Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today's modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.
Withum's Forensic and Valuation Services practice pride themselves in understanding their clients' business strategy and needs; assisting companies in meeting business requirements related to valuation, risk management, transfer pricing, economic analysis, and model validation. Withum professionals help clients make forward thinking decisions about strategy, operations and compliance and create long-lasting value.
We are currently seeking a Senior Associate focused on Gift & Estate Valuations to join Withum's Forensic and Valuation Services Group. The Valuation Senior Associate can be based out of any of our U.S. office locations. This is not a remote position. The in-office expectation is a hybrid schedule (3 days in office expectation per week).
Senior Associates work on a variety of assignments, including taking substantial responsibility in performing equity valuations or complex security valuations (stock options, warrants, convertible debt, other complex securities/derivatives, etc.) for financial reporting, tax compliance, transaction advisory, and other purposes. Additionally, Senior Associates assist in projects related to economic and statistical analysis, model validation, database management, and other ad hoc quantitative assignments.
How you'll spend your time:
- Preparing valuation analyses primarily for gift & estate tax purposes. Additionally, candidate may assist on valuations for financial reporting and advisory purposes (enterprise values, stock options, warrants, convertible debt, equity allocations across complex capital structures, and other complex securities/derivatives) primarily in Excel dependent upon background and experience.
- Completing data entry of tax returns and financial statements into Excel models.
- Assisting in writing and preparing of reports, letters, and other client deliverables.
- Assisting in review of third party appraisals for audit support purposes.
- Performing macroeconomic and industry research.
- Reviewing various agreements, documents, research papers, and market research with the intent of capturing salient points to be used for modeling purposes and clearly communicate the key drivers to others.
- Assisting in the development, maintenance, application of models using Excel and VBA for Monte Carlo, lattices, or other complex methods as requested.
- Reviewing and gaining a sufficient understanding of the necessary tax and financial reporting guidance governing the analysis.
The kinds of people we want to talk to have many of the following:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting, or similar quantitative discipline.
- Understanding of equity valuation methods such as discounted cash flow, market multiple, market transaction, and option pricing.
- 3 years relevant experience in performing gift & estate valuations.
- Understanding of financial statements and business tax returns required.
- Progress towards external designations such as CFA, CVA, CPA/ABV, or ASA a plus.
- Strong interest in quantitative and economic analysis.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel preferred.
- Ability to program in VBA and/or other statistical package a plus.
- Capacity to work independently on projects.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills.
The compensation for this position will vary by location. If you reside in California, Washington State, Washington, D.C., or NYC, please see below. In addition to the base compensation, Withum offers a competitive benefits package and bonus program (for eligible roles) based on individual and firm performance. Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role, hiring location, as well as the individual's skills, experience, and qualifications. For additional information on our benefits, visit our website at https://www.withum.com/careers/.
California/Washington State ranges are from $80,000 - $100,000.
Washington, D.C. ranges are from $80,000 - $100,000.
NYC ranges are from $80,000 - $100,000.
WithumSmith+Brown, PC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, (including pregnancy), genetic information, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, weight, height, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
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