Strategic Financial Consulting - Sr. Associate

LCG's Strategic Financial Consulting ( SFC ) Group is hiring for a Senior Associate fast-track position, ideal for candidates seeking to learn and develop their career. The SFC Group offers M&A and transaction support, interim financial management, financial consulting, advisory services, and staff augmentation to businesses undergoing rapid growth, transactions, financial distress, and/or business transformation.

This position will initially be full-time onsite until you have gained complete proficiency with your job. This is a fast-track position; successful candidates can expect rapid promotion and compensation adjustments.

LCG Advisors is a Tampa-based financial advisory firm with offices located in Denver, CO and Nashville, TN, awarded one of Tampa Bay's Best Places to work, is a leading transaction advisory firm specializing in loan and investment due diligence, M&A advisory, and other select consulting & advisory services. LCG has a nationwide footprint with over 200 professionals engaged in over 2,000 transactions annually.

We serve private equity firms, institutional investors, lower and middle-market businesses, banks and debt providers, business owners, and legal professionals. Service lines include SFC, quality of earnings, business valuations, technology and integration, collateral examinations, investment banking, and litigation support.

This opportunity is ideal for a self-motivated, driven, career-minded finance professional who lives in or would be excited to relocate to Denver, CO. They are focused on career growth (vs. balance), are seeking to grow into an incentive-based compensation arrangement or want to eventually be trained to take on a CFO/Head of Finance duties in an emerging or lower-middle-market private company.

They understand the career value of working in a transaction advisory firm and having the opportunity to work closely with and learn from discerning PE firms/investment professionals. They also thrive in situations that require a high level of commitment and dedication to keep pace when companies are in the midst of a critical transaction. Most importantly, they value a career progression based solely on performance, not tenure.

A successful candidate can expect to pursue several career paths:

• Be promoted to the Director level with incentive-based compensation and run a team;
• Pursue opportunities to work in different LCG divisions (Investment Banking, Quality of Earnings, Commercial Asset-Based Lending, Valuation, Litigation Support, Integration IT Support),
• Be groomed to be ready for a CFO role or other high-level financial position;
• Pursue a more balanced work schedule in the SFC group

The Senior Associate (fast track) reports to a Vice President or Director on their respective projects. The Senior Associate will lead and/or support a portfolio of projects and communicate with and help manage client expectations.

Typical projects involve a company taking on or preparing for its first institutional investment or a transaction (sale, capital raise, acquisition) and will require temporary or permanent oversight of the finance function, transactional accounting support (e.g., opening balance sheet, net working capital adjustment, etc.) conversion to accrual-based accounting for a GAAP audit (balance sheet reconciliations, accrual development), preparation of a month-end financial reporting package for key stakeholders (e.g., PE firm, Investors, Lenders, Board of Directors), and/or financial planning and analysis (e.g., strategic planning, operating model, budgeting, forecasting, 13-week cash flow forecasts, etc.).

Alternatively, it may be an existing company that requires remediation and/or oversight of its finance function.

Projects can range from fully outsourced accounting solutions to supplementing an existing team. Success usually requires finance and accounting expertise, project management, and often requires long days and weekend work to achieve the desired results.

Below outlines the ideal candidate, however, highly motivated and determined candidates who are prepared to prioritize work commitment to overcome any lack of experience to apply are encouraged to apply.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of progressive finance experience with a mix of public (audit or transactional) and private accounting experience and may have worked in or performed a portion of the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (e.g., strategic planning, annual budgeting, board deck preparation, etc.). They may have worked with private equity, or a similar demanding institutional investor class (e.g., family office, venture capital, etc.),

and have routine experience communicating with and managing executives’ expectations.

They will have either performed GAAP audits in public accounting or managed/participated as part of a company being audited, ideally being exposed to all P&L and balance sheet line items. They will have had private…