Accounting & Financial Reporting Advisory Manager | Director | Managing Director

Accounting & Financial Reporting Advisory

Manager | Director | Managing Director

New York City

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

MVA International Headhunters is partnering with a leading global financial and risk advisory firm that is investing in the continued growth of its Accounting & Financial Reporting (A&FR) Advisory practice in New York.

We are interested in speaking with high-calibre professionals at Manager, Director and Managing Director level who combine strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise with a genuinely commercial mindset.

These are not purely delivery positions.

The practice is looking for people who want to develop client relationships, originate opportunities and help grow a business, while continuing to advise clients on complex accounting and transaction-related matters.

The level of commercial responsibility will increase with seniority. Managers will be supported in developing these skills; Directors should already be able to demonstrate business development capability; and the Managing Director appointment is a genuine build opportunity, with the ability to develop a client base and build a team from day one.

The Opportunity

You will advise corporates, private equity firms and their portfolio companies on complex accounting, financial reporting and transaction-related challenges.

Depending on your experience, engagements may include:

• Technical accounting and financial reporting under US GAAP and IFRS
• M&A and transaction-related accounting
• Business combinations and purchase accounting
• Carve-outs, divestitures and spin-offs
• IPO and capital markets readiness
• SEC reporting and regulatory matters
• Revenue recognition, leases, debt/equity and consolidation
• Financial statement preparation and reporting
• Accounting change and implementation
• Pre- and post-transaction accounting matters
• Supporting CFOs, Controllers and senior finance leadership through complex situations

The successful candidates will combine technical credibility, client leadership and commercial acumen.

Manager

This is an opportunity for a technically strong Manager who wants to progress beyond pure project delivery and develop into a broader advisory and commercial role.

You will lead engagements and work directly with senior client stakeholders while being given the platform and support to start developing your own market relationships.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate strong delivery experience but, importantly, also has the personality, confidence and commercial aptitude to identify opportunities and win work over time.

You do not need to arrive with a significant book of business.

The ambition is to develop future Directors and Managing Directors from within the practice.

Director

At Director level, we are looking for established advisers who can combine delivery leadership with demonstrable business development.

You should already have evidence of originating work, expanding existing client relationships and converting opportunities into revenue.

There is not an unrealistic expectation that you arrive with a huge portable book. As a guide, evidence of having generated or influenced approximately $1m+ of revenue would be attractive, although the quality of your relationships, commercial judgement and ability to build are more important than a single number.

You will be expected to:

• Develop and expand senior client relationships
• Originate and convert new opportunities
• Cross-sell complementary advisory services
• Lead complex engagements
• Develop Managers and junior professionals
• Contribute to the continued growth of the New York practice

For someone with the right trajectory, this provides a credible route towards Managing Director

Managing Director

Managing Director

The position is a significant growth and build opportunity.

We are looking for an established Accounting & Financial Reporting Advisory leader with a strong record of origination and relationship development who wants the opportunity to build something.

From day one, you will have the ability to develop your own team, build out your client base and help shape the growth of the practice in New York.

The expectation is not simply to arrive with a book, deliver it and maintain it. The opportunity is to grow the platform over time — developing new relationships, expanding existing accounts, building a high-quality team and increasing revenues as the practice develops.

You should bring:

• A demonstrable history of originating advisory engagements
• Strong C-suite, CFO, Controller, PE and/or corporate relationships
• Credibility in complex accounting and financial reporting advisory
• The ability to convert relationships into sustainable revenue
• Experience developing and mentoring teams
• An entrepreneurial mindset and desire to build a business
• The ability to collaborate across complementary service lines and create broader opportunities

The MD profile you supplied illustrates the type of balance this level requires: technical accounting expertise alongside direct origination, market leadership and team building.

Candidates are likely to come from a Big Four, specialist accounting advisory, transaction advisory or CFO advisory environment.

We are particularly interested in professionals with experience across a combination of:

Accounting Advisory | Technical Accounting | Financial Reporting | Transaction Accounting | M&A | IPO Readiness | SEC Reporting | Business Combinations | Carve-outs | US GAAP | IFRS

A CPA or equivalent accounting qualification would be highly advantageous.

Why Consider the Opportunity?

• This is particularly attractive for someone who wants more than another delivery-focused advisory position.
• You will join a global advisory platform with an established brand and infrastructure, while having genuine scope to build your own career, client relationships and team.
• For Managers, it offers the opportunity to develop the commercial skills required to become a future practice leader.
• For Directors, it provides the platform to grow an existing network, originate meaningful revenue and progress towards MD.
• For the Managing Director, it is an opportunity to build — clients, revenue and people — with the backing of an established global advisory business. xhyhwjd

All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.