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New York, New York, United States
Hybrid
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We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.
If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.
This position is an exciting opportunity to join our Exit Planning and Transaction Support sub-practice, which is a dedicated, transaction-focused team within our broader Strategic Finance practice. This position requires candidates to have 3 to 5 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, or quality of earnings.
Strategic Finance: Accordion’s Strategic Finance practice provides strategic advisory to CFOs to unlock end-to-end value creation, partnering with Finance teams on building capabilities to enhance performance visibility, planning activities, and data analytics to enable and accelerate value creation. By combining extensive operational FP&A experience, data and technology skills, and a proprietary engagement model, we develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigor and pace required in a private equity-backed environment.
Exit Planning and Transaction Support: Our Exit Planning and Transaction Support sub-practice, sitting within our broader Strategic Finance practice, focuses on the full spectrum of M&A execution: from financial modeling, valuation, and analytical support to serving in a bolt-on corporate development capacity. From quarterbacking current deals to developing playbooks and best practices for a robust acquisition strategy, from the fund level to the portfolio level, from platforms to add-ons to carve outs, “no job is too small, no fee is too big.” In addition to analyzing the financial and operational data, we help quantify current and future value creation opportunities, enabling investors to easily understand the trapped value within the business.
This position can be based in any of our U.S. offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week, with preferred locations being NYC, Boston, Chicago, or Dallas.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
As an Associate on a lean, cross-functional team, you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues to guide clients through a variety of transaction-related projects focused on preparing companies for sale and supporting them throughout the deal process. You will:
The following representative engagement is emblematic of the type of work you’ll do as an Associate at Accordion: A PE-owned SaaS company requires sale preparation and related transaction support. Accordion has been engaged to take a leadership role alongside the CFO in the sell-side process. The deliverables include historical financial reporting, financial and operational KPIs, a 5-year financial projection model, and identification of value creation initiatives (realized and yet to be realized) to maximize the exit valuation. The Accordion team will serve as an extension of the CFO’s office to support a sale by responding to requests from investment banks, the executive team, and the sponsor during the preparation process, and to potential buyers during the sale process.
The annual salary for this role ranges from: $120,000 to $170,000 + benefits + bonus.
Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.
Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
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