Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting and Dispute Resolution Careers
Work Environment
Vallit Advisors is an industry-leading company with a fast-paced environment, competitive benefits, and numerous opportunities to advance and learn alongside top valuation experts. We offer a unique commitment to our clients and our colleagues as well as the betterment of the FVS industry. We achieve this through the dedication to our firm’s four core values of quality, integrity, independence, and accessibility.
We provide only the utmost independent quality services to our clients and partners and pride our work on the thoroughness, planning, and professionalism that goes into it.
Business valuation and forensic accounting are about getting to the truth. Our ethics of honesty drive our work as we navigate the business valuation, dispute advisory, and forensic accounting industries. We adhere and abide by the numerous professional standard and code of ethics in our industry.
Our advisors have the freedom and flexibility to grow within their fields, maintain a hybrid work schedule, and work alongside our partners and colleagues as they build their own reputation as industry leaders.
From family law, to estate planning, to dispute resolution, we believe attorneys across the legal spectrum deserve the focus and dedication of an advisor. Our members an staff are experts in a wide range of legal and accounting matters, which makes us an accessible partner for attorneys and their clients.
As an industry leader in forensic accounting, business valuation and dispute consulting, the team members at Vallit have extensive experience and knowledge of the training that new employees need to become successful in their careers. Team members at Vallit frequently attend local and national conferences and training seminars on relevant topics in the industry. Team members at Vallit are encouraged to sit for various credentials and designations to expand their individual brands and and develop their expertise in the fields of forensic accounting, business valuation and dispute consulting.
Career Development
At Vallit Advisors, we regularly seek out and employ talented Professionals aspiring to begin or accelerate their career in business valuation, forensic accounting, and dispute resolution. Our goal is to assist our employees in their professional growth and development. Not only do we have excellent on-the-job training, but we invest in our employees by encouraging them to obtain forensic and valuation credentials from the top organizations in the profession. Our professionals receive practical experience in the business valuation, forensic accounting, and dispute resolution field by assisting clients on a daily basis in fraud investigations, legal disputes, and mergers and acquisition work. Some of the best feedback we receive from clients is hearing that, in our role as forensic and valuation professionals, we made a difference in their lives. We pride ourselves on being the go-to experts and ultimately making a difference in our community. It is difficult to get that type of opportunity in the tax and attest world. At Vallit, we value our responsibility as mentors and educators to the next generation of finance and accounting professionals and make a commitment to offering opportunities to further the development of every professional that works with us. By providing mentorship to our emerging professionals, we can introduce them to the world of business valuation and accounting in a way that will exponentially increase their knowledge of those service areas and their ability to become part of the next generation of experts and leaders in the profession.
Mentoring
At Vallit Advisors, our Mentorship Program encourages new members of the firm to become easily integrated into the firm’s practice areas with support for their personal and career development. Each professional will have a mentor that will help guide them through their career, be their sounding board, and evaluate their growth and performance. These one-on-one relationships encourage collaboration at all levels and help our new associates quickly become key assets to our clients and experts in their respective service areas.
Professional Designations
Our firm encourages and assists with the studying and completion of various professional designations including:
The the CPA designation is given to licensed accounting professionals who offer clients and investors informed consulting on financial health matters, while protecting public interest. Vallit team members who are licensed CPAs are members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and their respective state CPA societies. In addition, Vallit team members have and continue to hold leadership positions in state CPA societies.
The American Society of Appraisers the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) credential. An appraiser who acquires ASA credential is considered to have the highest level of education as a business valuation professional.
Governed by the AICPA and granted exclusively through the organization, the ABV designation is earned by an accounting professional who passes the necessary examinations to be considered a specialist in business valuation.
The CFF credential is also exclusively granted by the AICPA and is granted to candidates who pass the appropriate examinations to become forensic accounting professionals.
The CFA designation can be achieved through a program offered through the CFA Institute. Investment and financial professionals can pursue this credential to further their knowledge of finance and achieve advanced global legal and financial knowledge.
Governed by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), the CVA designation is the most widely recognized business valuation credential. It is also the only credential recognized by the NCCA® and the ANSI®.
Unlike most financial litigation training that tends to be general in scope, MAFF focuses on methodologies and approaches for calculating damages, financial investigative and forensic accounting techniques, skills development for communicating with judges, attorneys, and juries, and practice building strategies that are being employed by successful and emerging financial forensics analysts. NACVA’s Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) designation is the only financial forensics credential accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies® (NCCA®).
Professional Development Committee
In addition to formal external training, Vallit has established procedures and regularly creates technically sound and proficient educational courses and programs that enhance employees’ professional knowledge through technical information exchange. We regularly identify skills gaps and promote continuous learning and the professional development of the team in a controlled environment. Our Professional Development Committee identifies and develops courses that would be beneficial to the staff and to the firm.
Firm Culture
Culture is prioritizing trust, respect, gratitude and integrity. Vallit Advisors supports colleagues and inspires others to work together. Vallit Advisors is a fast-paced environment that gives opportunities to advance and work as a team to provide the best possible output for our clients. Every individual should feel valued and heard, have a work/life balance, be flexible and allow for diversity and inclusivity and we make it our mission to provide that to each and every one of our employees.
360 Reviews
In order to promote our firm culture vision, Vallit has implemented 360-degree feedback reviews. This helps build an open, value-oriented feedback culture in our company. These also help to measure the pulse of the company culture with engagement surveys for informative actions for improvement. We make sure our surveys are anonymous and we utilize this information to create action items on the issues that are important to our staff.
Internships
At Vallit Advisors, we regularly employ young professionals to complete summer, winter, and year-round internships in business valuation, forensic accounting, and dispute resolution. Our goal is to introduce between two and four interns a year to our practices at Vallit and assist them in their professional growth and development. Our internships are accommodating to class schedules and offer flexible availability for both in-person and virtual work.
The internship program we offer gives young professionals practical experience in the business valuation, forensic accounting, and dispute resolution that our firm’s professionals provide to clients on a daily basis. This hands-on experience will help interested students develop their communication and interpersonal skills as well as strengthen their knowledge of the industry at large.
At Vallit, we value our responsibility as mentors and educators to the next generation of finance and valuation professionals and make a commitment to offering learning opportunities that may even turn into employment opportunities down the road. By providing mentorship to young accounting and finance professionals, we are able to introduce interested college students to the world of business valuation and accounting that will exponentially increase their knowledge of the service areas and their opportunities for employment after graduation.
We encourage interested and enthusiastic students to reach out about internship opportunities that may be available at the firm by contacting us here.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Vallit Advisors, we are an equal opportunity employer that provides fair opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic testing results, military service, or other status protected by federal, state and/or local laws.
We are committed to employment laws and regulations that ensure equal employment opportunities for all and prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment based on any of the characteristics mentioned. We fulfill this policy in circumstances including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training. Any discrimination or harassment that interferes with the employees’ abilities to fully carry out their duties will not be tolerated by our firm.