Senior Complex Financial Instruments Associate

Job Title: Complex Financial Instruments Senior Associate for Multiple Openings

Approved Locations: 101 California St., San Francisco, CA 94111

Job Description:

Your day-to-day will include:

• Assist clients by applying traditional and cutting-edge valuation approaches and methods to a variety of analyses. 

• 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. 

• 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.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Requirement – Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or a foreign equivalent.

• Relevant experience – 1 year of post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any tax/accounting/education related job titles.

• Experience must include: (1) financial analysis and modeling including option modeling; (2) Statistical analyses including regression analysis for estimating parameters, testing assumptions, and improving predictive power; (3) Monte Carlo analysis; (4) Lattice models to value financial instruments; (5) Derivative valuation practice and theory; (6) Computer programming in MATLAB or Python; and (7) Fundamentals of debt valuation including development of discounted cash flow methods and analysis of market yields.

• Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Grant Thornton Office location to meet 3 days per week work from office requirement.

• Compensation for role: $146,004 – $152,000 per year