Supervising Senior - Mergers & Acquisitions

Connor Group

$100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
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)
  • CPA preferred or actively pursuing certification
  • Familiarity with forecasting tools (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan)
  • Experience with advanced data applications (e.g., Power Query, Alteryx)
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel
  • International experience is an asset, though not required

Responsibilities

  • Perform financial and accounting due diligence for buy-side or sell-side engagements.
  • Identify and communicate critical deal issues and business strengths and weaknesses to clients.
  • Conduct valuations using various analytical methods including discounted cash flow and market comparables.
  • Analyze strategic positions of companies alongside their forecasts.
  • Conduct research and industry analyses to support findings.
  • Review purchase price allocations and financial assumptions.
  • Address post-closing matters to enhance profitability and cash flow.
  • Interact with target company personnel and clients for due diligence processes.
  • Prepare detailed due diligence reports summarizing findings and analyses.
  • Assist in finalizing opening balance sheets and working capital calculations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for international experience
  • Exposure to advanced data applications
  • Development of financial and analytical skills
  • Collaboration with diverse teams and clients
  • Supportive environment for CPA certification pursuit
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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