Our Corporate Finance Service Line acts as the investment banking arm of Kroll. They focus on providing merger and acquisition (M&A), transaction opinion, and restructuring advisory services. Hundreds of public corporations, financial sponsors, family-owned businesses and other middle-market and growth companies have met their strategic goals through Kroll’s managed sell-side, acquisition or carve-out advisory transaction. Our team has particular expertise in situations absent of a market-clearing mechanism, where advisor independence is paramount, and where scrutiny is elevated.
We are looking for Senior Associate to join our Corporate Finance-M&A team.
Day-to-day responsibilities:
The concerned Senior Associate will act as an M&A specialist, working as a part of our Global Corporate Finance-M&A team on a variety of engagements. Individuals will be assigned a wide variety of projects and given as much responsibility as their experience and capabilities permit.
- Work directly with global colleagues throughout all phases of deal life cycle execution
- Perform company, industry, market/competitor research, followed by professional presentation in PowerPoint/Word
- Work directly with the local manager/global colleagues and support engagement team on key specialized tasks such as M&A buyer searches, key facts research, market/industry/economic overview research and analysis, comparable company analysis/comparable transaction analysis, screening, etc. in both normal and high-pressure situations
- Prepare financial models and provide analytical support for M&A
- Draft situation analyses, pitch materials, information memoranda and management presentations in support of M&A assignments
- Work on short and long form newsletters and periodicals, ensuring timely delivery for release
- Ensure high quality of client deliverables by having strong attention to detail and self - review
- Ensure completion of project in a timely manner
- Track news articles, stories published on subject companies and summarize it neatly to be shared with global counterparts in the format requested
- Assistance in maintaining the data room and coordinating management meetings
Essential traits:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or Management (with a concentration in Accounting, Economics or Finance) from an accredited university or college
- 4-6 years of relevant experience in working on M&A deals is preferred
- Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple engagements and manage rapidly changing assignments in a team environment
- A critical thinker who can quickly evaluate and analyze companies and financial information
- An independent player who can take onus upon themselves and strive to work to betterment
- Knowledge of data sources like Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Mergermarket, Factset is an add-on
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills, as well as strong writing and communication skills
- Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Comfortable with formatting in PowerPoint
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively with senior professionals in an engagement team
- Flexibility to work on different assignments, sometime spanning different service lines
- Demonstrated leadership experience and strong personal integrity
- Ability to master new tasks quickly
- Demonstrated commitment to obtaining outstanding results
- Ability and willingness to work long hours and on weekends
About Kroll
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Management with a concentration in Accounting, Economics, or Finance
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple engagements in a rapidly changing team environment
- Critical thinking and ability to evaluate and analyze companies and financial information
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- PowerPoint formatting proficiency
- High attention to detail and self-review capability
- Ability to work effectively with senior professionals
- Flexibility to work on different assignments and service lines
- Demonstrated leadership experience and personal integrity
- Ability to master new tasks quickly
- Commitment to obtaining outstanding results
- Ability and willingness to work long hours and weekends
- Four to six years of relevant M&A deal experience
- Knowledge of Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Mergermarket, or FactSet
Kroll Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options are part of the U.S. package, alongside life and AD&D. Breadth across core health benefits is positioned as competitive for a large advisory firm.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is a core element of the package. Retirement support is consistently highlighted as competitive within total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, sick leave, and PTO are included, with generous time off and parental/family leave for U.S. roles. Some roles also offer hybrid/WFH flexibility that complements time-off usability.
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