Complex Financial Instruments Senior Associate

About the position As a CFI Senior Associate, you’ll assist clients by applying traditional and cutting-edge valuation approaches and methods to a variety of analyses – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You will perform valuations of financial instruments such as equity instruments in complex capital structures, options, warrants, redeemable debt, convertible debt and embedded derivatives, and contingent claims, such as earnouts and contingent considerations, utilizing statistical and financial concepts such as Black-Scholes model, Monte Carlo simulation, and binomial lattice model. From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater CFO Advisory team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently. Your day-to-day may include: Responsibilities • Perform valuation analysis and modeling • Utilize advanced statistical and financial concepts inbuilding models including Monte Carlo simulation, binomial lattice model, and real options • Oversee and perform data- and document-intensive financial analysis and modeling/projections, economic and statistical analysis, valuation analysis, and industry research • Oversee and perform research to establish positions on valuation matters, document management, referencing from source documents to analysis, and file preparation • Maintain active communication with clients to manage expectations, ensure satisfaction, make sure deadlines are met, and lead change efforts effectively • Maintain active communication with engagement team regarding interim and final deadline, percent of completion, etc. • Other duties as assigned Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline required • Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross industry clients at a national level with experience in business valuation and financial instruments required • Superior knowledge of Microsoft Excel required • Highly analytical with expertise in financial analysis and modeling, econometrics, statistics, and regression analysis • Accounting, finance, financial engineering, and economics knowledge; proficiency in US GAAP or IFRS preferred • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 15% per year Nice-to-haves • Progression towards certification/license such as CFA or other quantitatively intensive certification and valuation credentials such as CVA, ABV preferred • Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Stata, C++, R, R Studio, Python with Numpy, Pandas, and/or MATLAB experience preferred Benefits • Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. • Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household. • We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. • Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. • Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period. • Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.