Berkeley Research Group

Senior Associate - M&A Data Analytics - Corporate Finance

Berkeley Research Group$80K — $135K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting with solid understanding of accounting processes
  • Minimum 2 years of experience analyzing financial and operational data
  • Demonstrated experience in business analytics and data mining
  • Experience in a consulting role with national cross-industry clients
  • Proficient in ETL transformations using Alteryx and visualizations in Excel, Tableau, and PowerBI
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Knowledge of SQL and Python is a plus
  • CPA or MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Obtain, validate, normalize, and analyze deal data
  • Collaborate with teams to collect and analyze data across business cycles
  • Consolidate deal data into trend analyses and insights
  • Provide observations on trends and business operations through data analysis
  • Develop clear dashboards to illustrate insights
  • Utilize advanced business intelligence tools for data optimization
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Extensive professional development resources and support
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients
  • Exposure to dynamic middle-market transactions and advisory services
  • Collaborative team environment with seasoned professionals
  • Potential career advancement within the Transaction Advisory Practice.
Full Job Description
As a Data Analytics 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 Transaction Advisory Practice - 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.

This role entails obtaining, validating, normalizing and analyzing deal data (e.g., revenue, cost, unit economics, inventory, etc.). As a key member of the deal team, you'll use your expert knowledge of data manipulation and visualization to identify and articulate insights that impact client deal success.

Your day-to-day may include:

  • Extensive exposure to granular accounting data, including reconciliations between financials and detailed data
  • Collaborate with client teams, adjacent engagement teams, and external advisors to identify, collect, validate, and analyze data from various business cycles (revenue, procurement, supply chain, inventory, etc.)
  • Consolidate and synthesize deal data into trend analysis, insights, and outliers
  • Provide observations into behavior, trends, financials and business operations through data analysis and translate into illustrative visualizations
  • Develop dashboards to clearly articulate the insights reflected
  • Utilize advanced business intelligence tools including complex calculations, table calculations, mapping, data blending and optimization of data extracts
  • Other duties as assigned


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

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting and strong foundational knowledge of accounting processes, systems, reconciliation, and reporting
  • Minimum 2 years of related work experience analyzing large data sets, with specific emphasis on financial and operational data: revenue cycle, profitability, unit economics, labor, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in business analytics and data mining
  • Experience in a similar consulting function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
  • Professional working knowledge of ETL transformations and manipulations using Alteryx as well as visualizations in Excel, Tableau, and PowerBI
  • Excellent written, presentation, leadership, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to identify, visualize, and clearly articulate key trends, outliers, and other patterns observed in your analysis
  • Knowledge of programming languages such as SQL and Python a strong plus
  • CPA / MBA and/or relevant professional certification a strong plus


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

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Salary Range: $80,000 to $135,000 per year.

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