Deal Advisory Senior Manager

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Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach today’s toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions. To meet this commitment, Cherry Bekaert will provide you with the space to pursue growth and development opportunities that will guide and support you at each stage of your personal and professional journey.

To support the continued growth of our Deal Advisory () practice, an opportunity has been created for a Senior Manager to join our high performing team with the flexibility to sit in multiple offices throughout our footprint or possibly remote for the right resource. Our National Deal Advisory practice supports M&A activities of our Private Equity clients and strategic corporations across the US and internationally.

Our services include buy-side due diligence, sell-side due diligence, working capital assistance, merger integration and optimization, divestitures and carve outs. Throughout 2024, our team advised on ~600 deal with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $19B.

Our ideal candidate has demonstrated experience leading the execution of engagements and is equally as comfortable participating in strategic discussions with executive leaders as they are performing relevant deal analysis. If you’re ready to join our team of seasoned, expert, nationally acclaimed and knowledgeable professionals – we’re ready to hear from you!

• Lead and manage buy-side and sell-side accounting and financial due diligence engagements

• Develop relationships with clients and engage in effective interactions with target company executives

• Perform quality of earnings and working capital analyses

• Identify and evaluate matters that potentially impact enterprise value and the purchase or sales price

• Identify and evaluate financial and operational trends of target companies

• Communicate effectively, both verbal and written, our due diligence findings

• Supervise multiple professionals and prioritize tasks, serving as a hands‑on lead for engagements from inception to completion

• Participate in performance reviews and new business development activities

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting (preferred), Finance or related business discipline

• 8+ years within a professional services discipline, with 5+ years of direct experience in Financial Due Diligence and a foundation in audit, financial reporting, or CFO responsibilities (Big 4, National or large Regional CPA firm experience preferred)

• Advanced Degree or relevant professional certification such as CPA or CFA preferred

• Strong GAAP, data analysis/mining and critical thinking skills

• Experience working with Private Equity groups preferred

• Willingness to travel as needed (expected