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 related field required
  • 2-5 years of relevant experience in public accounting or financial due diligence (FDD)
  • CPA certification preferred or in progress
  • Familiarity with forecast and budgeting tools like Adaptive or Anaplan
  • International experience is a plus
  • Experience with advanced data applications like Power Query or Alteryx
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct due diligence for buy-side or sell-side engagements
  • Identify critical deal issues and assess business strengths and weaknesses
  • Perform company valuations using various financial methods
  • Analyze strategic positions and financial forecasts of companies
  • Conduct research and industry analyses
  • Review purchase price allocations
  • Challenge financial projections and assumptions effectively
  • Address post-closing matters to enhance profitability and cash flows
  • Engage with target company personnel and clients extensively
  • Prepare due diligence reports summarizing analyses and findings
  • Assist with finalizing opening balance sheets and working capital calculations
  • Utilize advanced Excel functionalities for data analysis.

Benefits

  • Willingness to travel up to 10%
  • Opportunity to work with diverse clients in financial transactions
  • Engagement in challenging and varied financial analyses
  • Potential for career growth through exposure to international markets
  • Collaborative working environment with experienced professionals.
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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