Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

About the role

As a Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate, you’ll focus on middle-market transactions, serving dynamic organizations with experienced professionals who bring a full range of advisory services to validate, optimize and create value for Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

Responsibilities

• Perform in buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements, providing carve-outs and similar services to clients, private equity investors, and asset-based lenders.
• Help organizations realize the potential of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as various transactions within the capital markets.
• Perform financial due diligence on key areas of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
• Formulate questions and propose basic adjustments based on the identification of key risks and business drivers.
• Lead analysis on key operational data, net working capital, debt, and debt-like items.
• Lead initial drafts of reports (including Quality of Earnings reports) for clients that highlight the key financial findings of potential investments as well as the drivers behind sustainable profits and cash flows.
• Create and design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, achievability of management's budget, indebtedness considerations, borrowing base calculations, and/or business combinations and carve-out financial statements.
• Team with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls.
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
• Supervise, train and mentor associates.
• Assess performance of associates for engagement and year-end reviews.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field required, advanced degree preferred.
• 2 to 6 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level required.
• CPA preferred or CPA in process preferred.
• Strong current knowledge in US GAAP, GAAS, SEC Reporting, transaction advisory services or mergers and acquisitions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects in a rapidly growing practice.
• Excellent written, presentation, leadership, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Prior relevant consulting experience preferred.
• Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 25%.

Benefits

The base salary range for this position is between $121,440 and $154,836. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $121,440 and $154,836. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity.

Schedule

This position requires in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site. Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.