Director - Personal Financial Planning

About the Role:

You will develop a strategy for the Association's personal financial planning discipline. This strategy will guide where we expend time, money, and energy to make the highest impact. This impact includes responsibility for revenue and controllable expense budget. Additionally, it involves pipeline and growth in the US and internationally. You will also provide direction to the PFP Section, PFS credential, and the 120k members who provide these services. You will report to the VP - Member Value, Tax & Advisory services and lead a small team. You will use a hybrid work schedule.

You Will:

• Lead the PFP discipline by deploying and overseeing a team. Your team will develop the strategy, focus areas, and collaborative efforts. The collaborations involve committees, company partners, and external relationships, including members, member committees, firms, universities, state societies, vendors, and other organization leaders and influencers. These relationships span both domestic and global territories.
• Grow our membership including the public accounting practice unit, PFP section and PFS credential; controllable expense budget, PFP- and PFS Credential-related products including development and marketing.
• Be the primary subject matter expert and Association representative for personal financial planning. Lead programs include governing and developing standards, advocacy, and member benefit suite. Focus on credential pathway, university pipeline, and learning programs. I also respond to media inquiries and create best practices for the discipline. Understand the relevance of financial planning to the profession, both now and in the future. This understanding ensures our and members' long-term success.
• Oversee governance and advocacy for the discipline through your leadership of team and task force committees. Ensure the work is aligned with the Association and discipline goals. Lead the senior executive committee in the development of discipline standards. Speak out publicly on behalf of the profession.
• Strategize and oversee the development of programs for the PFS. These programs include defining the body of knowledge, creating credential pathways, education, and exam. Additionally, you will expand the credentials and related offerings internationally. Meanwhile, you will oversee the domestic credential program.
• Ensure member satisfaction, and committee and task force satisfaction by overseeing team interactions and effectiveness in responding to member needs
• Conduct interviews, make hiring decisions; provide salary recommendations; monitor and assign work; mentor; develop work plans and conduct performance evaluations

You Have:

• 8+ years' related experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• CPA license or Personal Financial Planning designation preferred

How We Support You:

We provide flexibility to help you achieve a good work-life balance. You'll be part of a global, diverse team who foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where you are valued for who you are and where you come from.

We offer benefit options in and out of the workplace, including healthcare, retirement, paid time-off, parental leave, an employee assistance program. We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs. We care about our employees' welfare and focus our benefits package on the benefits which support your wellbeing. We also recognize that everyone has different priorities, so in addition to our core benefits to support your health we offer flexible options for you to choose benefits that are right for you, your family and your lifestyle.

We believe in non-stop learning and are committed to investing in learning opportunities that help you reach your full potential and support your continued development.

About Us:

At The Association, a Great Place to Work-Certified company, we are transforming the accounting and finance profession. We are future-focused, empowering the world's most accomplished accountants to stay relevant, meet today's demands, and prepare for tomorrow's challenges through quality education, resources, and training.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

The Annual Salary Range for this role is: $165k - $200k

Please note, this is a standard range and exact compensation may vary based on experience and location. If you'd like to understand more on the salary range, please contact the recruiter listed on this posting.

If you're interested in this role, please apply before 19 June

While this role can work remotely in the US, please note that we are unable to employ individuals in the state of California.