Acquisition Diligence Analyst

Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP) is a veterinary owned and managed network of animal hospitals with the common goal of providing the highest quality veterinary care to companion animals with exceptional client experiences. SVP currently owns over 420 locations across the country and is sponsored by a leading private equity team.

SVP is seeking a highly qualified Financial Diligence Analyst to join our rapidly growing team in Birmingham, AL. This role will be an integral part of SVP’s finance team, and will be an essential partner to our business development team. The primary responsibilities of our financial diligence team center around confirmation of the quality of earnings (“QoE”) of target hospitals, multi-year forecasting of target hospitals and valuation modeling for all acquisitions and capex projects. This position has reporting responsibilities to executives, business development, finance, accounting and operations.

Responsibilities include

• Assist in the preparation of our internal QoE workbook, which is used to analyze hospital results and identify risks, opportunities and adjustments.
• Collaborate with business development, hospital seller(s), and sell-side advisors to collect, analyze, and understand transaction level detail in the hospital’s historical financial results.
• Prepare pro forma financial results and forecast the next 24 months for both target acquisitions with input from our operations teams, insights from our existing platform, and analytics from our business intelligence team, as needed.
• Prepare a pro forma forecast and calculate the five-year return for hospital capex projects with input from our operations teams, insights from our existing platform, and analytics from our business intelligence team, as needed.
• Clearly communicate financial results, risks, opportunities and other relevant information to various teams throughout the organization, including executives, operations, finance, accounting and business intelligence.
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field. CPA strongly preferred but not required.
• 0-2 years of similar work experience, preferably in public accounting, multi-site retail, healthcare or other multi-location industry preferred.
• Self-starter with strong analytical skills including the ability to interpret data, question the results, generate insights and construct solutions.
• Manage multiple engagements at one time while being able to stay organized and familiar with each acquisition’s status in order to meet deadlines.
• Highly numerate with strong attention to detail and good accounting knowledge.
• Excellent Excel skills and working with large amounts of data.
• Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills.
• Aptitude to adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Work with an organization recognized as #1 in Healthcare by Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces in 2024.
• Online discount platform.
• Collaborative team of people who live out our WAG values (work together, amaze, grow).
• Competitive salary.
• Health, dental + vision insurance.
• 401K with a company match.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and telemedicine.
• Upward mobility and growth opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and company-wide holidays.
• Discounted veterinary care for your four-legged family members.