Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Randstad Digital Americas, through its Tatum Executive Services division, is partnering with a prominent M&A advisory firm on a transaction preparation project. The Senior M&A & Quality of Earnings Financial Consultant will clean and normalize QuickBooks records into GAAP-compliant financial schedules, build advanced financial models, and support buyer due diligence through closing.
Responsibilities
- Data Normalization & Ledger Clean-up: Reconcile, clean up, and convert disparate QuickBooks financial files into structured, GAAP-aligned financial statements. Maintain monthly entries through deal close
- Master Databook Execution: Populate, refine, and manage the master financial model-establishing Proof of Cash, Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA bridge schedules, and Net Working Capital (NWC) analyses
- Post-COVID Financial Normalization: Analyze historical financials across the post-COVID holding period to identify owner add-backs, non-recurring expenses/revenues, PPP/EIDL impacts, and run-rate adjustments
- Buyer Due Diligence & Closing Support: Partner with the M&A Director to respond to technical accounting and financial diligence queries raised by prospective buy-side teams
Skills
- Active CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in good standing required
- 5+ years in Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Quality of Earnings (QofE) preparation, public accounting audit, or fractional CFO advisory for lower-middle-market deals
- Deep proficiency with QuickBooks (Desktop & Online) and an ability to navigate non-standard charts of accounts and messy ledgers
- Advanced Excel capability (complex financial modeling, proof of cash reconciliations, schedule creation)
- Confirmed availability to commit to full-time hours for the initial 3-week phase, followed by flexible part-time availability through year-end
Benefits
- Health
- An incentive and recognition program
- 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility)
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