Supervising Senior - Mergers & Acquisitions

Connor Group

$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent required
  • 2-5 years of prior experience in public accounting or Financial Due Diligence (FDD) required
  • CPA preferred or actively pursuing certification
  • Familiarity with forecasting and budgeting tools such as Adaptive or Anaplan
  • International experience is advantageous but not a requirement
  • Experience with advanced data applications like Power Query and Alteryx
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel

Responsibilities

  • Perform financial and accounting due diligence procedures for engagements.
  • Identify and communicate critical deal issues and business strengths/weaknesses to clients.
  • Conduct valuations using discounted cash flow and comparable methods.
  • Analyze strategic positions of companies and their forecasts.
  • Conduct research and industry analyses.
  • Review purchase price allocations.
  • Challenge assumptions in financial projections and identify post-closing matters.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and advancement within the company.
  • Exposure to diverse financial transactions and industries.
  • Dynamic work environment that encourages interaction with clients and target company personnel.
  • Potential for remote work flexibility under certain circumstances.
  • Access to advanced software tools and technologies to enhance analytical skills.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
• Perform financial and accounting due diligence procedures for buy-side or sell-side

engagements.
• Identify and communicate (i) critical deal issues and (ii) the strength and weakness of

the business against industry benchmarks to client management that could impact the

purchase price or the deal structure.
• Perform valuation using discounted cash flow, public company comparable, and

transaction comparable methods.
• Analyze companies' strategic positions and corresponding forecasts.
• Perform research and industry analyses.
• Review purchase price allocations.
• Challenge assumptions related to future financial projections.
• Identify and address critical post-closing matters to ensure improvements in profitability

and cash flows.
• Interact extensively with personnel of target companies and clients.
• Review and prepare due diligence reports outlining analyses and findings.
• Assist with the finalization of (i) opening balance sheets of purchase price allocations

and (ii) closing working capital calculations.
• Comfortability with advanced Excel functionalities: building flatfiles, pivot tables, macros,

and using advanced formulas such as SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, INDIRECT.

Desired Skills & Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent required
• 2-5 years of prior experience in public accounting or FDD required
• CPA preferred or actively pursuing completion of certification
• Knowledge in forecast and budget tool (Adaptive, Anaplan, etc.)
• International experience (beneficial but not required)
• Experience with advanced data applications like Power Query and/or Alteryx
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite with strong Excel skills
• Willingness to travel up to 10%

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