Director - Post Merger Integration

Director – Post Merger Integration

Join CLA (Clifton Larson Allen ) as a Director in our Post Merger Integration Services. CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table. Your responsibilities will focus on providing strategic guidance on a broad range of technical accounting, financial reporting, transaction structures and capital markets topics, advising clients on complex accounting advisory and financial reporting issues.

• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards, CLA’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.

As part of the Post Merger Integration Services technical advisory team, you will advise private equity firms and other closely held businesses as they undergo major transitions such as mergers and buy‑side carve‑outs, mitigating risk, minimizing disruption, and evolving to the new platform’s operating and reporting model.

• Advise and prepare new portfolio company finance teams to meet new reporting standards.
• Identify gaps in current ERP systems and accounting processes and propose solutions.
• Advising private equity clients on resource requirements to equip new portfolio companies to meet new reporting standards.
• Prepare purchase accounting adjustments and required financial statement disclosures.
• Develop plans to exit transition service agreements (TSAs) where needed.
• Assist clients in implementing new ERP and accounting processes.
• Lead teams and manage client accounts.
• Maintain project success and uphold standards.
• Motivate, develop, and inspire team members.
• Cooperate with the strengths of team members.
• Identify opportunities that contribute to the firm’s success.
• Embrace technology and innovation.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• CPA license.
• 8+ years of experience in integrating acquisitions and applying business combination accounting of highly acquisitive organizations.
• Demonstrated passion for U.S. GAAP and problem-solving within small to mid‑size organizations.

• Hands‑on experience with all aspects of accounting for mid‑size organizations.
• Experience with acquisitions, alliances, post‑deal accounting.
• Experience with GAAP conversions and accounting complexity.
• Experience with ERP conversions and implementations.
• Experience developing and implementing accounting controls and procedures.
• Innovating through new and existing technologies.
• Working with large, complex data sets.
• Utilizing digitization tools to enhance engagements.

The compensation range for this position in Massachusetts is: $124,000 – $202,000.

• Flexible PTO.
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
• Paid Volunteer Time Off.
• Mental health coverage.
• Quarterly Wellness stipend.
• Fertility benefits.
• Complete list of benefits available.

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Wellness at CLA:
To support our family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well‑being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401(k) and much more.

• Director

• Full‑time

• Business Development and Sales
• Accounting