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Due Diligence Analyst

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Due Diligence Analysts in India work at the intersection of M&A, private equity, and advisory — their job is to independently verify what a buyer is being told about a target company before a deal closes. The core output is a due diligence report covering financial quality of earnings (QoE), working capital normalisation, off-balance-sheet liabilities, tax exposures, regulatory compliance, and management integrity. In India, this work sits primarily in four channels: Big-4 Transaction Services teams (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC), boutique M&A advisory firms, PE funds conducting buy-side diligence in-house, and corporate strategy teams executing acquisitions. The India-specific context is dense — GST reconciliation, IndAS vs IGAAP gaps, promoter-controlled book adjustments, contingent liabilities under the Companies Act 2013, and SEBI/FEMA compliance reviews for cross-border deals all add layers that generic frameworks miss. Unlike an auditor who attests historical numbers, a DD analyst looks for what the numbers don't show: normalised EBITDA versus reported EBITDA, net debt versus gross debt, undisclosed related-party transactions, and the real working capital peg needed to run the business post-close.