Associate Director - Accounting Advisory (NY)

Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting (including the design of reporting processes, restatement assistance, and traditional 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filings)
• Operational Accounting (addressing the need for continuous improvement and optimization of the finance and accounting functions)
• Accounting Standard Implementation (such as ASC 606 and ASC 842 for both public and private companies)
• Acquisitions, divestures, IPOs, and SPACs
• Collaborate on different financial reporting services including preparation of financial statements and footnotes, MD&A, SEC reporting for IPOs and SPACs transactions and reverse mergers
• Analyze complex accounting transactions including debt / equity transactions, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, consolidations, acquisitions and divestures, leases, etc. and prepare technical accounting memo supporting conclusions
• Ability to research under US GAAP and IFRS and provide guidance to team on technical accounting matters
• Provide thoughtful leadership and influence executive-level decision-making through a deep analytical insight into core business decisions such as the prioritization of opportunities in the NYC market
• Participate in proposal teams in securing new client work, as well as expand existing relationships within client organizations with Business Development and Networking in mind
• Manage client accounts, projects, and engagements, including: work plans, staffing, deadlines, and budgets throughout all lifecycle phases, to include: strategy, goal-setting, deliverables, and maintaining an integrated project plan
• Manage teams and individuals by tracking and directing performance against objectives, developing timely resolutions to issues, risks, and project team conflicts, and fostering a spirit of collaboration among team members
• Act as a role model, supervisor, coach, and mentor to Managing Consultants, Senior Consultants and Consultants both on projects and within coaching families. This includes being a champion for the firm in our community, within the market, with recruits, and with employees to attract and retain our people.
• Participate in advancing the firm through various initiatives such as recruiting, business development, service line leadership initiatives, marketing, and knowledge sharing.

Desired Experience and Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant accounting experience advising publicly traded companies, including experience supporting transactions as a result of, or in preparation for, one or more of the following areas: mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-off, carve-out, IPO
• Experience at a Big Four or equivalent firm. This background is a critical differentiator among interested candidates
• Proven track record as an influential change agent, championing, organizing and successfully and efficiently executing new ideas and initiatives
• Confident and self-aware. Ability to use appropriate communication style for various levels across the organization
• Strong bias for thoughtful action, highly relationship-oriented, accomplishes work with, and through, others via purposeful collaboration
• Mentorship and people development capabilities
• Effective verbal and written communication skills including comfort with executive audiences
• Excellent strategic planning and operational deployment skills; able to translate vision and strategy into clear efficient successes with a strong attention to detail
• Creativity, confidence, and flexibility
• High energy, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Great sense of humor!