Senior Consultant, Valuations

Armanino LLP•St. Louis, MO

1d•$79,400 - $124,300•Hybrid

About The Position

Armanino is a top accounting firm that offers employees the opportunity to determine their career path and pursue challenges they are passionate about. The Valuation and Forensics Practice assists various clients, including start-ups, private and public companies, estates, attorneys, and investment firms, with business valuation, tangible asset, and financial modeling services. The firm is seeking a Senior Consultant to join their team in multiple locations across the US. As a Senior Consultant, you will be the technical lead on engagements, responsible for building and reviewing models, managing client relationships, and producing defensible work. This role offers a clear path to Manager and the opportunity to coach junior staff while having direct access to practice leaders.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years progressively responsible valuations experience within a business valuation firm or valuation practice of an accounting or consulting firm
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, accounting, finance, statistics, mathematics, or engineering
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with hands-on experience building and reviewing DCF, market approach, option pricing, and equity allocation models
Working knowledge of market data sources such as S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg, PitchBook, or BVR
Strong report writing skills, with the ability to explain methodology, assumptions, and conclusions clearly and concisely
Proven ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously and deliver high-quality work on time and within scope and budget
Experience reviewing, coaching, and developing junior valuation professionals
Excellent communication skills
Professional presentation skills
Self-starter, cooperative attitude, team player
Detail oriented, flexible, and responsive
Must adhere to Armaino’s 50% in-office requirement

Nice To Haves

Prior experience effectively resolving external review issues (auditors, IRS, etc.) is a plus
Relevant valuation designation(s) ASA, CFA, ABV, or CVA, or progress toward one or more of these

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver business valuation engagements for financial reporting (ASC 805, ASC 350/360, ASC 820, ASC 718), 409A and other tax compliance, gift and estate tax, management planning, litigation support, and M&A purposes.
Own the day-to-day execution of engagements from scoping and proposal support through final deliverable, keeping projects on budget and on schedule.
Build, populate, and review financial models, including discounted cash flow, guideline public company and guideline transaction analyses, the Option Pricing Method, PWERM, and Black-Scholes lattice models.
Identify, assess, and analyze comparable public/private companies and transactions to derive valuation multiples, using sources such as S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg, PitchBook, and BVR.
Draft clear, well-supported narrative reports and memos that document the analysis and conclusions and withstand third-party scrutiny.
Train and guide analysts and review their work to ensure quality control, providing written and oral coaching.
Research and analyze market conditions and trends to develop valuation opinions.
Serve as the day-to-day client contact, leading data requests, management interviews, and status communications, and presenting findings to client stakeholders.
Perform audit reviews of valuations performed by other appraisers.
Respond to and resolve review comments from auditors, the IRS, and other external reviewers with well-documented support.
Contribute to the practice by enhancing template models, presenting internal training, and supporting thought leadership and recruiting efforts.