Senior Associate, Financial Due Diligence - Financial Services

KPMG LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP in Chicago is seeking a Senior Associate in Financial Due Diligence within our Deal Advisory practice. You will participate in buy-side and sell-side engagements, delivering financial due diligence and related accounting advisory services to Fortune 1000 companies, private equity investors, and lenders.

You will interface with senior client executives, analyze target data to identify earnings quality and working capital implications, and contribute to valuation discussions and advisory

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in accounting, advisory, financial audit, or transaction services at a Top Ten firm.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or CPA-eligible; CPA preferred.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SEC reporting issues, IFRS, M&A, or transaction services.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Participate in buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements providing financial due diligence and related services.
• Interface with senior executives of clients and target companies.
• Analyze data to identify historical and projected trends, quality of earnings, and working capital implications.
• Create tailored transaction advisory reports on normalized earnings, debt considerations, and business combinations.

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate in Financial Due Diligence for our Deal Advisory practice.

Responsibilities :

• Participate in buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements, providing financial and commercial due diligence assistance, and accounting advisory services including IPO assistance, carve-outs, restructuring and similar services to Fortune 1000 companies, private equity investors, and asset based lenders
• Interface with senior executives of clients and target companies
• Analyze and synthesize target company data to identify historical and projected financial and operating trends, quality of earnings and working capital considerations, and potential liabilities and risks which impact valuation and negotiation of the target company
• Create and design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, achievability of managements budget, indebtedness considerations, borrowing base calculations, and/or business combinations and carve-out financial statements

Qualifications :

• A minimum of three years experience in one of the following with a Top Ten public accounting firm: accounting, advisory, financial audit, or transaction experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college/university or CPA eligible; licensed CPA/equivalent certification is preferred
• Strong current knowledge in one of the following: United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Securities and Exchange Commission financial reporting issues, International Financial Reporting Standards , mergers and acquisitions, or transaction services
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong command of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)