What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Due Diligence Manager position at Fahrenheit Advisors and Careers?
Smith and Howard is growing its Transaction Advisory Services team in Atlanta and is seeking a Financial Due Diligence Manager ready for greater client exposure, influence over engagement strategy, and a path to leadership.
This is not a heads-down, silo’ed diligence role. This is an opportunity to:
- Lead middle-market transactions from start to finish
- Work directly with partners and private equity clients
- Influence practice growth in an expanding team
- Operate with meaningful autonomy
- Chart a clear path toward senior leadership
Backed by the broader Smith & Howard platform, you’ll have the resources and support of an established firm, combined with the agility of a growing advisory team.
About the Transaction Advisory Team
Smith and Howard’s Transaction Advisory team supports clients across the transaction lifecycle, including:
- Buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence
- Quality of earnings analysis
- Net working capital analysis
- Tax structuring and transaction tax implications
- SALT considerations
- Communication with private equity and investor groups
The team partners closely with clients to validate performance, uncover value drivers, and provide clarity at critical decision points.
What You’ll Do
As a Financial Due Diligence Manager, you will:
- Lead and manage financial due diligence engagements for buy-side and sell-side transactions
- Direct engagement teams, coordinating across internal service lines and ensuring quality, timeliness, and technical accuracy
- Analyze financial data to identify key trends, quality of earnings adjustments, and net working capital impacts
- Draft clear, concise reports outlining findings related to QofE, working capital, and business performance
- Manage client expectations around timing, deliverables, and transaction milestones
- Build and maintain strong client relationships
- Partner with senior leadership on proposals and business development efforts
- Recruit, mentor, and develop senior associates and associates
- Conduct performance evaluations and engagement reviews
- Travel up to 10% as needed
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required
- 4-8 years of experience in public accounting, transaction advisory, or a national consulting practice, including direct exposure to financial due diligence engagements
- CPA or related license/certification preferred
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, GAAS, transaction advisory services, and M&A
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-growing practice
- Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and team development skills
- Business development experience and client-facing confidence
If you’re ready to move beyond simply executing diligence and want to help build a high-performing advisory practice while advancing your own career, we’d welcome a conversation.