The Role
Senior Manager leading accounting advisory engagements for clients ranging from startups to FTSE 100 companies. Responsibilities include managing project teams, advising executives and auditors on complex accounting issues, supporting IPOs, acquisitions, divestitures, stock offerings, and debt raises, ensuring regulatory reporting compliance, implementing accounting standards, improving processes, mentoring staff, and contributing to recruiting, client relationships, and business development.
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Senior Manager - Accounting Advisory
Senior Managers at CFGI will work closely with ‘C-level’ management of FTSE 100, mid-cap, and start-up companies. CFGI Senior Managers lead project teams and interact with clients and their Big 4 auditors on all aspects of engagements, including report writing, developing and managing client relationships, and business development.
Take ownership of your career at CFGI:
· Gain exposure to a wide range of industries and/or projects.
· Make a true business impact with your clients.
· Own projects from start to finish.
· Experience client interaction and thrive in a client-facing role.
· Be consistently challenged and learn through a collegial environment created from top tier experts hired within the firm.
· Enjoy the flexibility of office/remote/client site work locations (engagement specific).
· Create your own path.
· Enjoy what you do!
What you might expect:
· Interact with clients’ executive team and auditors, serving as a subject matter expert, leading clients through complex accounting issues and driving conclusions.
· Lead client engagement and own client delivery on operational due diligence for complex transactions (i.e. – IPO’s, acquisitions and divestitures, stock offerings, and debt raises).
· Drive client deliverables of financial and regulatory information in accordance with regulatory requirements.
· Serve as a subject expert matter on projects related to new accounting standards.
· Lead process improvement projects and implementation of changes.
· Mentor managers and consultants, acting as a moral and ethical role model, fostering engagement team professional growth, and providing constructive and actionable feedback.
· Lead firm initiatives and identify areas for improvements.
· Play an active role in the firm’s recruiting efforts, client relationship building, and business development efforts.
Who you are:
· An undergraduate degree in Accounting – ACA, ACCA, CPA and/or MBA combined with solid accounting experience will be considered in lieu of a degree in accounting.
· Eight plus years of experience in public accounting and/or industry accounting and /or finance.
· Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with an ability to assimilate easily into teams.
· Strong technical skills and a working knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and US GAAP.
· Proactive in identifying client needs and effective in building a strong relationship with clients.
· Highly organized and focused and demonstrates the ability to set overall engagement expectations and direction.
· Effective analytical and critical thinking abilities.
· Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable.
· Commitment to quality client service, focusing on ensuring positive resolutions to conflicts.
· Consistently seek opportunities to enhance your skills by attending higher-level training, developing firm training materials, and enhancing the overall firm knowledge base.
Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, or ACA, ACCA, CPA, or MBA combined with substantial accounting experience
- Eight or more years of experience in public accounting, industry accounting, and/or finance
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, and US GAAP
- Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Ability to lead client engagements, manage project teams, and interact with executive clients and auditors
- Analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Strong organizational skills and ability to set engagement expectations and direction
- Client relationship management and business development capability
- Ethical, dependable, proactive, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial approach
- Commitment to quality client service and constructive conflict resolution
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The Company
What We Do
CFGI is a unique and highly specialized financial consulting firm that is strategically positioned to help companies through a range of routine and complex business scenarios. As an extension of your corporate finance team, CFGI works alongside your internal staff, serving in a variety of roles – from technical accounting advisor to M&A support to Controller or CFO – and delivering seamless support services. Our key areas of expertise include: » Technical Consulting » Interim Management » Corporate Tax » Private Equity Services » Valuation » Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
