FSO FAAS-Transactions-Manager

About the role

The opportunity is for a Manager in the Transactions group within the Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team. This role is based in multiple locations including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas, Hoboken, McLean, and New York.

Responsibilities

• Consulting with clients on complex and technical accounting issues
• Collaborating with partners, senior managers and clients to influence strategy, balancing risk and client expectations
• Ensuring our Engagement team thoroughly understands our clients’ unique needs, ambitions and expectations
• Building relationships with colleagues across multiple service lines to provide seamless integrated service
• Managing performance and identifying opportunities to improve our products and processes

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree, CPA certification and 2 to 5 years work experience preferably as an auditor in a public accounting firm
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills
• A thorough understanding of US GAAP
• Exposure or interest in revenue recognition, share-based payments, financial asset transfers such as securitizations and factoring agreements, consolidations and equity method accounting
• Exposure to strategic transactions, such as business combinations, M&As and joint ventures
• An understanding of financial services industry, as well as commonly used terminology, processes and tools
• A proven record of excellence when managing, mentoring and improving a team of high-performing colleagues
• The confidence to research and resolve emerging client issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor's degree
• Must have CPA certification
• Must have 2 to 5 years work experience preferably as an auditor in a public accounting firm

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Consulting with clients on complex and technical accounting issues
• Collaborating with partners, senior managers and clients to influence strategy, balancing risk and client expectations
• Ensuring our Engagement team thoroughly understands our clients’ unique needs, ambitions and expectations
• Building relationships with colleagues across multiple service lines to provide seamless integrated service
• Managing performance and identifying opportunities to improve our products and processes
• Researching and resolving emerging client issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $112,700 to $206,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $135,200 to $234,800. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.