Overview
This role supports private equity–held portfolio companies by helping improve transparency into key drivers and business performance. Responsibilities focus on preserving and generating value through hands-on involvement in clients’ operations, including supporting credible plans and the ability to execute and deliver financial outcomes.
Service Pillars
- Liquidity & Working Capital Optimization
- Strategic Analytics & Planning
- Performance Measurement & Management
- Business Transformation
- Auxiliary Services: Accounting Remediation
Responsibilities
Hypothesis / Scope Development
- Connect with clients to facilitate information gathering
- Guide and facilitate client interviews to ensure all relevant data are considered and pursued
- Define the analyses needed to prove or disprove assumptions, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely execution
- Apply industry and functional knowledge to identify business drivers and issues
- Understand and develop frameworks given project parameters
- Develop actionable conclusions from analyses
Project Management and Implementation
- Lead components of projects involving multiple service lines; lead smaller projects independently
- Proactively manage client expectations and minimize risks and negative impacts on the project
- Develop straightforward, actionable plans and lead individual workstreams independently
- Design cash-generating initiatives, EBITDA improvements, and optimal organizational structures to drive client value
- Anticipate risks and obstacles early, create contingency plans, and communicate timely with clients
- Engage collaboratively with senior management; obtain buy-in from senior management/board members on actionable plans
Leadership
- Leverage industry expertise and prior professional services experience to guide teams and promote innovative and analytical thinking
- Take accountability for client and team-identified issues
- Build complementary teams by leveraging individuals’ talents and capabilities
Financial Acumen
- Demonstrate complete proficiency in financial modeling and financial statements analysis and accounting treatments
- Identify and drive P&L and B/S accountability
- Utilize tools and resources to drive change management
- Interpret financial statements and understand how information is captured and used; streamline processes
- Experience in Controllership, Finance and Accounting Advisory Services
Qualifications & Experience
- Graduate of an accredited 4-year college/university with educational concentration in relevant areas (accounting, finance, economics) preferred but not required
- Over 12 years of experience related to: Accounting/Finance, Financial Due Diligence, Restructuring, Investment Banking, or Private Equity
- Complete proficiency in understanding financial models, data analytics, and presentation skills
- CPA, CFA, MBA, or Master’s Degree preferred but not required
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $150,000–$225,000 annually, dependent on education, experience, skills, and geography
- Discretionary bonus program based on factors including individual and firm performance (ask recruiter for details)
- Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week may participate in fringe benefits including: healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages (rates determined from time to time) and a 401(k) retirement plan
- Provided eligibility requirements are met, employees receive a discretionary contribution to their 401(k)
- Paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave
- Vacation and personal day amounts vary based on tenure and role type
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