Senior Associate - Transaction Advisory Services

Job Summary Senior Associate - Transaction Advisory Services Location: Chicago, Illinois – Remote What To Expect When You Join Sikich Team members at Sikich share a desire for growth and a shared purpose in their professional lives. Through varied perspectives, challenging the status quo, and rewarding action, we accelerate innovation and drive growth for our clients, ourselves, and our communities. Are you ready to grow with us? Position Summary Reporting to the TAS Manager, the Senior Associate will perform financial due diligence for clients acquiring businesses, identify and analyze business and financial risks and opportunities, and advise strategic and private‑equity buyers and sellers on alternative strategies for acquisition, disposition, and restructuring. Responsibilities Perform financial due diligence for clients acquiring businesses. Identify and analyze business and financial risks and opportunities while advising strategic and private equity buyers and sellers on alternative strategies for acquisition, disposition, and restructuring of businesses. Aggregate, manipulate, and analyze target company data to identify historical and projected financial and operating trends, quality of earnings, and working capital considerations. Work on multiple projects of varying size and complexity. Participate in client meetings and site visits while interacting with top‑level management to obtain pertinent information for financial analysis. Travel as needed to various client sites, domestic or international. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience. 4+ years of public accounting experience, preferably within a transaction advisory role (CPA preferred). Exceptional professional communication skills, both verbal and written, with clients including C‑level executives. Strong current knowledge of U.S. GAAP, familiarity with the M&A process and market, prior experience or familiarity in transaction advisory, private equity, or investment banking, and strong project management skills. Preferred Skills Active CPA certification or in the process of obtaining one. Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities. Strong project management capabilities. Ability to flourish and be effective in fast‑paced settings. Flexibility to work as a team member and as a single contributor. Proficiency in Microsoft Suite. Specific Leadership & Collaboration Skills Servant Leader: Hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture. Solutions Focused: See opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions. Collaboration: Relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units. Instills Trust: Acts with integrity, is consistent, and is perceived as credible. Impact & Influence Thinking: Gains support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and gets others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives and objectives. About Sikich Sikich is a global company specializing in Accounting, Advisory, and Technical professional services. With employees across the globe, Sikich ranks as one of the largest professional services companies in the United States. Our comprehensive skillsets, obtained over decades of experience as entrepreneurs, business owners, and industry innovators, allow us to provide insights and transformative strategies to help strengthen every dimension of our clients’ businesses. Sikich Total Rewards Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy activated on the first day of employment. Paid holidays and flexible time off during the last week of the calendar year, when client and project work permits. Comprehensive wellness program with activities tracked through a wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards. Flexible work arrangements. Health, dental, vision, life, and accidental/death/disability insurance options. HSA employer contribution. Nine paid holidays annually. Robust paid parental bonding leave covering birth, adoption, and foster children. 401(k) with employer contributions. CPA bonus with four paid exam days and four paid study days. Tuition reimbursement. Generous employee referral bonus program. Client referral bonus program. Pet insurance. FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program allowing each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer. Application & Contact Want to learn more? Visit our Careers website or Glassdoor profile . Sikich is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Official correspondence will come from a Sikich.com email address and applicants/candidates are invited to contact us directly to verify communications. Sikich currently practices in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Sikich CPA LLC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and attest services to its clients. Sikich LLC has a contractual arrangement with Sikich CPA LLC under which Sikich LLC provides Sikich CPA LLC with professional and support personnel and other services to support Sikich CPA LLC’s performance of its professional services, and Sikich CPA LLC shares certain client information with Sikich LLC with respect to the provision of such services. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sikich