Consultant

Gridlines is a rapidly growing financial modelling consultancy practice. We transforming the world of financial modelling, helping our clients to make complex financial decisions quickly and with confidence. We love to work with exciting clients that are making a big impact on the world around us, helping to tackle some of the world's greatest challenges. We plan to continue our rapid expansion and are looking for the brightest and best talent to join us on this journey.

Role:

We are looking for a person with atleast 3 years of experience at Consultant level in valuation to help us to deliver our valuations work.

Responsibility for delivery of valuation engagements

• Project management

o Assume day-to-day responsibility for valuation assignments across multiple infrastructure sectors. Manage significant projects with director's supervision

o Lead on the research, benchmarking and analytical work informing our valuation opinions

o Ensure that reports are of a high standard and delivered to deadlines

• Client/ BD

o Manage client on-boarding, and key clients.

o Contribute to the proposals, business development activity (incl. identifying new targets and contacts), and build key client relationships in the sector or geographic area allocated.

• Learning & development

o Develop and sustain own competencies needed to perform the above role, including building up sector expertise. Stay updated with the latest sector developments.

• Team development

o Develop junior members of team, through effective management in assignments, and mentoring in developing specific skills and capabilities + delivering training if required.

• Financial management, helping to ensure that valuation team budgets are met, and assisting with team admin including provisioning and billing.

• Develop close working relationship with other teams. Identify and monitor strategy for winning joint engagements.

Person Specification

The successful candidates should possess:

1. Valuation experience

a. Broad and deep valuation experience required, at least 3-5 years (at Consultant/ Assistant Manager level).

i. Understanding of the value drivers in debt and equity valuations.

ii. Experience of valuations across multiple geographies is desirable.

iii. Experience of applying different valuation methodologies.

b. Strong analytical capability and, some experience of infrastructure sector and energy sector work will be helpful.

i. Ability to analyse third-party due diligence reports (in the context of infrastructure).

ii. Ability to interpret project finance models and run scenarios/ sensitivity analysis.

c. Writing clear, accurate, and logically structured reports in English and ability to lead valuation engagements with minimal supervision.

d. High level of proficiency with excel. Interest in adapting to new technologies such as using Power BI, AI tools etc.

2. Client experience

a. Experience of managing client relationships and working with large corporations and funds

b. Working effectively with clients to win repeat business or new engagements

c. Experience of providing valuations for listed companies / funds

d. Understanding of engagement and client take-on processes

3. Other desirable skills / qualifications

a. CA, CFA, MBA or equivalent qualification from premier institute

b. Experience of working with a top-tier Valuations practice/ Investment Bank / Fund Manager

c. Understanding of how to use Bloomberg, Capital IQ and other software/ tools relevant to valuation

d. Experience of coaching the teams and running project teams

e. High level of initiative and pro-activity in all aspects of your career