Managing Director - Finance Transformation; NY

Managing Director - Finance Transformation (NY)

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From the beginning, our goal was to establish an advisory firm that stands apart from the rest – one that is grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to creating a positive experience not just for our clients, but for our people too. We firmly believe in the strength of collaboration, enthusiasm, generosity, and perseverance as the driving forces behind our success.

With advisory solutions spanning accounting and risk, technology-enabled transformation, and transactions, we partner with our clients to solve today’s challenges and deliver present and future value.

Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards including Inc
5000's Fastest Growing Companies and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Explore what our employees have to say about our unique culture.

By joining our rapidly growing New York - Business Transformation practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You’ll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that help our clients solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success. As a Managing Director at Cross Country Consulting you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery, business development, leading teams and developing junior team members, as well as serving as a member of Cross Country’s leadership team.

• Provide leadership over client finance and/or accounting functions to include accounting and operational process improvements, redesign and integration of financial systems, improving financial close management, system strategy/selection.
• Design, enhance and advise on best practices for accounting processes and controls across different functional areas including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, financial reporting and FP&A.
• Provide guidance developing target operating models and assist managing change accordingly.
• Assist clients navigating complex corporate transactions (e.g., acquisition integrations, divestitures/ carve-outs, public company readiness).
• Identify pain points and improvements in key process areas, including controls, and support efforts to implement solutions.
• Improve processes and controls by way of optimization and/or automation.
• Expertise across the complete lifecycle of projects, from concept through execution and ongoing operations.
• Assist with system and people integrations and identifying efficiencies between the client’s accounting systems and other tools.
• Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved, AI-enabled solutions for clients, in accordance with company policies on data protection, intellectual property, and professional standards.
• Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client solutions and internal processes.

• Account Management: maintain strong relationships, understand clients’ business, and ensure quality of deliverables and satisfaction on engagements.
• Coaching and Development: provide coaching and training for team leveraging their skills and the firm’s people first culture.
• Recruiting and Retention: actively attract, interview, hire and retain top talent.
• Thought Leadership: share technical expertise including case studies, white papers, learning materials, panel participation.
• Business Development: pursue prospective clients including using existing relationships to generate new opportunities, foster culture of growth and BD mindset, act as a thought leader in the market, provide client delivery or sector expertise in pursuits.

• 15+ years of relevant experience working at high growth or pre-IPO companies including prior experience as a controller or equivalent in commercial/non-financial services firms.
• Expertise in finance transformation, system implementation, operations improvement, business process improvement, acquisition and divestiture implementation in the commercial industry.
• Prior experience in professional…