Deals Services - Senior Associate, Strategic Finance and FP&A, Advanced Decision Modeling (Boston/Hybrid)

RSMUS is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our Accounting and Finance Consulting practice within our Strategic Finance and FP&A solution set. We advise clients on strategic planning, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) , budgeting, and capital structure optimization throughout various stages of a company's life cycle via in-depth consulting and financial modeling.

The ideal S enior Associate candidate has 2 + years of related experience in a high growth and fast paced setting and has extensive experience performing in-depth company valuations, building detailed operating and cash flow models, assessing industry and competitive landscapes, performing due diligence, and executing both M&A transactions and private / public financings.

The ideal candidate has client facing experience from consulting, public accounting, private equity, venture capital or investment banking. High upside candidates with backgrounds in FP&A will also be considered. Advanced financial modeling experience is required for any candidate to be considered.

- Analyze financial information to forecast business expectations and develop financial analytics solutions for strategic planning; develop investment values; deal analysis associated with mergers and acquisitions, integrations and divestitures

- Interpret data and propose strategies based on future risk trends, market and industry influences, Evaluate current and historical financial data

- Be current with business and economic issues relevant to the client's business.

- Utilize technology and tools to provide innovative high value services

- Consistently deliver quality client services by monitoring progress and demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge

- Bachelor's degree in Business , Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field, plus 3-5 years of post-bachelor's, work experience involving financial analysis; OR a Master's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field, plus 3-5 years of related work experience involving financial analysis

- Prior knowledge working with a formal commercial banking, equity research or valuation practice within an investment banking, commercial banking, financial planning and analysis, accounting, or consulting firm, or experience working within an in house-corporate development or FP&A team

- Experience building financial analytics models and tools from scratch in MS Excel and experience with one or more of the following: VBA, MS Access, SQL Server, Data Visualization applications (such as Tableau, Power BI, or Spotfire), and Alteryx

- Expert at developing and explaining fully integrated 3-Statement financial models in Microsoft Excel

- Advanced level of proficiency in modeling Equity, Debt, and hybrid instruments as they relate to a transaction or strategic finance related event

- Proficiency and experience creating board level and management ready presentations in Power Point highlighting key Client deliverables, findings, and solutions

- Advanced level of proficiency developing consolidated, Business Unit, Business Line, and asset-level forecasts using both bottoms-up and top-down approaches

- Strong fundamental valuation skills including exceptional understanding of both the income and market approaches