Description
Trout CPA is a regional accounting firm in Pennsylvania with a fast-growing, boutique Transaction Advisory Services practice providing corporate and private equity clients with buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory services. These services include financial due diligence (Quality of Earnings), net working capital analysis, pre-transaction preparation engagements, purchase agreement consulting, and post-acquisition assistance.
The successful candidate will:
- Prepare comprehensive QoE databooks and reports
- Concurrently execute multiple projects of varying size and complexity
- Participate in diligence calls with clients/targets
- Research GAAP treatment and application to present accounting adjustments in the QoE
- Take primary responsibility for execution of QoE engagements from end-to-end
- Review work performed by junior associates
- Communicate regularly with internal team regarding engagement matters (e.g. status updates, request lists, etc.)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance
- CPA designation (or in-process) required
- 4+ years of total experience in public accounting, with 1+ years of specific experience in TAS
- Deep proficiency in US GAAP
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet unpredictable deadlines
- Strong Excel skills and ability to work with large data sets. Ability to use common formulas, such as: vlookup, sumif, index-match, pivot tables
- Proficiency in PowerPoint
- Comfortable navigating inconsistent accounting records and identifying material issues common on lower middle market deals
- High attention to detail