M&A Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

Grant Thornton (US); Fort Lauderdale (FL); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) seeks a Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate to contribute to middle-market transactions. You will perform due diligence on income statements and balance sheets, lead analyses of key drivers, and draft Quality of Earnings reports for acquisitions, divestitures, and capital markets engagements.

Role requires 2–6 years in a consulting setting, CPA preferred, and strong leadership and communication skills; travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• 2 to 6 years of related work experience in a consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level.
• CPA preferred or CPA in process preferred.
• Strong leadership, business development, recruitment, training, and mentoring skills.

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.

Skills

2-6 years experience

CPA preferred

Leadership skills

Strong communication

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Grant Thornton (US) seeks a Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate to contribute to middle-market transactions. You will perform due diligence on income statements and balance sheets, lead analyses of key drivers, and draft Quality of Earnings reports for acquisitions, divestitures, and capital markets engagements.

Role requires 2–6 years in a consulting setting, CPA preferred, and strong leadership and communication skills; travel up to 25% is expected.