As a Financial Due Diligence Manager, you’ll focus on middle-market transactions, serving dynamic organizations with experienced professionals who bring a full range of advisory services to validate, optimize and create value for the Grant Thornton | Stax Transactions – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. Our Financial Due Diligence solution is comprised of several integrated capabilities that support our clients' needs throughout the transaction lifecycle.
From day one, you’ll be empowered to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.
Your day-to-day may include:
- Manage financial due diligence professionals on buy-side and sell-side transactions for our client base which includes corporate clients, private equity groups and commercial lenders
- Manage engagements throughout the transaction lifecycle and coordinate other Grant Thornton capabilities by leveraging the expertise of other service lines, cross-functional teams, and international colleagues as needed
- Plan, execute, direct and complete financial due diligence for financial and corporate strategic buyers from a variety of industries
- Examine & analyze client data to identify key trends, quality of earnings adjustments and net working capital impacts
- Draft reports to socialize our findings around quality of earnings, networking capital and business performance along with insights around the key financial and business issues in a transaction
- Manage client expectations concerning timing, progress, deliverables, deadlines, and lead change efforts effectively.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships
- Team with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls
- Recruit, manage, mentor, and train senior associates and associates
- Assess performance of senior associates and associates for engagement and year-end reviews
- Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills, qualifications, and abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field required, Advanced degree preferred
- Minimum 6 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level required
- Industry recognized professional certification required, CPA or related license/certification preferred
- Strong current knowledge in US GAAP, GAAS, SEC Reporting, transaction advisory services or mergers and acquisitions required
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous project in a rapidly growing practice
- Strong leadership, business development, recruitment, training, and mentoring skills
- Excellent written, presentation, leadership, and interpersonal communications skills
- Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 25%
The base salary range for this position in the firm's Chicago, IL office is between $128,000 and $192,000
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