Director - Accounting Advisory

Posted 18 Days Ago
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Philadelphia, PA
Expert/Leader
Financial Services
The Role
The Director of Accounting Advisory will lead accounting advisory services, focusing on IPO and M&A readiness, SEC compliance, and financial reporting. Responsibilities include overseeing financial statement preparation, managing client communications, and leading multiple engagement teams to ensure project goals are met. Strong coaching and team management skills are essential for mentoring staff and building client relationships.
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Centri is an accounting and advisory firm dedicated to providing quality expertise to help your business grow and succeed. We live by our Centri core values and utilize them to support you through your unique business needs: Collaborative, Entrepreneurial, Network, Technical, Responsive, and Initiative.  Every employee at Centri lives out our core values in action. We’re serious about them. They aren’t just words — these values are integrated into the work we do every day and the ways we serve each other, our customers, and our communities. 

We are One Firm, One Team, and One Culture. It’s how we do things at Centri. And a large part of our focus is on becoming the best, most wholesome professional you can be.  You’re not just a number. You’re part of the Centri Family.

Career Advancement:

  • Working at Centri is not just a job, it is a career path. We promote on talent, not tenure, allowing our team to take ownership of their growth & career trajectory

This Director will provide accounting advisory services including, but not limited to, IPO and M&A Readiness, SEC Compliance & Financial Reporting, CFO Advisory, Transaction Advisory, Technical Accounting Research, and addressing the need for continuous improvement and optimization of the finance and accounting functions

Responsibilities:

  • Delegate the preparation of the financial statements and technical accounting position papers to the engagement team members for both public and private companies, as well as other required support materials
  • Review accounting memos, financial statements, and other client deliverables prepared by engagement team members, ensuring general accounting standards are applied appropriately
  • Independently provide conclusions and recommendations on application of complex accounting guidance to clients and external parties
  • Independently facilitate calls with the SEC, client auditors, client legal counsel, etc. as deemed necessary to accomplish project goals
  • Assist engagement partners in developing budget plans, communicate those budgets to the engagement team and monitor team progress
  • Take ownership engagements while managing upward and downward expectations to ensure deadlines are met and project stays on budget
  • Lead multiple engagement teams simultaneously to further the Firm’s goals and objectives

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Accounting, Finance or Business Related Field) required
  • Twelve plus years of relative accounting experience; public accounting or professional services experience highly preferred.
  • CPA license is required
  • Strong working knowledge/expertise with any of the following:
    • Preparation of SEC filings including Form 10-K, 10-Q, S-1 and 8-K/A
    • Addressing SEC Comment Letters
    • Technical Accounting Research & Position Papers
    • IPO Readiness & Reporting
    • Carve-out Financial Reporting



This position is an exempt position as it relates to the fair labor standards Act. Centri provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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Accounting
The Company
Englewood, CO
135 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Centri Business Consulting is dedicated to providing the highest quality finance and accounting consulting services to its clients by being reliable and responsive to their needs. Centri provides companies with the expertise they need to meet their strategic accounting and reporting demands. From complex technical accounting transactions to periodic financial reporting, our professionals can offer any organization specialized expertise and multilayered skill sets to ensure the work gets done right.

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