence process
• Drive qualitative and quantitative analyses, demonstrate sound judgment in developing financial models and ability to assess the reasonableness of the drivers and trends by performing extensive search on industry benchmarks and market information
• Drive robust analyses and research on market trends – including market sizing, firm positioning, financial and operational benchmarking, and broad sector
• Perform competitive intelligence to understand businesses’ positioning and opportunities in the market, then presenting such findings to management

• Ability to identify transaction risks and propose mitigants to address such risks in the transaction documents
• Ability to synthesise and analyse financial and business information coherently and succinctly. Ability to bring together a variety of perspectives and sources – both public and private – to deliver impactful analyses that supports high-level strategic decisioning
• Good command of valuation techniques and able to put together a valuation model
• Proficiency and an intuitive understanding of multiple business drivers, key value creation levers, and other quantitative metrics that support a full financial model
• Ability to process and critically evaluate business models from both strategic investor’s perspectives
• Ability to take ownership for delivering projects with a high degree of autonomy
• Collaboration skills and ability to work well both as part of a team and independently
• Excellent time management skills and demonstrated record of working on a number of projects simultaneously
• High proficiency in terms of written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand and explain complex concepts in clear and succinct manner
• Enthusiasm and ability to respond with a sense of urgency
• At least 10 years of experience and demonstrates significant deal experience and a keen understanding of financial markets, preferably in the FIG sector
• Advanced skills in Excel, VBA and ability to create macros would be a plus. Skills in Word and PowerPoint should be a given
• May require occasional travel
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal. Proficiency in Mandarin and / or other Southeast Asian languages would be a plus