Experience a 45X+ award-winning culture!
Embarkers enjoy:
Work-life integration: We encourage our team to balance work with personal life. 95% of our employees feel they can take time off when necessary
Growth and development: We offer continuous learning opportunities, including CPE credits and coaching, to support our employees' professional growth and ensure they execute excellently for clients
Award-winning culture: Recognized for our outstanding workplace environment, we prioritize the happiness and well-being of our team
Embark isn't your ordinary consulting firm. We’re committed to cultivating a workplace where everyone can thrive—where happiness is at the core of our success. Where Happy Works. Our team is dedicated to solving complex problems for finance, accounting, HR, and technology leaders with forward-thinking solutions and unparalleled hospitality. Here are a few reasons why 93% of Embarkers agree that we offer special and unique benefits:
Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited PTO to recharge and pursue your passions
Comprehensive healthcare: 100% paid premiums for you and your family
Whole human growth: $150 monthly stipend for holistic development
Career advancement: Access to CPE credits, learning platforms, coaching, and professional development
Financial support: Up to 3% 401(k) matching and financial advisory services
Team and community engagement: Monthly social events within your market, charitable matching, and great people!
About the Role:
Reporting to our Execution Leadership team, you will be a leader within our FAS practice, helping drive firm growth and delivering high quality client service in a variety of our practice offerings, including technical & complex accounting, financial reporting, accounting clean-up & audit readiness, capital markets transactions, and more. You will work closely with clients, both public and private, across a variety of industries and sizes providing oversight and development to our team of consultants.
To be a good fit for our Managing Director - Financial Advisory Services role you will have:
15+ years of experience in “Big 4”/national public accounting firm/consulting and/or corporate accounting
CPA required
Expert knowledge of U.S. GAAP & IFRS
Significant experience leading the research, analysis, documentation, and implementation of technical and complex accounting matters
Significant experience in areas such as:
Complex revenue recognition arrangements across a variety of industries (ASC 606)
Business combinations (ASC 805)
Leases (ASC 842)
Complex debt, equity and other financial instrument transactions (ASC 470, ASC 480, ASC 815)
Derivatives and hedge accounting (ASC 815)
Credit losses (ASC 326)
Variable interest entities & consolidations (ASC 810)
Income taxes (ASC 740)
US GAAP & IFRS conversions
SEC Reporting
Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with senior leadership, executives, and key decision-makers. Proven success in identifying client needs and delivering tailored solutions that drive value.
Strong business development skills with a track record of driving growth in a professional services environment. Ability to develop and execute a strategic vision for our accounting advisory practice.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills both written and oral. Ability to independently lead effectively across different teams ensuring collaborative, cross-functional efforts.
A proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to manage and resolve conflicts efficiently. Experience handling both internal team issues and external client service challenges, ensuring minimal disruption to service delivery and maintaining strong client relationships.
Strong sense of urgency, proactive initiative, and capability to manage multiple client engagements effectively without compromising service quality
Exceptional skills in leading and developing teams of consultants
Typical compensation range starting at $250,000+ based on experience, plus bonus potential
In closing...
If this role sounds exciting, apply and let's start the conversation!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Upon offer of employment, employees will be asked to submit to a background check and drug screen. Dependent on ongoing client requirements, employees may also be asked to submit to a drug screening and background check throughout employment.
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What We Do
Embark is a new kind of financial advisory consulting firm. We’re here to make life easier for Finance and Accounting leaders. To solve their most complex problems with forward-thinking solutions. And we do that so CFOs, CAOs, and their teams can actually enjoy their lives.
Ultimately, our goal is to allow our busy clients to think less about work and more about what’s most important to them – families, mortgages, soccer practice, vacation, or whatever the case may be. And that’s why CFOs and CAOs love us.
We do this by finding the best and the brightest, those that love what they do, but want to work in an environment where relationship-building culture fuels everything we do. That’s an Embarker, and they’re the ones driving such immense value for our clients.
