Senior Associate (Consulting)

Senior Consultant

Financial Accounting & Due Diligence

USA: Chicago, IL | San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

MGO is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing Consulting team. This role supports complex engagements involving transaction-related due diligence, fraud investigations, litigation support, forensic accounting, and technical accounting analysis. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, a solid accounting foundation, and experience supporting high-stakes advisory matters.

As a Senior Consultant, you will play a hands-on role in executing engagements, developing financial analyses, and delivering insights that help clients navigate acquisitions, disputes, investigations, regulatory matters, and financial reporting challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform financial due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic transactions, including quality of earnings, working capital, and cash flow analyses.
• Support fraud and internal investigations, including transaction testing, data analysis, tracing of funds, and identification of irregularities.
• Provide litigation support, including damages calculations, expert report support, discovery assistance, and exhibit preparation.
• Conduct forensic and technical accounting analyses in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Analyze general ledger activity, journal entries, bank records, and transactional data to identify trends, risks, and anomalies.
• Prepare clear workpapers, memoranda, and client-ready deliverables.
• Collaborate with Managers and Partners and participate in client discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field; CPA required or CPA-eligible and actively pursuing.
• 3+ years of experience in financial due diligence, forensic accounting, litigation support, fraud investigations, or technical accounting.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and Excel-based analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced advisory environment.

Compensation: $90,000$120,000 + Bonus programs and competitive benefits package.