Senior Associate

About the role

We are seeking a senior associate to join our team across our core practice areas: financial reporting, valuation services, and HR advisory. Senior associates receive comprehensive training to prepare for direct client engagement and a rapid progression to client management. We serve Fortune 500 companies and beyond, assisting with the design, valuation, and accounting of compensation programs and other financial instruments.

Responsibilities

• Senior Associates in the Financial Reporting Practice will:
  • Complete initial training in financial reporting engagements.
  • Design, implement, and document processes to manage risk and control measures.
  • Review deliverables and ensure successful client service outcomes.
  • Contribute to packaging and framing recommendations for clients.
  • Identify and lead process improvement initiatives.
  • Participate in client delivery meetings and external audit review sessions.
• Senior Associates in the HR Advisory Practice will:
  • Complete initial training in compensation projects.
  • Contribute to compensation strategy projects.
  • Capture recommendations and analytics for external and internal audiences in PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Perform research using clients' SEC filings to analyze market compensation practices.
• Senior Associates in the Valuation Services Practice will:
  • Complete initial training in valuation projects.
  • Design, develop, and test Monte Carlo simulation models.
  • Design and implement data handling processes for valuation consulting engagements.
  • Communicate results to clients and support external audit firms.
  • Serve as a primary contact for clients, overseeing core work and managing relationships.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 1 - 5 years of experience in a relevant consulting field, including public accounting, corporate finance, litigation support, economic or valuation consulting, tax, management/strategy consulting, or related.
• Prior experience in compensation, programming, or data analytics is not required.
• Excel skills are needed.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business-related field.
• Ability to quickly grasp complex accounting, finance, and economics principles and apply them to real-world scenarios.
• Exceptional time and stress management skills, managing multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Strong detail- and accuracy-orientation.
• Successful candidate must demonstrate attention-to-detail in internal/external communication, deliverable development, and modeling.
• Ability and willingness to think critically and solve complex problems independently.
• Background check required.