Associate Manager - Transaction Services

About the role

Interpath is an international advisory firm with a Deals team that supports clients throughout the deal lifecycle, providing financial due diligence, carve-out and valuation support on domestic and cross-border transactions. It is looking for an Associate Manager to join its newly launched Transaction Services team in Cape Town, delivering projects for private equity and corporate clients. Associate Managers work across the entire deal life cycle, covering buy-side and sell-side projects, and work closely with M&A, Value Creation and Debt Advisory colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Take ownership of defined areas of analysis within a workstream and see them through to a reviewable standard.
• Build and maintain the supporting analysis pack, kept reconciled to source records.
• Draft report sections and supporting exhibits for review by the Manager.
• Review the work of Senior Associates for accuracy and internal consistency before submission.
• Maintain the information request tracker and Q&A log, and follow up on outstanding items.
• Prepare material for management meetings and record the outcomes.
• Raise issues as soon as they arise.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant: CA (ICAI), CA (SA), ACA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Around 5 to 7 years post-qualification, of which at least 3 in financial due diligence.
• Strong working knowledge of quality of earnings, net debt and working capital analysis.
• Delivers to a reviewable standard against agreed deadlines, without prompting.
• Clear written English.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel, able to build a clean, auditable analysis from poorly structured source data.
• Desirable: Big Four transaction services training, both buy-side and sell-side exposure, and experience with data analytics and visualisation tools such as Alteryx, Power Query or Power BI.

What we offer

• Exposure to complex, high-value transactions across multiple industries, with significant client responsibility from day one.
• A clear career path, continuous learning, leadership training and international collaboration.
• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with the Swiss market.
• Flexible working arrangements and a focus on work-life integration.