Accordion
Vice President (Manager), Finance Transformation
Boston; Dallas; New York; San Francisco. Posted 5 months ago
The role
You will serve clients within the office of the CFO of private equity portfolio companies. You will conduct finance function diagnostics, design process enhancements, and manage transformation workstreams.
What you will do
- Conduct and support finance function diagnostics
- Design and support process enhancements across lead-to-cash, source-to-pay, record-to-report and FP&A
- Design future state operating platforms
- Develop implementation plans for initiatives on a strategic roadmap
- Support execution of plans to optimize technology and drive process automation
- Support Transformation Directors in driving transformation program governance
- Support the coordination of change management
- Determine and measure the ROI of improvement initiatives
- Manage transformation workstreams at a single client
- Manage junior resources
Required qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience working in a client serving role at a top-tier public accounting or financial advisory firm, and/or mix of client service and private industry expe
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Proven experience successfully leading workstreams, managing client dynamics and internal team dynamics
- Strong and up-to date knowledge of finance best practices specifically related to the professionalization of the finance function
- Generalist across, or subject matter expert in, financial business processes including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, FP&A, as well as other functions under the CFO purview
- Extensive expertise related to the design and implementation of strategies, processes and technology which increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit/shareholder value
- Experience enabling financial processes with finance automation and technology deployment
- Experience performing financial function assessments
- Experience supporting strategic finance transformations
- Experience working in a private equity environment
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Strong client service mindset
Nice to have
- MBA is a plus
Benefits
- benefits
Before you apply
- This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship
About the company
Accordion is a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm and private equity's value creation partner. They provide financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI to help clients drive value.