Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate

Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate As a Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate, you’ll focus on middle‑market transactions, serving dynamic organizations. You’ll work with professionals who bring a full range of advisory services to validate, optimize and create value for Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions – supported by resources and an environment designed to help you excel. Our Financial Due Diligence solution is comprised of several integrated capabilities that support our clients’ needs throughout the transaction lifecycle. Your day‑to‑day may include: Perform buy‑side and sell‑side transaction advisory engagements, providing carve‑outs and similar services to clients, private equity investors, and asset‑based lenders. Help organizations realize the potential of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and various transactions within the capital markets. Perform financial due diligence on key areas of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet. Formulate questions and propose basic adjustments based on key risks and business drivers. Lead analysis on key operational data, net working capital, debt, and debt‑like items. Lead initial drafts of reports (including Quality of Earnings reports) highlighting key financial findings of potential investments and drivers behind sustainable profits and cash flows. Create and design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, achievability of management’s budget, indebtedness considerations, borrowing base calculations, and/or business combinations and carve‑out financial statements. Team with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls. Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization). Supervise, train and mentor associates. Assess performance of associates for engagement and year‑end reviews. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications and Abilities Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required; advanced degree preferred. 2 to 6 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross‑industry clients at a national level required. CPA preferred or CPA in process preferred. Solid experience in accounting, audit, or transaction advisory services. Strong current knowledge of US GAAP, GAAS, SEC Reporting, and transaction advisory services or mergers and acquisitions. Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects in a rapidly growing practice. Strong leadership, business development, recruitment, training, and mentoring skills. Excellent written, presentation, leadership, and interpersonal communication skills. Prior relevant consulting experience preferred. Can travel as needed; expected travel up to 25%. The base salary range for this position in the firm’s Denver, CO office is between $96,000 and $144,000. The base salary range in the firm’s Los Angeles, CA office is between $103,700 and $155,500. Benefits We support you with comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period. Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. 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