Financial Due Diligence Consultant Contract to hire · Operating Partner pathway (CFO / finance track) You will test whether a target's earnings, cash flow, and debt are what management says they are. Your quality-of-earnings work sets the price and shapes the post-close finance plan. What you'll do • Build quality-of-earnings analyses: normalize EBITDA and quantify add-backs and one-time items. • Examine historical earnings, cash conversion, and net working capital trends; propose a working capital peg. • Identify debt and debt-like items, off-balance-sheet obligations, and contingent liabilities. • Verify reporting accuracy: revenue recognition, cut-off, reserves, and accounting policies. • Tie financial results to operating drivers such as yield, throughput, pricing, and inventory. • Stress-test management projections with scenario and sensitivity analysis. • Feed findings into the purchase agreement, valuation model, and lender package. • After close, set up the 13-week cash forecast, KPI reporting, and finance integration. What you bring • 7+ years in transaction services, audit, or corporate finance; 3+ years of buy-side or sell-side diligence. • CPA or CA strongly preferred; CFA or MBA a plus. • Expert Excel and financial modeling; experience with data rooms and analytics tools. • Knowledge of US GAAP; IFRS a plus for cross-border deals. • Industrial, manufacturing, or PE portfolio company background preferred. Operating Partner path: interim CFO or finance lead post-merger, driving cash, margin, and exit-ready reporting.