Valuation Senior Associate

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Ready to take the next step in your valuation career? Join Cherry Bekaert’s Valuation Services () practice as a Senior Associate where you’ll tackle sophisticated valuation analyses, present conclusions to clients and other stakeholders, and provide direction and mentorship to Associate-level professionals. Our diverse client base of private equity firms, alternative asset managers, Business Development Companies (BDCs), privately held businesses, and publicly traded companies consistently rely on our team for expertise in areas including, but not limited to, enterprise, debt, equity, and intangible asset valuations, purchase price allocations, financial statement analysis, and market research.

• Perform valuations of business enterprises, debt instruments, equity securities, and hybrid or structured securities using methodologies including discounted cash flow, comparable transactions, and comparable public companies
• Analyze historical financial and operating results, evaluate business trends and risks, and challenge assumptions underlying future financial projections
• Construct and review valuation and financial models, perform financial statement analysis, and assist in developing discount rates including WACC, IRR, and WARA
• Perform purchase price allocations for financial reporting and/or tax purposes under U.S. GAAP
• Review investment memoranda, investor presentations, credit and equity agreements, and financial models to understand portfolio companies and securities under analysis
• Conduct market and industry research, develop industry growth estimates, and help prepare valuation reports and other client deliverables
• Present analyses and conclusions to internal management, client points of contact, boards of directors, and fiduciaries while directing engagement activity and providing review and mentorship to Associate-level professionals

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
• Willingness to pursue a relevant professional credential such as CFA or ASA
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience performing work related to fair value of debt or equity, purchase price allocations, and/or goodwill impairments within public accounting, consulting, or investment banking
• Functional understanding of financial statement analysis, including the ability to work through key assumptions, caveats, and limitations
• Fundamental understanding of financial valuation theory, methodologies, and applications
• Demonstrated technical skills building or working with financial models in Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of AI technologies and platforms, with a passion for leveraging innovative tools to enhance valuation analyses and engagement delivery

• Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
• The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you
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