Director - Accounting Advisory

Overview

From the beginning, our goal has been to establish an advisory firm that stands apart, grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to delivering a positive experience for clients and our people. We believe in collaboration, enthusiasm, generosity, and perseverance as driving forces behind our success. Our advisory solutions span accounting and risk, technology-enabled transformation, and transactions, and we partner with clients to solve today’s challenges and deliver present and future value.

Our commitment to our people has earned us 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 visiting our site.

Location
: San Francisco

By joining our rapidly growing Accounting Advisory practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You’ll bring first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that help clients solve today’s challenges and set the foundation for future success. As a 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.

• Client Delivery: Assist with complex transactions, technical accounting standards and policy implementations, financial reporting, and operational accounting
• Conduct IPO-readiness assessments and assist clients in preparation for a public offering (via Form S-1 or F-1)
• Advise on complex accounting policy in all areas of US GAAP and/or IFRS, including consolidation (analyzing VIEs and identifying Primary Beneficiaries), derivatives, revenue recognition, lease accounting, business combinations, impairment, troubled debt structuring, bad debt and loan loss methodologies, foreign currency accounting, etc.
• Transformation of finance and/or accounting functions including accounting and operational process improvements, integration support, target operating model decision, and RBA/Data Analytics

• Practice Leadership: Oversee client accounts, projects, and engagements, including work plans, staffing, timelines, fee negotiations and budgets throughout all lifecycle phases, to include strategy, goal-setting, deliverables, and maintaining an integrated project plan
• Build and develop strong client relationships
• Develop timely resolutions to issues, risks, and project team conflicts
• Develop delivery methodologies and new service offerings
• Manage teams and people by tracking and directing performance against objectives, while encouraging continuous improvement and innovation
• Act as role model, supervisor, coach, and mentor to team members

• Business Development
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  Identify and lead business development opportunities to win new clients and expand services at existing clients. Market a full range of services to prospective clients including using your existing relationships to generate new opportunities.
• Support market opportunities identified by business developers or other leaders within Cross Country with client delivery or sector-specific expertise.
• Foster a culture of growth and business development, serving as a thought leader in the market.

• 15+ years of related management consulting experience or a combination of consulting and industry experience
• In-depth knowledge of accounting standards (US GAAP and/or IFRS)
• Consistent success in building and developing strong client relationships
• Identify new growth and shared revenue opportunities, collaborating with sales leadership to originate new business, grow existing relationships and increase bookings
• A passion for mentoring and leading teams while efficiently…