Independence Consulting Director
Independence Consulting Director
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$ 197800 - 296700
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Grant Thornton is seeking an Independence Consulting Director to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.
The Independence Consulting Director will play a significant role in assisting our partners principals managing directors (PPMDs) and professionals in evaluating new opportunities (audit or other) or existing relationships for a client (or prospect) or an affiliate of one that is subject to independence requirements including firm monitored private equity firms and portfolio companies. The individual should have strong understanding of the professional standards established by independence standard setters and regulatory bodies including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Securities Exchange Commission Public Company Accounting Oversight Board International Ethics Board for Accountants Government Accountability Office and Department of Labor.
This role will need to apply a broad knowledge of professional standards to assist engagement teams in evaluating or monitoring independence and assisting others in the Independence with the development of GT independence policies and quality control processes. The individual should be comfortable working in a team environment within Independence or other GT groups within our firm (e.g. Private Equity other quality groups legal etc.) and to also be able to work independently. The individual must manage competing priorities in a rapidly growing fast-paced interactive results-based team environment.
Your day-to-day may include:
- Consult with PPMDs and professionals on the application of independence standards to a particular fact situation (e.g. scope of services business relationships employment).
- Assist in evaluating relationships that potential firm targets may have with existing relationships that the firm or member firms have under the applicable professional standards.
- Assist in monitoring independence for larger private equity firms for which the firm is maintaining SEC independence.
- Provide teams guidance or assist them on identifying affiliates of their audit clients under the applicable independence standard (e.g. AICPA SEC).
- Adviseteams with Relationship Checking activities (e.g. guidance or processing assisting on relationship checks at various stages assisting teams with evaluating relationships reported etc.).
- Assist in training independence team in INDUS on the application of AICPA independence standards relating to nonaudit services or business relationship for existing and prospective private audit clients to assist engagement teams in clearing private audit client checks including monitoring and supervising/oversight the INDUS team related to this initiative.
- Assist in developing firm independence policies and quality control requirements which will involve documentation and regular updates including pulling regulator request information together (e.g. PCAOB requests).
- Develop and present technical content for professional training programs or for other firm purposes.
- Assist in maintaining and develop independence related resources or publications (e.g. nonaudit services matrices etc.).
- Liaise with representatives of Grant Thornton International and the member firms on potential independence matters potential conflicts of interest and independence confirmations/representations.
- Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis.
- Perform other job-related duties or assist with special projects as necessary.
You have the following technical skills or qualifications:
- 12 or more years of experience related to the accounting profession with experience in a national office or independence office a strong plus and a CPA is required. At least 3 to 4 of those years should be at a manager role.
- Business related degree (e.g. accounting finance etc.) is a strong plus.
- Experience with relationship/conflict checking tools including entity management tools (e.g. family trees).
- Prior client serving experience in an audit practice is a strong plus.
- Independence exposure or experience on how accounting firms operate under alternative practice structure is a strong plus.
- Excellent analytical technical and professional skills including understanding of international accounting and consulting firms businesses.
- Strong ability to acquire synthesize and present technical information.
- Excellent written verbal interpersonal and presentation skills
- Strong Microsoft Word skills required and experience with other Microsoft Office products (e.g. PowerPoint Excel etc.).
- Strong project planning skills.
- Experience managing projects with an ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
- Ability to work on highly technical material with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work additional hours as needed and limited travel.
The base salary range for this position in the firms Chicago IL Downers Grove IL Denver CO and Baltimore MD offices only is between $172000 and $258000 per year.
The base salary range for this position in the firms Washington DC Bellevue WA Los Angeles CA Newport Beach CA San Diego CA and New York NY offices only is between $185800 and $278600 per year.
The base salary range for this position in the firms San Francisco CA and San Jose CA offices only is between $197800 and $296700 per year.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
