Manager Advisory Services

About the role

L&H CPAs & Advisors, LLC is a Dallas-based professional services firm providing tax, assurance, and advisory services to privately held and founder-led companies. The Advisory Services Division delivers financial leadership and transaction expertise across the following key practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory (buy-side and sell-side representation, including quality of earnings analysis, financial due diligence, valuation, transaction structuring and net proceeds modeling, data room preparation, negotiation support, and post-closing settlements); Client Accounting Services and Fractional Controller & CFO Advisory (ongoing financial leadership for companies without a full internal finance function, encompassing close oversight, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash management, capital planning, and strategic financial guidance); Commercial Real Estate Finance Advisory (underwriting and proforma development, financial modeling maintained across the asset lifecycle, valuation and performance monitoring, acquisition and disposition support, and institutional-quality lender and investor reporting for developers, owners, and sponsors). Clients frequently engage the division across multiple practice areas over the life of the relationship, and the division is structured to serve them accordingly. The Manager holds primary responsibility for engagement delivery and client relationship management across an assigned portfolio. The role carries controller-level accountability for the integrity of client financial reporting, supervisory responsibility for Associates and first-line accounting staff, and day-to-day ownership of the client relationship. The position combines technical execution with oversight. Managers remain substantively involved in the work while bearing accountability for engagement quality, economics, and client outcomes. Managers hold client relationships directly and work across Advisory's practice areas with regular access to the Director of Advisory Services. The division is in an active growth phase, and the defined advancement path leads toward full fractional CFO responsibility and ownership of a client portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly and quarterly close process for assigned clients, including review of the general ledger, accruals, account reconciliations, adjusting journal entries, and supporting workpapers
• Ensure financial statements are accurate, timely, and defensible for use by ownership, boards, lenders, investors, and prospective acquirers
• Develop and maintain management reporting packages, including key performance indicators, dashboards, budget-to-actual analysis, cash forecasting, and accompanying analytical commentary
• Design and implement accounting processes, internal controls, and close calendars for clients whose finance infrastructure has not kept pace with the business
• Resolve technical accounting matters and coordinate with the firm's tax and assurance divisions on matters requiring cross-divisional input
• Review Associate work product, including financial models, diligence schedules, reporting packages, and workpapers, for technical accuracy, completeness, and analytical sufficiency
• Direct and review first-line accounting work performed by the firm's general accounting team, and maintain standards for quality and turnaround
• Train and develop Associates through structured review,