Entry Level Associate - Valuations
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Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm. Founded in 1974 with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, the firm has additional offices located in major financial centers, including Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC.; Orlando, FL; and Orange County, CA. It’s a place where innovation and curiosity thrive. At Withum, you can design a long-term career path with professional experiences that meet your distinct interests.
WithumSmith+Brown’s Forensic and Valuation Services practice pride themselves in understanding their clients’ business strategy and needs; assisting companies in meeting business requirements related to valuation, risk management, transfer pricing, economic analysis, and model validation. Withum professionals help clients make forward thinking decisions about strategy, operations and compliance and create long-lasting value. We are currently seeking an Entry Level Associate to join Withum’s Forensic and Valuation Services Group in our Princeton, Saddlebrook, or New York City office.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare valuation analyses for tax, financial reporting, and advisory purposes (enterprise values, stock options, warrants, convertible debt, equity allocations across complex capital structures, and other complex securities/derivatives) primarily in Excel
- Complete data entry of tax returns and financial statements into Excel models
- Assist in writing and preparing of reports, letters, and other client deliverables
- Assist in review of third party appraisals for audit support purposes
- Perform macroeconomic and industry research
- Review various agreements, documents, research papers, and market research with the intent of capturing salient points to be used for modeling purposes and clearly communicate the key drivers to others
- Assist in the development, maintenance, application of models using Excel and VBA for Monte Carlo, lattices, or other complex methods as requested
- Review and gain a sufficient understanding of the necessary tax and financial reporting guidance governing the analysis
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting, or similar quantitative discipline
- Understanding of equity valuation methods such as discounted cash flow, market multiple, market transaction, and option pricing
- Understanding of financial statements and business tax returns required
- Progress towards external designations such as CFA, FRM, CVA, CEIV, CPA/ABV a plus
- Strong interest in quantitative and economic analysis
- Advanced knowledge of Excel preferred
- Ability to program in VBA and/or other statistical package a plus
- Capacity to work independently on projects
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills
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