Senior Associate

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Ankura seeks a Financial Due Diligence Senior Associate to work with our teams on financial due diligence for middle-market US clients. This role supports buy-side and sell-side due diligence within our rapidly growing Transaction Advisory Services. Ankura is one of the fastest-growing consulting firms, with over 2,000 employees in 32 offices worldwide, offering advisory and expert services to both private and public sectors.

Practice Overview:

We are seeking a 'rising star' to join our talented team of Diligence experts. Our professionals provide expert advice and independent analysis on financial and operational efficiency for target companies in both Buy-Side and Sell-Side deals. Our Financial Due Diligence (FDD) practice operates in the United States, Australia, and London with over 20 billable professionals.

Why Join Ankura:

• We support and develop individuals aspiring to be experts.
• Vast opportunities for career development with formal processes, training programs, and access to our internal e-learning platform, Ankura Academy.
• Work within a team of globally recognized leading experts in an established consultancy.
• Enjoy a collaborative environment where professionals have the freedom to innovate, promoting curiosity, learning, and communication.

Essential duties include the following:

• Participate in buy-side and sell-side pre-transaction financial due diligence engagements, providing financial due diligence assistance and advisory services to publicly traded companies, non-public corporations, private equity investors, special purpose acquisition corporations and investment banks across the U.S.
• Build financial models to analyze and synthesize company data to identify historical and projected financial and operational trends, quality of earnings, working capital considerations, and potential liabilities and underlying risks impacting the target company
• Interview and follow up with management at target companies to effectively assess and communicate the company's quality of earnings, net assets, and cash flows
• Develop comprehensive Financial Due Diligence reports that includes Quality of Earnings, Quality of Net Revenue, Debt and Debt-like, Net Working Capital analysis.

Required Education and/or Experience:

• 2+ years' experience in performing audit or M&A / Transaction Advisory Services with a Big Four accounting firm or a recognized consulting firm.
• Master's degree in Accounting / MBA from an accredited college/university.
• Chartered Accountancy certification is preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and data analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau.
• Experience conducting complex quantitative and qualitative financial analysis and ability to generate data-driven insights.
• Ability to work autonomously, meet tight deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Highly motivated, ambitious individual with a strong desire to contribute to our rapidly growing Quality of Earnings service line.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both internally with superiors and externally in client facing interactions
• Results oriented with a strong track record of developing creative approaches and the solutions necessary to resolve complex problems with great attention to detail.

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