Associate, Valuation Specialist

Job Title: Associate Valuation Specialist Location of role: (Hybrid in the Northbrook, IL 60062 area) Must be willing to go into the office every once in a while Salary or Hourly range: 100K to 120K plus generous bonus Depending on experience DOE Key points: Skills And Experience:

• Minimum of 2-3 years of applying and reviewing valuation models including: DCF, comparable company, forecasts, and various derivatives models
• Strong working knowledge of various financial products including derivative contracts, dealer traded securities and ASC 820 fair value hierarchy
• Performance mindset both "do" job and "improve" job
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics

• Prepare and execute work plans for transactions, including evaluating written valuation.
• Perform in-depth analysis of valuation issues and communicate findings to senior stakeholders
• Provide management with valuation updates and partner with various business units to enforce valuation control
• Perform reliability checks/due diligence on third-party pricing providers
• Perform valuation analysis on investments broadly distributed across industries and geographies while using accepted and relevant approaches and theory
• Review financial models such as DCF, market comparable, market transaction and Black-Scholes
• Liaise with colleagues across the firm to better understand and document rationale and evidence of fair value