Associate, Corporate Development

Armanino LLP•Salt Lake City, UT

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about. Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Accounting and Consulting Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work. We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don’t check-out of life when you check-in at work. That’s why we’ve created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years of experience in corporate development, M&A, transaction advisory, investment banking, or a related role.
Strong financial analysis and modeling skills, including EBITDA analysis and forecasting.
Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, executive‑ready insights.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a preference for candidates that have demonstrated experience with management or executive-level stakeholders
Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Draft investment memos, executive presentations, and board‑level materials, providing the underlying technical analysis and qualitative assessment that clearly supports the deal rationale, financial impact, synergies analysis, and risks to prepare senior‑level decision‑makers with concise, data‑driven insights.
Build complex financial models, including DCF, synergy, and scenario analyses, to evaluate transaction economics, historical performance, accretion / dilution analysis, and forward‑looking projections.
Prepare key financial and operating metrics, comparing target performance to internal benchmarks, return thresholds, and strategic objectives.
Support the management meeting process with target company leadership and developing materials to facilitate discussions to deepen the firm’s understanding of the business, operating model, growth drivers, and potential revenue and cost synergies.
Drive day to day cross‑functional due diligence efforts across finance, legal, HR, IT, operations, and compliance to process, review, and distribute relevant information to the appropriate stakeholders.
Analyze industry trends, market developments, competitive dynamics, and manage industry landscape across the CPA and Advisory ecosystems.