Associate Director Accounting Advisory (Operational AccountingController)
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 124500 - 260000
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
From the beginning our goal was to establish an advisory firm that stands apart from the rest one that is grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to creating a positive experience not just for our clients but for our people too. We firmly believe in the strength of collaboration enthusiasm generosity and perseverance as the driving forces behind our success. With advisory solutions spanning accounting and risk technology-enabled transformation and transactions we partner with our clients to solve todays challenges and deliver present and future value.
Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards including Inc5000s Fastest Growing Companies and Glassdoors Best Places to Work. Explore what our employees have to say about our unique culture by clicking here.
By joining our rapidly growing Accounting Advisory practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clientsacross a broad range of industries company stages and sizes including early-stage emerging growth middle-market and large complex organizations. Our work spans both public and private companies with significant exposure to Private Equitybacked portfolio companies. Youll bring your first-hand experience unique perspectives and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that help our clients solve todays challenges and set the foundation for future success. As an Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery leading teams and developing junior team members and contribute to business development initiatives.
What Youll Do:
- General Accounting Close Support
- Aid clients in developing a streamlined monthly close process
- Assist with cash-to-accrual conversions and the creation of supporting schedules
- Validate the existence of assets and prepare associated roll forwards
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations (intercompany inventory cash prepaids etc.)
- Support various aspects of accounting compliance including tax forms sales tax exemptions 1099s etc. while also contributing to the preparation of financial statements and the development of internal controls and policies
- Help prepare budgets or forecasts and develop reports for management or regulatory bodies
- Guide the implementation of cloud-based finance and accounting systems
- Manage the preparation of journal entries invoices and reconciliation of accounts during monthly or annual closings
- Guide companies through efficient external audit processes
- Financial Reporting Support
- Support SEC filing design of reporting processes restatement assistance and traditional 10-K 10-Q and 8-K filings
- Improve financial planning and analysis (budgeting forecasting data analysis)
- Review of monthly internal financial reporting packs
- Review of monthly regulatory reporting
- Operations Support
- Liaise with business units outside of accounting to integrate business operations
- Advise clients on leveraging AI and automation tools to streamline close processes improve forecasting and enhance data driven decision making
- Partner with IT teams to integrate financial systems during acquisitions
- Comfort with AI: Demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation.
What Youll Bring:
- 8 years of experience spanning advisory and controllership roles for commercial or PE-backed portfolio companies supported by a strong foundation in professional services (public accounting advisory firm or management consulting firm) and 2 years of hands-on Controllership experience in emerging growth middle market organizations and/or PE-backed portfolio companies (Software SAAS or Healthcare or a broad B2B industry exposure preferred)
- Hands-on experience to various ERP systems and tools such as: NetSuite Sage MS Dynamics QuickBooks Workiva DFIN Tableau PowerBI Alteryx Snowflake SQL Python
- Ability to leverage AI and automation to optimize accounting processes enhance reporting accuracy and drive operational efficiency
- Proven ability to build strong client relationships
- Demonstrated success in mentoring and leading teams helping project teams resolve multi-faceted issues
- Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved AI-enabled solutions for clients in accordance with company policies on data protection intellectual property and professional standards.
- Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client solutions and internal processes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in in Accounting Finance or related field
- CPA or CA certification preferred
Travel:
- Willingness to travel domestically up to 40% (With that said our approach to travel is a thoughtful meaningful one and we do our best to avoid scheduling back-to-back extended travel projects. Even so travel will vary project-to-project based on client preferences and may sometimes come in bursts.)
- Ability to participate in a hybrid office environment
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For applicants located in New York CrossCountry Consulting is required to include an estimate of the compensation range for this role. The following range takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to skills experience education licenses certifications business needs and internal equity. An estimate of the current range is $124500 - $260000per year annual bonus additional benefits.
Benefits Summary
The CrossCountry total rewards package includes comprehensive healthcare options including medical dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; and a 401(k) with company matching. Additionally employees can take advantage of generous parental and maternity leave policies technology stipends and wellness reimbursement programs all designed to support both professional growth and personal well-being. For detailed information about benefits at CrossCountry please visit our dedicated benefits site: Employment Opportunity (EEO)
CrossCountry provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employeesand applicants for employment and believes that respect and fair treatment are critical to creating a productive and inclusive workplace.
As an equal opportunity employer CrossCountry is fully committed to comply with all federal state and local laws and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability pregnancy genetics sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic. The company also complies with pay transparency and labor laws applicable to all terms and conditions of employment.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Account Payable
- Invoicing
- Journal Entry
- Data Entry
- Accounting & Finance
- Tax Returns
- QuickBooks
- General Ledger Accounting
- Microsoft Excel
- Reporting
- Payroll
- Financial statement
- Account Receivable
- ACCA
- CPA
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