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Ankura Practice OverviewThe Office of the CFO (OCFO) was born out of the need to support the growing challenges of the finance organization. Our focus is on owning the CFO’s inbox by delivering holistic, tailored solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness, transform data into insights, improve governance, and drive business performance.
OCFO professionals are trusted advisors who work collaboratively and with a sense of urgency to maximize value for our clients. We are experts known for providing white glove service while leading transformations in challenging situations to enable sustainable results.
Solutions include:
Foundational Finance – Establish a finance organization that quickly and accurately produces financial reporting
Transactions – Successfully execute transactions and events, including corporate or private equity carve-outs and acquisitions; minimize risk and maximize return
Transformation and Turnaround – Enable Finance to serve as a business partner and support better business performance
Ankura Office of the CFO Role Overview and Responsibilities
The Office of the CFO Senior Managing Director role is an executive level position that sells, leads and manages client engagement team(s) through finance-led transformations.
Primary Focus
Drive our heavy sales and marketing lift with corporate clients and in the Private Equity channel
Provide finance operations diligence capabilities in middle market PE portfolio companies
Proactively identify and pursue new revenue opportunities while managing existing revenue streams
Fully functional SMDs will be expected to deliver $2.5M-$5M within 12 months
Support Corporate clients with Finance Transformation program management and specific initiatives
Support PE and Corporate clients with accounting advisory solutions for complex SEC reporting, purchase accounting, financial restatements, material weakness remediations, IPO readiness
Support Corporate and Private Capital clients with M&A integration and Carve-out support solutions, including program management, Day 1 readiness, TSA management, synergy planning and capture, and financial modeling and analytics.
Lead / mentor / coach our OCFO practice in sales and marketing techniques to achieve greater team sales pull through
Create a foothold in key Corporate or PE clients of his/her own while creating accretive opportunities in new client situations
Requirements
15+ years of experience in business development and project execution roles with a heavy emphasis on leading transformations or transactions with Corporate or PE backed portfolio companies within the middle market through Fortune 500
Capability to step into an Interim Finance leadership role with Corporate or private capital backed portfolio company
Excellent written and oral communications to drive top line growth through established referral network; ability to coordinate and deliver Ankura services to new and existing clients
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
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Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in business development and project execution roles
- Experience leading transformations or transactions with Corporate or PE backed portfolio companies
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Ability to coordinate and deliver services to clients
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
Ankura Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ankura and has not been reviewed or approved by Ankura.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as strong, with medical, dental, and vision plans frequently characterized as solid or excellent. Access to life/disability coverage and HSA/FSA options further reinforces the sense of comprehensive core insurance.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is repeatedly characterized as generous, with examples citing meaningful paid time for both birthing and non-birthing parents. This benefit stands out as a differentiator within the overall package.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as fair or good in certain roles and levels, particularly in specialized practices and more senior bands. A portion of the content frames compensation as competitive for a mid-tier advisory context, even if not top-of-market.
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What We Do
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 1,500 professionals in more than 30 offices globally who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative lateral thinking, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivaled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value.
