Titan Company | Manager-Mergers and Acquisition

Responsibilities

• Only a few will proceed that will be taken to the Board — and you will be expected to stand behind your analysis.
• We are looking for the rigour and pace of a Big 4 / investment banking / private equity background, combined with the patience, judgment and long-term commitment that a corporate requires.
• If deal count, short tenures or the next exit are your primary drivers, this role will not suit you.
• In 12–18 months: a trusted pipeline and banker network you run independently; screening notes and memoranda that senior leaders rely on without re-checking; at least one transaction evaluated end-to-end with you as the analytical owner; and a reputation — inside and outside the team — for sound judgment, discretion and work that is right the first time.
• You will work across the full life of a transaction: sourcing, screening, business and financial evaluation, due diligence, structuring, Board approval, closing and the early years after the deal.
• You will see a transaction through beyond signing, live with its consequences, and learn how integration, people and culture decide whether a deal creates value.
• Evaluate the deal in its entirety: Go beyond the information memorandum.
• Identify dealbreakers and value leaks, test the quality of earnings and cash flows, and translate findings into valuation, structuring and contractual protection.
• Present and defend the analysis before senior leadership when required.
• Closing, integration & post-deal review: Support term sheets, transaction documents and closing; work with Legal, Tax, Treasury, Secretarial and business teams.
• Direct, hands-on involvement in at least 2–3 transactions taken through evaluation / diligence to a decision — signing, closing, or a reasoned walk-away.
• Values & commitment: Values-driven, wants to contribute meaningfully to the organisation’s and their own long-term growth, and is looking to build a career with one team — not to collect logos.

Requirements

• 6–8 years post-qualification experience in M&A / transaction advisory / corporate development — Big 4 Deals / Transaction Services, investment banking, private equity, or a corporate M&A team.
• Pure audit, Taxation, Research-only or Back-office experience will not be sufficient.
• Experience on the buy side, or advising buyers, is strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel (financial modelling, scenarios, sensitivities) and PowerPoint (structured, executive-ready storytelling).
• Familiarity with Capital IQ / Tracxn / VCCEdge or similar databases is an advantage.
• Strong grounding in accounting, quality of earnings, cash-flow and working-capital analysis; working knowledge of deal structuring, valuation methods, and key clauses in term sheets, SPAs and SHAs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication — the ability to make a complex deal simple without making it simplistic.
• Attention to detail: Zero-defect mindset on numbers, documents and follow-through; if it goes to the Board with your name on it, it must be right.

Titan Company Limited

Titan began in 1984 as Titan Watches Limited, a joint venture between the Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), with Xerxes Desai as its founding managing director. Its watch factory was built at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, and J. R. D. Tata dedicated the complex in March 1988. The company was later renamed Titan Industries and, in 2013, Titan Company Limited. Besides watches under brands such as Titan, Fastrack, Sonata and Xylys, it sells jewellery through Tanishq, Mia, Zoya and CaratLane, prescription eyewear through Titan EyePlus, Skinn fragrances and Taneira women's ethnicwear. Titan is listed on the National Stock Exchange (TITAN) and BSE (500114); its registered office is in Hosur and its corporate office in Electronic City, Bengaluru. Its wholly owned subsidiary Titan Engineering & Automation Limited (TEAL), formerly Titan's precision engineering division, makes precision components and sub-assemblies for aerospace and defence customers at Hosur and builds automated assembly and testing lines for other manufacturers.

Its finance openings are in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hosur and Chennai, and cover financial planning and analysis, indirect taxation, internal audit, mergers and acquisitions, regional commercial finance for the jewellery division and fixed asset accounting, while TEAL hires for accounting and costing roles in Hosur and Chennai. Most roles ask for a qualified Chartered Accountant, the costing role for a Cost Accountant (ICWA), and experience asked for ranges from two to ten years.

• Industry: Consumer lifestyle products: watches and wearables, jewellery (Tanishq, Mia, Zoya, CaratLane), eyewear, fragrances and ethnicwear; precision engineering and automation through its subsidiary TEAL
• Headquarters: Bengaluru, India (corporate office; registered office in Hosur, Tamil Nadu; listed on the NSE and BSE)
• In India: Corporate office in Electronic City, Bengaluru, registered office and watch factory in Hosur; subsidiary Titan Engineering & Automation Limited (TEAL) in Hosur