We provide outsourced accounting, SOX/IA, financial reporting and advisory services to growing companies, and we're in search for a highly motivated experienced Director who is eager to make a difference in our client's businesses. In this position, you'll function as an extension of the company’s accounting and finance function to a variety of clients simultaneously. Being a key tem member at several different clients will provide you with broad exposure to different businesses, management styles, and best practices.
We are seeking an experienced accounting advisory professional to join our growing and well-established national Financial Accounting and Advisory Services group in our Greenwich, New Haven, or Hartford, CT office. This position requires a high-energy, experienced professional with strong interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and with a team, along with a strong desire to be willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities. Our growing financial accounting and advisory services practice provides tremendous career opportunities in an environment of the highest ethical standards and professionalism. We are committed to practicing work/life balance and offer extremely competitive salary and benefit packages.
Job Description
- Develop and own strong relationships with clients and other stakeholders to meet all of their accounting and financial reporting needs including projects that:
- Enhance or re-design SOX and ICFR structures
- Streamline SOX and ICFR compliance within the organization
- Outsource or Co-source, with the organization in-house resources, the internal audit function for organizations of various size and industry
- Design internal audit plans or overall control structures, prepare and review relevant work papers supporting, prepare reporting to client management and governance
- Research complex accounting transactions and document conclusions associated with the control risk of the transactions
- Supervise, mentor, and train team members
- Network with industry professionals to generate new engagements
- Regional and local travel to client locations and training courses
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting
- CPA strongly preferred
- Solid working knowledge of US GAAP and PCAOB audit standards and SEC reporting experience required
- Experience with planning and execution of Large or mid-market Internal Audit plans, including management over design and testing of business process controls
- Ability to problem-solve and think quickly, creatively, and logically to respond to complex client inquiries in a timely manner
- A demonstrated ability to effectively organize, prioritize and manage multiple engagements under tight deadlines
- 10+ years of experience in public accounting or combination with private industry, however public accounting through Manager level a plus
- Big 4 experience preferred
- Multi jurisdiction and multi-location experience preferred
