Vice President – Finance and Tax – M&A

We are looking for a Vice President – Finance – M&A to serve as a key person responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical initiatives and Mergers & Acquisitions. Being a senior team member of the Company with your effective advice on strategies and implementation and will be directly involved in M&A and various complex business transactions.

1. Due Diligence:

•  Responsible to serve as a key finance, assurance and tax advisor on all major business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic partnerships.
• Support the companies’ major business and M&A transactions through due diligence, deal negotiation, integration, and other phases.
• Advise on assurance, finance and tax aspects of the group companies’ financing, including assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities.
• Review of finance, indirect tax and direct tax due diligence reports and capture the required recommendations from the advisors into the definitive documents post discussing with the counter parties.
• Co-ordinate with internal functional departments on sharing the required data to advisors for smooth closure of due diligence and definitive documents.

2. For Acquisition:

• Should front end and conclude due diligence for acquisitions with the aid of Big4 firms.
• Identify risks and issues during the course of diligence and analyse the extent of risks and devise mitigation plans.
• Drive end-to-end compliances required under assurance, IND AS, direct and indirect taxes for transaction.
• Well versed in driving and designing tax optimised transaction structure.

3. For Investments into Company:

• Setting up data rooms, front-ending discussions with consultants on the buy/investing side and clarifying their queries.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and assisting the buy/investing side in quick and expeditious conclusion of due diligence.

4. Other Responsibilities:

• Drafting, negotiating and concluding NDAs with investors and service providers from non-legal tax and commercial perspectives.
• Drafting, reviewing clauses related to tax, commercial, transaction structure and negotiating purchase documents, Shareholders and Subscription Agreements, Escrow Agreements.
• Work cross-functionally and assist with data privacy protection and compliance efforts.
• Perform other duties, as assigned by the Reporting Manager.

• Chartered Accountant with 12+ years of experience in a Big4 or as in-house M&A person from finance and tax standpoint.
• Extensive experience in M&A and joint ventures.
• Familiarity and experience with M&A-related rules and regulations.