Senior Quantitative Analyst

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The Senior Quantitative Analyst is an integral part of Latham’s Financial Analysis team, tasked with providing services to attorneys within the Corporate department’s leading practice groups. These include Emerging Companies & Growth, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity. The role involves collaborating with attorney deal teams on transactions that require financial modeling. Such models encompass proforma capitalizations, liquidation waterfalls, merger consideration spreadsheets, voting models, and IPO beneficial ownership models. This role will be located in our Global Services Office in downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Advising the internal deal team using the knowledge gained from financial modeling and answering any questions that may arise regarding the data and/or analytical methods and assumptions used to build the work product
• Producing client-ready financial models and effectively communicating analysis and work product to the partners and associates on the transaction as well as to the external clients, on an as-needed basis
• Maintaining detailed records documenting procedures, methodologies, and sources of information employed while performing analytical tasks
• Ensuring timely delivery of accurate and professional work product
• Participating in learning education classes for our attorneys related to quantitative analysis work
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate strong organizational and communication skills
• Exhibit the ability to develop alternative solutions to meet goals
• Display the ability to reprioritize assigned tasks due to changing deadlines, changing deliverables, and changing task priorities

And have:

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
• Financial/investment industry qualification (CFA), preferably 
• A minimum of four (4) years of relevant analytical experience in corporate finance, consulting, and Mergers & Acquisitions 
• Experience at a professional services organization, preferably
• Experience in working on transactional engagements in a time-sensitive and fast-paced environment, preferably 

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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