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Financial Due Diligence Senior AssociateGrant Thornton LLP • Chicago, IL, United States
Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

Grant Thornton LLP • Chicago, IL, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

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 the Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. Our Financial Due Diligence solution is comprised of several integrated capabilities that support our clients' needs throughout the transaction lifecycle.

From day one, you'll be empowered to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

  • 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.

You have the following technical skills, qualifications, and abilities:

  • 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.
  • Solid experience in the following: accounting, audit, or transaction advisory services.
  • Strong current knowledge in US GAAP, GAAS, SEC Reporting, transaction advisory services or mergers and acquisitions.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous project in a rapidly growing practice.
  • Strong leadership, business development, recruitment, training, and mentoring skills.
  • Excellent written, presentation, leadership, and interpersonal communications skills.
  • Prior relevant consulting experience preferred.
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 25%

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. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

Job Info

  • Job Identification 115165
  • Job Category Audit - Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Degree Level Bachelor's Degree
  • Job Schedule Full time
  • Locations Chicago, IL, United States
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