Senior Director Consultant

Position: Senior Director Consultant
Location: Newport Beach CA (Hybrid)
Schedule: Monday to Friday Full-Time (40 hours/week)
Compensation: $150000 to $175000 annually
Employment Type: Full-Time W-2 Employee with NOW CFO

About NOW CFO

NOW CFO is a national outsourced accounting and finance firm. We give businesses financial clarity and visibility through experienced consultants who partner with clients on the projects that matter most: cleanups implementations month-end close financial reporting budgeting forecasting and everything in between.

Our Consultants are full-time W-2 employees. Youll work with a variety of clients across industries get exposure to different systems and business models and never get stuck in the routine of a single seat.

About the Role

Were expanding our Newport Beach team and looking for an experienced Senior Director Consultant to serve as a trusted finance leader to our clients. Youll partner with executive leadership across a variety of industries lead client engagements end-to-end and bring enterprise-level finance thinking to businesses that are growing and scaling.

What Youll Do

• Serve as the primary finance leader on client engagements often working directly with CEOs CFOs and ownership
• Oversee financial reporting budgeting forecasting and strategic finance initiatives
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes and ensure GAAP compliant financial reporting
• Build and maintain budgets rolling forecasts and cash flow models
• Deliver executive-level dashboards variance analysis and strategic insights
• Lead ERP implementations system cleanups and process improvement initiatives
• Mentor client accounting teams and strengthen internal controls
• Support M&A due diligence audit prep and other high-impact strategic projects as needed

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field
• 10 years of progressive finance and accounting experience including Director or Senior Director level responsibilities
• Strong GAAP knowledge and technical accounting depth
• Deep budgeting forecasting and strategic finance experience
• Prior leadership and team management experience
• Multi-industry exposure strongly preferred
• CPA preferred not required
• Excellent communication skills and executive presence
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple client engagements simultaneously
• Willingness to commute to different client sites in the Orange County / Newport Beach area

Preferred

• Prior consulting or interim CFO experience
• ERP implementation experience (NetSuite Sage Intacct Microsoft Dynamics SAP Oracle)
• Experience with private equity backed high growth or multi-entity businesses
• BI tool fluency (Power BI Tableau)

What NOW CFO Offers

• Competitive base salary ($150K to $175K)
• Full benefits: medical dental and vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Career growth opportunities across our national footprint
• Exposure to a wide variety of industries systems and business models