Conduct financial due diligence on target companies by analyzing quality of earnings, cash flow, working capital, debt, liabilities, accounting accuracy, and projections. Support valuation, purchase agreements, and lender packages, then lead post-merger finance integration, including cash forecasting, KPI reporting, and exit-ready financial operations. The role offers an operating partner pathway toward interim CFO or finance leadership responsibilities.
Financial Due Diligence Consultant
Contract to hire · Operating Partner pathway (CFO / finance track)
You will test whether a target's earnings, cash flow, and debt are what management says they are. Your quality-of-earnings work sets the price and shapes the post-close finance plan.
What you'll do
Contract to hire · Operating Partner pathway (CFO / finance track)
You will test whether a target's earnings, cash flow, and debt are what management says they are. Your quality-of-earnings work sets the price and shapes the post-close finance plan.
What you'll do
- Build quality-of-earnings analyses: normalize EBITDA and quantify add-backs and one-time items.
- Examine historical earnings, cash conversion, and net working capital trends; propose a working capital peg.
- Identify debt and debt-like items, off-balance-sheet obligations, and contingent liabilities.
- Verify reporting accuracy: revenue recognition, cut-off, reserves, and accounting policies.
- Tie financial results to operating drivers such as yield, throughput, pricing, and inventory.
- Stress-test management projections with scenario and sensitivity analysis.
- Feed findings into the purchase agreement, valuation model, and lender package.
- After close, set up the 13-week cash forecast, KPI reporting, and finance integration.
- 7+ years in transaction services, audit, or corporate finance; 3+ years of buy-side or sell-side diligence.
- CPA or CA strongly preferred; CFA or MBA a plus.
- Expert Excel and financial modeling; experience with data rooms and analytics tools.
- Knowledge of US GAAP; IFRS a plus for cross-border deals.
- Industrial, manufacturing, or PE portfolio company background preferred.
Similar Jobs
Digital Media • Information Technology • News + Entertainment
Promotes Comcast products and services within assigned residential communities, builds relationships with property management and leasing teams, supports sales and retention, resolves customer issues, and generates subscriber growth through onsite visits, events, and partnership programs. Identifies new business opportunities, pitches advanced products, coordinates with account executives, and ensures services are available for new communities before occupancy.
Top Skills:
Property Management Software (Pms)Xfinity
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Computer Vision • Hardware • Internet of Things • Software
Lead firmware and full-stack development for edge AI safety products, spanning embedded systems, Go backend services, and web or mobile surfaces. Own features from customer problem through fleet-scale deployment, establish architecture, optimize AI algorithms for constrained devices, partner with hardware and cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact products across more than one million connected devices.
Top Skills:
C/C++Camera SystemsComputer VisionEdge AiEmbedded SystemsFirmwareGoIotKernel DriversMachine Learning ModelsMultimedia FrameworksPythonReal-Time SystemsVideo Codecs
Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Leads banking technology transformation and modernization engagements for clients. Responsibilities include shaping technology architecture, implementing and integrating business applications, developing tailored software solutions, managing project delivery and resources, advising executive stakeholders, driving business development, validating data integrity and compliance, and mentoring consulting teams. The role also establishes strategic direction, identifies market opportunities, and develops innovative solutions for complex banking and capital markets challenges.
Top Skills:
Business ApplicationsData AnalyticsSoftware SolutionsTechnology Architecture
What you need to know about the Chicago Tech Scene
With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.
Key Facts About Chicago Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
- Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
