Senior Associate – M&A Financial Due Diligence

Job Description

Senior Associate, Corporate Transactions Group – FDD | Alvarez & Marsal

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Alvarez & Marsal, a global consulting firm with over 10,000 professionals, known for its hands-on approach and entrepreneurial culture. The firm solves client problems and helps them reach their potential, guided by core values like Integrity and Quality. This role in the Corporate Transactions Group is critical for providing corporate clients with deep leadership and expertise to navigate M&A deal cycles, ensuring value creation from due diligence through post-close implementation.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Travel Required
• Pay: $130000 yearly
• Team: Corporate Transactions Group (CTG), working with professionals and mentoring associates/analysts.
• Mission: Lead core financial due diligence to identify risks, assess business strengths, and evaluate transactions within clients’ investment strategies.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Diligence: Assist in core financial due diligence, pinpointing key risks, potential deal breakers, and evaluating business strengths against industry benchmarks.
• Analysis: Analyze detailed financial statements and operational data, converting it into meaningful information to drive discussions and conclusions with target management.
• Reporting: Construct deal-oriented reports and presentations for clients, highlighting financial findings and their impact on valuation, purchase agreements, and negotiation points.
• Engagement: Participate in meetings with target company management and clients, serving as a secondary contact for day-to-day execution matters.
• Mentoring: Counsel and mentor CTG associates and analysts, contribute to training initiatives, and review their work for development.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting or a related major, with a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent credential.
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years of financial accounting due diligence experience or equivalent acquired at a top accounting firm.
• Skills: High proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and database skills; working knowledge of US GAAP, SEC reporting, and purchase accounting; excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal); and proficient in basic project management skills.
• Bonus: Ability to work effectively as both a team member and an individual contributor, with the flexibility to adapt and thrive in dynamic settings.