Director of Strategy Realization

About the role

A Dallas-based business advisory firm is growing its Strategy Realization practice and hiring a Manager or Director. You will help clients close performance gaps in their accounting and finance operations, from assessing how they work today to fixing what is holding them back.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients' accounting and finance operations through process mapping, system assessments, and gap analyses to identify performance gaps and scalability constraints.
• Lead improvements to the month-end close and financial reporting process, including close acceleration, account reconciliations, internal controls, and management reporting.
• Combine systems, resolve process inefficiencies, repair integrations, and train users to ensure stability and maximize value.
• Lead engagements and coach and mentor team members.

Requirements

• Manager: 5 to 8 years of experience; Director: 8 to 12 years of experience.
• Background in industry (Controller or Assistant Controller type roles), or relevant Strategy Realization type experience at another consulting firm, such as Business Transformation, CFO Advisory, Office of the CFO, or Performance Improvement.
• Experience leading engagements, with strong project management skills and executive presence.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and a strong work ethic.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Skills

• ERP implementation, optimization, or post-implementation support.
• System selection and vendor evaluation, including requirements gathering, RFP support, demo scoring, and implementation roadmaps.
• Chart of accounts design, subledger structure, and month-end close automation within the ERP.
• ERP certifications, or ERP administrator or consultant experience.
• Post-merger systems integration: consolidating multiple ERPs, standardizing processes, and aligning reporting across acquired entities.
• Integration between the ERP and upstream operational or commercial systems (billing, revenue, ETRM, field data) and downstream reporting layers such as Power BI.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including a target bonus.
• Work with a team of high performers in a flat organization that values initiative.
• Exposure to a wide variety of clients, industries, and projects, and room to build a niche of your own.
• Dynamic, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a strong reputation in the industry.

Pay

The expected range for this role is $120,000 to $160,000 per year.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule: in-office Monday through Thursday, work from home on Friday.