Director, Accounting Advisory Job at MorganFranklin Consulting in New York

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We deliver unparalleled opportunities to drive your career advancement and we have a rewarding employee culture to support it.

Now is the time to truly own your career and deliver real value to some of the world's most valuable Fortune 100 brands, growth companies transforming their industries, and mid-market firms that need help navigating the defining moments of their lifecycle. Be a part of a collaborative organization with a commitment to learning. Work side by side with business leaders to solve complex client challenges. Discover opportunities to participate in an inclusive and diverse workforce. Collaborate with our Women's Initiative, explore issues surrounding Diversity & Inclusion with our IDEAS committee, or help to shape our employee experience with our People & Culture Committee!

The Team - Accounting Advisory Services

Our team is comprised of a powerful mix of seasoned professionals with public accounting experience and business consultants with a deep expertise in a broad range of industries. We take a comprehensive approach to helping clients navigate through the IPO process, M&A lifecycle support and leverage our own Technical Accounting Solution Center to address critical financial reporting and technical accounting issues for clients.

Your Impact

• Advise financial services and banking clients (both publicly traded and privately held) on a wide variety of projects including: IPO preparation, transaction support, carve-outs and/or spin-offs, audit readiness, and new accounting pronouncements.
• Engage with clients and colleagues on technical accounting and control-related issues to provide research guidance and give recommendations for potential solutions.
• Create and deliver presentations on technical concepts, project work plans, delivery approach, milestones, and results to client stakeholders.
• Review team progress to ensure compliance with work program and professional standards.
• Educate internal and external audiences on accounting best practices.
• Identify, design and implement creative business solutions to continually improve the firm's methodology and approach.
• Establish credibility as a trusted advisor.
• Serve as a member of our leadership team by playing a key role in growing our business, developing new service offerings, mentoring junior staff, building teams and delivering outstanding client service
• Manage client relationships with an eye toward identifying and closing on new business opportunities.
• Actively participate in career development activities and technical training of staff.

Your Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• 10+ years of professional services experience (public accounting or advisory firm) and/or financial reporting experience with a Fortune 500 organization.
• Deep expertise and relationships within the Financial Services industry.
• Demonstrated track record of leading a life insurance accounting function for both U.S. GAAP and U.S. statutory accounting
• Strong knowledge of SEC reporting and U.S. GAAP.
• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting/audit practices, procedures and reporting standards.
• Demonstrated track record achieving business development targets by growing existing accounts and penetrating new accounts.
• Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally, at least 25%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in Accounting, MBA, CPA, CIA.
• Knowledge of Tier 1 accounting packages (i.e. Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft).
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and build teams that deliver services and solutions that surpass client expectations.
• Previous experience leading and executing complex projects in challenging environments.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at MorganFranklin Consulting depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, MorganFranklin believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure to be between $149,566 and $312,459. The individual may also be eligible for a variety of bonus and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.