Consultant, Transaction Advisory

Job Description

Managing Consultant – Corporate Finance – Transaction Advisory | BRG

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at BRG, a global consulting firm comprising specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and data scientists. BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with business expertise across economics, disputes, investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement services. This role is crucial for supporting BRG’s Corporate Finance – Transaction Advisory client service teams, directly contributing to buy and sell side diligence engagements by articulating key financial and business issues and value drivers.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified
• Pay: $120000–$185000 yearly
• Team: Corporate Finance – Transaction Advisory client service teams
• Mission: Support buy and sell side diligence engagements by identifying key financial and business issues and value drivers.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Capital IQ, Bloomberg

What You’ll Actually Do
• Client Support: Support the day-to-day activities of client service teams executing on buy and sell side diligence engagements.
• Project Leadership: Demonstrate consistent project delegation, supervision, and leadership skills across all areas of an engagement.
• Financial Analysis: Utilize business, finance, accounting, and analytical skills to perform tasks such as quality of earnings, financial trend analysis, and working capital trending.
• Deliverable Creation: Lead the preparation of reports, written analyses, presentations, and other client deliverables.
• Practice Development: Participate in the development of the consulting practice, including assisting in marketing, client pitches, and product development.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree equivalent in Business, Accounting/Finance, Management, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience: 6+ years of work experience, ideally in a consulting or professional services environment, with expertise in financial modeling and analysis, particularly in Excel.
• Skills: Financial statement review and reconciliations, quality of earnings, quality of net working capital, business and transactional performance, and strong problem solving and project management abilities.
• Bonus: MBA or CPA, CFA (or equivalent), or technical/GAAP accounting expertise, along with willingness to travel up to 25%.