BDO: Corporate Finance Trainee 2024 / 2025

We have vacancies for a Corporate Finance Trainee at our Offices. The Corporate Finance  Trainee  will assist in providing deal related services, principally from a financial and accounting perspective to both financial and strategic buyers and vendors. The successful candidate will also be involved with JSE advisory services from time to time.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Liaise with partners in the Port Elizabeth office to identify M&A deals
• Work with our other regional M&A teams on the execution of their Port Elizabeth 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

Required Education:

• BCom in: Economics / Statistics
• Fresh out of University

Skills and Competencies:

• 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