Financial Due Diligence Consultant- Post Merger CFO

Financial Due Diligence Consultant
Contract to hire Operating Partner pathway (CFO / finance track)
You will test whether a targets earnings cash flow and debt are what management says they are. Your quality-of-earnings work sets the price and shapes the post-close finance plan.
What youll do

• Build quality-of-earnings analyses: normalize EBITDA and quantify add-backs and one-time items.
• Examine historical earnings cash conversion and net working capital trends; propose a working capital peg.
• Identify debt and debt-like items off-balance-sheet obligations and contingent liabilities.
• Verify reporting accuracy: revenue recognition cut-off reserves and accounting policies.
• Tie financial results to operating drivers such as yield throughput pricing and inventory.
• Stress-test management projections with scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Feed findings into the purchase agreement valuation model and lender package.
• After close set up the 13-week cash forecast KPI reporting and finance integration.

• 7 years in transaction services audit or corporate finance; 3 years of buy-side or sell-side diligence.
• CPA or CA strongly preferred; CFA or MBA a plus.
• Expert Excel and financial modeling; experience with data rooms and analytics tools.
• Knowledge of US GAAP; IFRS a plus for cross-border deals.
• Industrial manufacturing or PE portfolio company background preferred.

Required Experience:

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