Strategy Associate at Apata & Ascott Limited

Job Description

• We are seeking an Associate with corporate finance, problem solving, influencing, and relationship building skills to be a major player in analyzing and executing strategic market structure, financial technology, principal investments and other strategic collaborations.
• Analyses often deal with complex financial, operational, valuation, strategy, synergy and deal structuring issues.
• The successful candidate is someone who is driven by a new challenge, extremely proficient in Excel and PowerPoint and a self-starter who is interested in engaging in all aspects of a transaction.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy consulting, and project delivery.
• Background in the Financial Services Industry preferably Investment Banking, Global Markets, Corporate Banking.
• Solid understanding of financial modeling, valuation and presentation development.
• Strong capital markets background (operations, front, middle office and back office functions).
• Knowledge of financial products (equities, fixed income, derivatives), processes (Collateral Management, trading, settlements, corporate actions, compliance, risk management and accounting).
• Prior experience of working on consulting projects is desirable.
• Experience in strategy, operations, process redesign, or systems design in a Capital market/financial services environment is highly desired.
• Prior experience of working with product development teams across development life cycle stages – estimation, requirements detailing, functional specification, and testing is desirable.