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You will work with multidisciplinary Transaction Advisory teams on acquisitions, divestitures, transaction-related analyses, and post-acquisition value creation initiatives.\nUsing advanced analytics and market-leading technology, you will transform large and complex datasets into actionable business, financial, commercial, and operational insights. This role requires strong technical capabilities, including Python and Alteryx for data preparation and modeling-combined with the business acumen to interpret results, identify performance drivers, and communicate meaningful recommendations to clients.\nYour day-to-day may include:\nSupport multiple client engagements across the transaction lifecycle, including acquisitions, divestitures, transaction-related analyses, and post-acquisition value creation.\nPartner with engagement teams to define business questions, data requirements, and analytical approaches.\nExtract, clean, combine, validate, and analyze large and complex financial, customer, sales, pricing, profitability, and operational datasets using Python, SQL, Alteryx, Excel, and related tools.\nAnalyze and model complex datasets to evaluate business performance, identify transaction risks and opportunities, and support investment and value creation decisions.\nPerform analyses involving customer segmentation, retention, customer lifetime value, pricing, discounting, profitability, market forecasting, and location performance.\nEvaluate revenue, margin, EBITDA, customer behavior, and other key business drivers to identify meaningful trends, anomalies, and performance improvement opportunities.\nDevelop dashboards, data visualizations, presentations, and executive-level recommendations that clearly communicate findings to clients and engagement teams.\nTranslate complex analytical results into clear business and financial implications for technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nCollaborate with multidisciplinary Transaction Advisory teams to incorporate relevant financial, operational, technology, and transaction considerations into the analysis.\nManage day-to-day client interactions, analytical workstreams, project deliverables, and deadlines.\nIdentify and communicate data-quality issues, analytical limitations, and their potential effect on the conclusions.\nMentor junior team members and contribute to the team’s technical and analytical development.\nMeeting or exceeding targeted billing hours (utilization)\nOther duties as assigned\nYou have the following technical skills and qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related business discipline required. A degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline may be considered when combined with relevant transaction advisory, value creation and professional-services experience.\n4+ years of data analytics experience within transaction advisory, M&A advisory, or a similar professional services environment required.\nExperience analyzing complex company-level financial, customer, sales, pricing, profitability, or operational data to support transaction-related conclusions and client recommendations.\nDemonstrated understanding of transaction-related data and the ability to interpret analytical results in the context of business performance, revenue and margin drivers, investment considerations, and value creation opportunities.\nStrong proficiency in Python and Alteryx for data cleaning, structuring, analyzing, and modeling large transaction-related datasets, with the ability to interpret the results and clearly explain their business and financial implications.\nProficiency with SQL, relational databases, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.\nExperience with Tableau, Power BI, or another business intelligence and visualization platform.\nExperience supporting M&A, divestiture, transaction-related analysis, or post-acquisition value creation engagements.\nExperience performing customer, pricing, profitability, forecasting, or location analytics.\nUnderstanding of the M&A and private equity investment lifecycle.\nStrong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect analytical findings to transaction objectives and value creation opportunities.\nExcellent analytical, project management, presentation, interpersonal, and client-facing communication skills.\nAbility to explain complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.\nAbility to travel as needed.\nThe base salary range for this position is between $121,440 and $154,836. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. 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