Associate, Exit Planning and Transaction Support

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equitys value creation partner we sit at the heart of PEwhere sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data technology and AI we help clients drive valuesupporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow come solve complex issues alongside 1400 finance & technology experts in a supportive collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe we are a high-growth entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

Strategic Finance Practice Exit Planning and Transaction Support Sub-Practice

This position is an exciting opportunity to join our Exit Planning and Transaction Support sub-practice which is a dedicated transaction-focused team within our broader Strategic Finance practice. This position requires candidates to have 3 to 5 years of experience in investment banking private equity or quality of earnings.

Strategic Finance : Accordions Strategic Finance practice provides strategic advisory to CFOs to unlock end-to-end value creation partnering with Finance teams on building capabilities to enhance performance visibility planning activities and data analytics to enable and accelerate value creation. By combining extensive operational FP&A experience data and technology skills and a proprietary engagement model we develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigor and pace required in a private equity-backed environment.

Exit Planning and Transaction Support : Our Exit Planning and Transaction Support sub-practice sitting within our broader Strategic Finance practice focuses on the full spectrum of M&A execution : from financial modeling valuation and analytical support to serving in a bolt-on corporate development capacity. From quarterbacking current deals to developing playbooks and best practices for a robust acquisition strategy from the fund level to the portfolio level from platforms to add-ons to carve outs no job is too small no fee is too addition to analyzing the financial and operational data we help quantify current and future value creation opportunities enabling investors to easily understand the trapped value within the business.

This position can be based in any of our U.S. offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week with preferred locations being NYC Boston Chicago or Dallas.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What Youll Do :

As an Associate on a lean cross-functional team you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues to guide clients through a variety of transaction-related projects focused on preparing companies for sale and supporting them throughout the deal process. You will :

• Work with company management private equity deal and operating teams investment bankers and other third parties to support the development of an equity story and other go-to-market materials
• Utilize both Excel and Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI Power Query and Power Pivot) to develop a variety of granular financial operational and business segment analyses
• Analyze quantify and validate deal-related assumptions including synergies add-backs and pro-forma financials
• Manage and / or support the development and population of an investor-ready data room
• Work with CFOs and their teams respond to due diligence and other deal-related questions from either financial (private equity) or strategic (corporate) buyers
• Travel to client site as needed

The following representative engagement is emblematic of the type of work youll do as an Associate at Accordion : A PE-owned SaaS company requires sale preparation and related transaction support. Accordion has been engaged to take a leadership role alongside the CFO in the sell-side process. The deliverables include historical financial reporting financial and operational KPIs a 5-year financial projection model and identification of value creation initiatives (realized and yet to be realized) to maximize the exit valuation. The Accordion team will serve as an extension of the CFOs office to support a sale by responding to requests from investment banks the executive team and the sponsor during the preparation process and to potential buyers during the sale process.

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The annual salary for this role ranges from : $120000 to $170000 benefits bonus.

Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to geographic location skill set years and depth of experience education certifications cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency person or entity.

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 120000 - 170000