James Fox Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Guinness Ventures' representative on the PlotBox Board + RemCom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Working within the Valuation, Modelling and Economics team specialising in Valuation.My main duties as an EY analyst include the following:Preparing competitor benchmarking, compiling appropriate peer groups for the valuation subject company, taking account of factors such as industry focus, end market customers, projected and historical growth, margins, geographic focus, business lines and market positioningAnalysing the subject company versus listed competitors in order to benchmark appropriate metrics for company valuation - calculating trading and transaction multiplesResearching and analysing company and market information using sources such a Bloomberg, S&P CapitalIQ and MergerMarketCalculating appropriate discount rates for each assignment, this involved:- Calculating beta factors based on a peer group of publicly listed companies and scaling this based on the subject company’s positioning within the peer group- Obtaining risk free rates and adjusting for quantitative easing- Analysing debt spreads/margins to calculate the implied cost of debt- Analysing company forecasts of revenue, EBITDA and distributions to shareholders to assess the achievability with reference to prior performance and market growth to add any specific premiums - Using these discount rates to create discounted cash flows and net present values to calculate a valuation range for the subject companyWriting valuation reports for clients, including market, industry and economic overviews, as well as our assumptions and build up of the discount rateResponding to day-to-day queries raised by client and attended client calls and meetingsTaking an active role in the team’s recruitment, creating a business case study for graduate scheme candidates to assist partners in whether to make an offer Provided training to new team members on the use of research tools, valuation theory and various valuation approaches

St Christoph Austria

Waiting, housekeeping and bar work

London, United Kingdom

Summer Internship in Financial Services Tax Advisory.Worked within the Business Restructuring department for 'Wealth and Asset Management' and 'Banking and Capital Markets'.

Harrow Weald Campus

A temporary position enrolling new and existing students into the college, involving:- One-to-one sessions with students obtaining their personal details, exam results and course payments through the use of a database.- Providing advice on which courses would suit students based on their interests and qualifications.- Being the college’s first point of contact, encouraging student to enroll though friendly, efficient and conscientious service.

Working in the cinema, service concessions and managing a team of staff to clean screens.Awarded Concierge Staff of the Year in 2011 for excellent customer service, refund paperwork and managerial deputising.

Aca, Accountancy And Finance, Chartered Accountant

Investment Management Certificate (Imc), Investments And Securities, Pass

Masters Of Science, Physics, First

Activities and Societies: Appointed as the Finance Secretary for Nottingham’s Societies Executive team, offering; - assistance.

A Levels: Maths - A*, Physics - A*, Biology - A*, As: It - A, Geography - A

Activities and Societies: Head Boy, Basketball Coach, Yearbook Committee