Valuation - Senior Associate

Job Description:
VALUATION-SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/FINANCIAL ANALYST

POSITION SUMMARY

Grant Thorntons Economic Advisory Services (EAS) offers expert advice to clients on critical financial and economic events and transactions facing their business. We offer a broad range of services in litigation support and business valuation and assist our clients with challenging financial and economic issues in complex litigation and other business dispute cases as well as services in investigations of allegations related to fraud and/or irregularities, bankruptcy, workouts, turnarounds, economic impact studies, computer fraud, and forensics.

The Senior EAS Associate is responsible for delivering a full range of services to clients and all phases of project and engagement management for multiple clients. Responsibilities include planning, directing, and completing projects and services in litigation support, business valuation, and forensics; developing and supervising staff; and assisting in client management and practice development activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

-Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
-Run client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing EAS projects and services and managing to budget.
-Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on audit process and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews; perform in-charge role as needed.

Litigation Support:
-Conduct research and analyses and supply information to assist management in consulting on large and complex litigated disputes and providing valuable financial insight and clarity to counsel during all stages of a business dispute, from case theory development and discovery to expert witness testimony.
-Assist in preparing questions for discovery and deposition of potential witnesses, assist in reviewing and refuting the testimony and analysis of expert witnesses, design court exhibits, and participate in depositions and court as necessary.
-Assist management in developing long-term relationships with litigators by developing relationships with their staff.

Valuation:
-Apply business valuation approaches and methods to a variety of tangible and non-tangible assets, including equity valuations, option analyses, and purchase allocations.
-Assemble, maintain, and finalize working papers that support valuations with minimal supervision.

Other:
-Plan, organize, conduct, and supervise a variety of forensic accounting activities to investigate fraud or other irregularities.
-Perform data and document intensive financial analysis and modeling/projections, strategic analysis, economic and statistical analysis, due diligence, valuation analysis, damage calculations and analysis, forensic accounting procedures, GAAP/GAAS litigation support, industry research, and related investigative assignments.
-Supervise and perform research related to cases as well as document identification, acquisition, and management, and the preparation of demonstratives; write opinion letters and reports.
-Participate in conducting presentations and seminars.
-Assist in writing articles for various industries, firm, and other publications.
-Maintain a good working relationship with clients to enhance customer satisfaction and work with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
-Proactively interact with key client management to gather information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
-Assist partners and senior management on proposals and business development calls.
-Gain comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes, and business objectives and utilize that knowledge on engagements.

Job Experience:
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

-Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
-Two to four+ years of progressive experience in public accounting or consulting with experience in litigation support, business valuation, or forensics.
-Certification/license as CPA, CMA, CFA and valuation credentials such as CVA, ABV, AVA, or ASA preferred.
-Accounting, finance, and economics knowledge; proficiency in US GAAP and GAAS preferred.
-Litigation Support/Consulting: Some experience in assisting management in consulting litigators on developing, evaluating, and settling case strategies and preparation of attorney work product to support case strategies; experience preparing expert reports, preferably in federal court for damage calculations, and documenting the results of investigations; and experience in damage calculations.
-Valuation: Some experience in broad-based business and financial valuations, multi-discipline appraisals, and fairness opinions, especially those of closely held companies, focusing on federal and state tax, financial report, and estate planning, as well as for tangible and intangible assets including purchase price allocations, intellectual property, ESOPs, and estate and gift and other non-litigation valuations; knowledge in FAS 141/142.
-Experience in fraud investigation and forensic accounting a plus.
-Analytical with experience in financial analysis and modeling, econometrics, statistics, and regression analysis.
-Ability to supervise staff and lead projects.
-Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.
-Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.
-Strong leadership, recruiting, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written (including technical writing), and presentation skills.
-Excellent analytical, research, organizational, and project management skills.
-Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and audit preparation software.
-Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.

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Minimum Education Required: Bachelor

Years of Experience Required: 3-5 Years

Expected Travel Time: About 50%