Senior Due Diligence Consultant – UAE

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Due Diligence Consultant to join our advisory team in Dubai. The role will focus on delivering comprehensive financial due diligence for acquisitions, disposals, investments and other corporate transactions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and execute financial due diligence engagements from planning through to completion.
• Analyse historical financial performance, revenue, profitability, cash flows and working capital.
• Perform quality of earnings, net debt and normalised working capital analyses.
• Identify financial, accounting, tax and commercial risks that could affect transaction value.
• Review management forecasts and assess the reasonableness of key assumptions.
• Analyse customer concentration, recurring revenue, margins and key cost drivers.
• Identify non‑recurring, related‑party and unusual transactions and propose normalisation adjustments.
• Prepare detailed financial analysis, schedules and due diligence reports.
• Present findings and transaction issues to clients, senior stakeholders and management.
• Manage and review the work of junior team members.
• Liaise with target‑company management, auditors, advisers and other transaction stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 4–7 years of relevant experience, preferably in financial due diligence or transaction advisory.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, IFRS and financial analysis.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CA, CPA or equivalent (qualified or partially qualified) preferred.
• Experience managing multiple assignments under transaction‑driven deadlines.
• Knowledge of the UAE business environment is an advantage.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel.
• Financial modelling.
• Quality of earnings analysis.
• Net debt and working capital analysis.