SPA - Manager

Opportunity ID

9584

Department

Advisory

Location(s)

Los Angeles

State

California

Function

Restructuring and Litigation

Job Description

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation's top professional services firms, CohnReznick creates rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax with team members who value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

CohnReznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). Together, the firm provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients' unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a SPA - Manager to join our Restructuring and Dispute Resolution Advisory practice.

CohnReznick is a hybrid firm most of our professionals are located within a commutable distance to one of our offices. This position is considered remote which means it does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. However, as a remote employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.

YOUR TEAM.

This position will support our Restructuring & Dispute Resolution group. This group provides a wide suite of services to clients, giving you the opportunity to learn, grow, and build out your skills. As a member of this team, you'll interact with team members across all levels within the practice.

WHY COHNREZNICK?

At CohnReznick, we're united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it's working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your "why" at the firm.

We believe it's important to balance work with everyday life - and make time for enjoyment and fun. We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer.

YOUR ROLE.

CohnReznicks M&A Purchase Price Disputes practice advises buyers, sellers, companies, and their counsel in post-closing M&A dispute matters. Our work focuses on the financial and accounting issues that arise in working capital and other purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, and related neutral accounting arbitration or mediation proceedings.

We are seeking a Manager to take ownership of key analyses and workstreams as part of purchase price dispute engagements. This is a client-facing role requiring strong accounting knowledge, command of transaction mechanics, and the ability to translate complex financial analyses into clear, persuasive positions. Managers lead engagement workstreams, supervise engagement teams, manage timelines and budgets, coordinate directly with clients and counsel, and collaborate with senior team members in developing case strategy and written submissions.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Purchase Price Disputes - Primary Focus

• Manage post-closing purchase price dispute engagements involving net working capital, cash, indebtedness, transaction expenses, earn-outs, and related closing statement adjustments.
• Evaluate disputed items under the agreements defined terms, accounting principles, sample calculations, and applicable accounting standards and historical practices.
• Develop and test financial and accounting positions using general ledger data, trial balances, supporting schedules, source documents, and post-closing activity.
• Lead the preparation of objection notices, response submissions, rebuttal analyses, exhibits, and supporting workpapers for negotiation and neutral accounting arbitration.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, and evidentiary gaps in the parties positions and work with senior team members, clients, and counsel to assess dispute risk and refine dispute strategy.
• Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses and clearly communicate with senior team members and client management.
• Review opposing-party submissions and supporting materials, identify inconsistencies or unsupported assumptions, and develop targeted information requests and rebuttal points.
• For neutral accountant engagements, review parties' submissions and reply submissions, draft information requests and assist in drafting of the determination.

Engagement Management & Client Service

• Serve as a day-to-day contact for clients and counsel, lead status calls, and communicate technical findings in a concise, practical manner.
• Manage engagement scope, workplans, staffing, deadlines, fees, and client budgets; escalate issues promptly and propose practical solutions.
• Direct and review the work of Senior Associates and Associates, providing clear instructions, timely feedback, and appropriate coaching.
• Maintain organized, well-supported workpapers that connect source data, analysis, and conclusions and can withstand review by clients, counsel, and neutral decision-makers.
• Coordinate with specialists in tax, valuation, data analytics, and industry teams when disputed issues require additional expertise.

Practice Development

• Contribute to thought leadership, internal training, and business development initiatives related to growing the M&A purchase price dispute practice.
• Support the development of client relationships, grow internal and external network, and identify opportunities to assist on post-closing matters.
• Identify practical AI-enabled solutions to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and quality of financial analysis, document review, and dispute-related deliverables.

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in transaction advisory, forensic accounting, dispute advisory, financial due diligence, or a related discipline at a public accounting firm or advisory boutique.
• Demonstrated experience with purchase price adjustments, net working capital, cash, indebtedness, transaction expenses, earn-outs, or similar M&A accounting matters.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and the ability to apply accounting guidance, contractual accounting principles, and historical practices to disputed fact patterns.
• Experience managing engagement workstreams, supervising teams, reviewing workpapers, and delivering high-quality work and successful outcomes on working capital and earnout dispute engagements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear, well-supported analyses for senior executives, attorneys, and accounting professionals.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency working with large general ledger and transaction-level datasets.
• CPA license: other relevant credentials such as CFF, CFE, or ABV are a plus.

Preferred

• Experience drafting or contributing to objection notices, dispute submissions, rebuttal reports, expert reports, or settlement analyses.
• Experience advising transaction advisory teams on key defined terms, accounting principles, sample calculations, and dispute resolution provisions within purchase agreements.
• Prior M&A experience at a Big 4 or national firm.

In addition, please take a moment to review our Universal Job Standards.

Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

In California, the salary range for an Advisory Manager is $115,000 to $175,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individuals skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. Salary is one component of the CohnReznick total rewards package, which includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded and inclusive parental benefits, and access to best-in-class learning and development platforms, to name a few. To learn more about life at CohnReznick, visit Life at CohnReznick.

"CohnReznick" is the brand name under which CohnReznick LLP and CohnReznick Advisory LLC and their respective subsidiaries provide professional services. CohnReznick LLP and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiaries) practice in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. CohnReznick LLP is a licensed CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. CohnReznick Advisory LLC provides tax and business consulting services to its clients. CohnReznick Advisory LLC and its subsidiaries are not licensed CPA firms.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters.

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