A&A Senior - Transaction Advisory

A&A Senior - Transaction Advisory

Do you want a career without limits? Do you want to shape your own future and be surrounded by people who listen? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you at Smith + Howard.

Smith + Howard is a family of companies that offers tax, audit, accounting and advisory and wealth management services. We are headquartered in Atlanta with offices across the Southeast, while still offering a local firm flavor.

We offer competitive pay, excellent training opportunities and great benefits. You can help influence our culture and have the support and dedication from our leaders to help you achieve your career goals. Smith + Howard provides a great opportunity for professional growth and advancement within one of the nation’s top accounting firms.

If you are ready to make a career move and join a firm consistently named a “Best of the Best Firms” (Inside Public Accounting), we invite you to complete our employment application.

Summary

As a Senior within the Advisory team, you will work as part of a team of critical thinkers to help clients understand and solve complex client issues. You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day tasks necessary to drive a project from planning through completion. You will also be responsible for a variety of engagements such as transaction advisory services, process improvement, internal controls assessment and testing and general management consulting.

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with clients, managers and partners in providing financial and operational analysis with respect to buy and sell-side financial due diligence engagements.
• Act as the responsible party for specific engagements for both buy-side and sell-side engagements with investment banks, private equity groups and other corporate buyers.
• Analyze historical financial statements and evaluate operational trends.
• Help to lead, prepare, or delegate and oversee preparation of Quality of Earnings databooks, proof of cash exercises, and management interviews.
• Coordinate with the internal team and Management regarding client expectations, timing, and logistics.
• Effectively write and communicate the results of the findings from our procedures.
• Help to train and supervise lower-level staff members.

Position Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of public accounting experience in Quality of Earnings or other Transaction Advisory Services
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Well-developed decision-making skills and initiative to make those decisions
• Work calmly and effectively under pressure
• Prioritize a heavy workload and remain organized
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team setting
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems creatively
• Demonstrated ability with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power Point
• Must be able to work additional hours as needed to meet client deliverables
• Some travel is required to various client sites depending on the scope of the engagements
• Licensed CPA is a plus

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