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Position Title: Financial Due Diligence Manager - REMOTE
Functional Role: lead and manage financial due diligence engagements for buy-side and sell side transactions
Hourly rate: $60.00 - $80.00 p/hr. – DOE
open-ended engagement
POSITION INSIGHT
Reason Position Is Open: need help within the group
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
- CPA a plus
- Transaction Advisory
- Direct exposure to financial due diligence engagements
Seeking a Financial Due Diligence Manager ready for greater client exposure, influence over engagement strategy, and a path to leadership.
This is not a head-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
About the Transaction Advisory Team
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- 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
Salary : $60 - $80