Director, Accounting and Financial Reporting | Office of the CFO Advisory | Corporate Finance

About the role

The Director will support the Accounting and Financial Reporting Solution of the Office of the CFO practice. The Accounting and Financial Reporting Solution team partners with finance and accounting executives to advise on complex accounting issues, risk and regulatory challenges and accounting productivity. We support companies to improve the productivity and efficiency of people and processes to resolve critical gaps in close processes and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Avoid assessing the current state financial close processes and providing recommendations for best practices to improve timeliness and accuracy of the close
• Avoid assessing and assisting in the development of controls over financial reporting
• Avoid providing project management support for finance related projects, including purchase accounting, restatements, account reviews, finance IT system assessments and implementations, and change management
• Avoid designing and implementing controllership activities including key account reconciliations, accounting policies and procedures, the adoption of technical accounting standards, and other financial controls documentation
• Avoid performing accounting functions on an interim basis for clients, including acting as a Controller or other technical accounting management role
• Avoid identifying market opportunities to develop and present engagement proposals that drive new revenue and new clients for FTI
• Avoid assisting with practice development and marketing, including developing materials, surveys, events and case studies
• Avoid participating in the writing of thought leadership pieces relevant to Chief Accounting Officers and the OCFO practice

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in an Accounting, Finance, or a related program
• 5+ years of relevant post-graduate experience
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Comprehensive experience in a combination of public audit, accounting advisory, tax or experience in progressing roles within the corporate accounting department of a company
• 3+ years of experience working in an accounting function in a public or private sector
• Aptitude for problem-solving, with demonstrated ability to exercise professional judgment and present solution paths to facilitate consensus
• Capability to sell work to new clients and further develop existing client relationships
• Excellent organizational, time management, and project management skill
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint