Consultant - Valuation

BRG; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BRG Transaction and Valuation Opinions provides valuation services supporting transaction opinions, portfolio valuation, tax and financial reporting, and litigation matters. The team works with hedge funds, private equity funds, lenders, and boards to deliver rigorous analyses and client-ready deliverables.

The candidate should bring strong financial modeling skills, valuation technical competencies, and a willingness to lead junior staff while developing leadership and business development

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• 3–5 years of prior valuation experience; preferably at a national accounting or valuation firm.
• Experience leading development and completion of client-ready valuation deliverables.
• Progress toward ASA designation or similar is favorable.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical and projected financial information.
• Develop detailed financial models to value companies and complex securities.
• Direct junior staff in developing detailed financial models to value companies and investments.
• Efficiently manage large data sets in Microsoft Excel.
• Present valuation analyses to clients per project scope.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation

Team leadership

Client development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in finance or accounting

Tools

Capital IQ

Bloomberg

Job description

We do Consulting Differently

BRG Transaction and Valuation Opinions provides valuation services in support of i) transaction opinions (fairness and solvency opinions), ii) portfolio valuation iii) tax and financial reporting, iv) litigation and v) special situations (i.e. Restructuring / Bankruptcy support). Our clients are leading hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, limited partners, lenders, corporations, boards of directors, independent directors and attorneys.

We look for individuals who have proven management skills, including recruiting, training and mentoring of junior staff. We look for candidates with strong financial modeling skills, valuation-related technical competencies, the ability to team with a variety of industry specialists, and an interest in growing one’s own leadership and business development capabilities. The individual will work with senior management consulting professionals on a broad range of valuation engagements.

BRG offers all of its professionals on-the-job training and external training opportunities, benefits, and a unique career path within a management consulting firm focused on knowledge.

Responsibilities:

Technical

• Analyze historical and projected financial information.


• Develop detailed financial models to value companies and complex securities.


• Direct junior staff in developing detailed financial models to value companies and investments.


• Efficiently manage the aggregation and organization of large data sets in Microsoft Excel.


• Leverage financial and market data software platforms such as Capital IQ and Bloomberg.


• Present thorough valuation analyses to our clients consistent with the scope of the projects.


• Experience with Option Pricing Models (Black Scholes) and/or Monte Carlo simulation is preferred.

Quality

• Consistently meet client deadlines and quality expectations.


• Maintain an organized, methodical and professional demeanor.


• Take ownership in the work product, including the analyses developed by junior staff.


• Maintain an organized, methodical, and professional demeanor.


• Exceptional attention to detail.

Communication

• Communicate project status and results both internally and externally.


• Effectively manage the deadlines of the project tasks undertaken by junior staff.


• Demonstrate strong report writing skills.

Teamwork and Leadership

• Participate in a team environment and collaborate to share responsibilities towards attainment of team goals.


• Actively seek out opportunities for practice development projects and personal leadership skill development.

Business and Personal Development

• Actively participate in BRG’s business development activities, including client meetings and presentations.


• Be ready to expand your network with clients to become a trusted and reputable advisor.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or other related field of study;


• Three to five (3 to 5) years of prior valuation work experience is required, preferably with a national accounting firm or valuation firm;


• Experience as a key team member leading the development and ultimate completion of client-ready valuation deliverables (or similar client service deliverables); and


• Significant progress toward a ASA designation or similar designation will be looked upon favorably.

Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

Salary range is $90,000 - 160,000

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.