Director – National Technical Accounting Office

From the beginning, our goal was to establish an advisory firm that stands apart from the rest – one that is grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to creating a positive experience not just for our clients, but for our people too. We firmly believe in the strength of collaboration, enthusiasm, generosity, and perseverance as the driving forces behind our success. With advisory solutions spanning accounting and risk, technology-enabled transformation, and transactions, we partner with our clients to solve today’s challenges and deliver present and future value. Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards including Inc5000's Fastest Growing Companies and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Explore what our employees have to say about our unique culture by clicking here. By joining our rapidly growing team, you will serve as a member of our leadership team to create, develop, and build our nationwide Accounting Advisory National Office to ensure the highest standards of quality delivery across the Accounting Advisory Service Line. Our National Accounting team has deep technical and industry knowledge and collaborates with accounting advisory teams and clients on complex accounting and disclosure matters. Our National Accounting team also develops and deploys guidance and training on the application of new accounting and financial reporting standards impacting our clients. Our team also issues thought leadership and hosts webcasts on the latest accounting topics that impact our clients and people. By joining our team, you will be an integral part of our leadership team driving our vision and growth of the National Office. You will be helping our employees and clients anticipate, understand, and respond to complex technical accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory challenges. This role involves setting quality standards, developing processes, collaborating with project teams across markets, development and delivery of training, direct client service and business development.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and/or support a team of professionals to deliver consulting services to multiple client relationships as they navigate complex technical accounting and financial reporting events such as assistance with accounting standards implementation, support throughout Initial Public Offerings, accounting implications from a business combinations and divestitures, carve-out audits, financial statement conversions, IPOs, asset impairments, share based payments, and complex revenue, debt and equity transactions, amongst others.
• Review or draft accounting white papers, draft financial statements (footnotes) and other client deliverables ensuring general accounting standards are applied appropriately.
• Provide collaborations and recommendations on the application of complex accounting guidance to clients and external parties, as requested by the client.
• Facilitate calls with the client teams, client auditors, client legal counsel, etc. as deemed necessary to accomplish project goals.
• Provide expertise and knowledge in influencing, interpreting, applying and teaching the developments of standard setters (FASB/IASB); FASB comment letter process, thought leadership publications, guiding SEC pre-clearance activities for clients and establishing common practices across the profession.
• Advance the collaboration model and presence of the National Office, participate in developing the process flow and seeing through to execution.
• Manage project teams by guiding performance against objectives, creating an atmosphere of trust and collaboration, modeling leadership behaviors, and encouraging continuous improvement/innovation.
• Cultivate new client connections and expand existing client relationships, having a strong desire to build on the growth plans of the National Office aligned with the revenue growth plans of the Firm and the practice.
• Participate in coaching family by serving as a role model, mentor, and liaison for others; provide coaching and training opportunities for team members leveraging individual skills and the firm’s people first culture. Report to Service Line leadership team on quality performance observed, at both the individual level and Service Line wide trends observed.
• Take an active role in attracting, interviewing, hiring, and retaining top talent to build the National Office team.
• Foster relationships in each market; engaging with leaders and team members; become known as a go-to person.
• Develop and execute against an annual training plan based on industry trends, regulatory changes, and observed skill gaps, including coordination and development of CPE eligible materials and training instruction

What You'll Bring:

• 15+ years prior experience in public accounting firm serving public clients, including serving in a national office role advising or providing consultation to audit teams and clients on complex transactions.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, covering a broad spectrum of topics, coupled with the ability to correlate US GAAP principles with financial reporting and key value drivers such as EBITDA.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting standards (US GAAP and/or IFRS) and the capacity to advise on or research complex technical accounting and transactional issues within the Private Equity domain.
• A passion for mentoring and leading teams while efficiently implementing new ideas and initiatives

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited university
• Professional certification (CPA)
• Willingness to travel domestically up to 20%-30% (varies by client).
• Availability to work on client site or in office 3 days a week, with 2 days remote (hybrid environment)