Assurance Experienced Senior, Accounting Advisory & Outsourcing • F&A Outsourcing

Job Summary:

The Technology Experienced Senior, Accounting Advisory & Outsourcing supports the full-life cycle of NetSuite Implementation engagements. BDO is seeking a professional with a public accounting background and extensive experience in NetSuite implementations. The successful candidate is adept at leveraging their accounting expertise to demonstrate and deploy sophisticated cloud-based financial systems using NetSuite.

This role collaborates with a team of technology leaders, software developers, client-facing outsourced finance and accounting professionals, and various other SMEs. The individual supports project work from demonstration through to successful completion. In this role, the Experienced Senior Associate assists in discussions and helps oversee the client's (internal and external) needs, striving to contribute to strong delivery and ensuring client expectations are successfully met.

Job Duties:

General

• Supports the implementation of NetSuite projects, ensuring seamless transition and integration of financial operations
• Demonstrates NetSuite financial reporting functions to meet client's needs, ensuring that reporting solutions align with client requirements
• Utilizes public accounting knowledge to assist in system configuration, ensuring both compliance and efficiency
• Works with clients to understand complex accounting needs and help translate them into effective NetSuite solutions
• Supports the management of client (external and internal) expectations and assists in delivering difficult messages to keep project delivery on track
• Contributes to the vision of the project solution under the guidance of project leaders
• Prepares formal and informal presentations for client meetings and internal meetings
• Identifies potential new business opportunities and communicates them to engagement superiors
• Acts as a liaison between change requesters and the software development team, addressing development team needs efficiently
• Facilitates meetings with developers by providing functional clarification and setting delivery expectations with team and client
• Supports the on-time delivery of projects, helps eliminate impediments, and contributes to building a high-performing team environment
• Assists in managing time input and billing activities to ensure timely completion
• Independently implements the repackaging of third party or BDO proprietary software to ensure consistent installation with minimal to no user interruption
• Collaborates with team members in the development of utilities and/or tools to improve efficiency of internal and external users
• Evaluates business rules to determine the most efficient manner to meet end-user requirements
• Creates technical documentation to assist with Quality Assurance code review
• Works with the Quality Assurance team to ensure thorough testing and remediation of technical solutions
• Stays current on latest technologies and emerging trends, recommending ways to utilize new technologies in the BDO environment
• Other duties as required

Client (external and internal) Service Delivery

• Understands the technology packages clients are using to support their accounting/finance functions; describes the major functions each system performs, and knows how the system performs those functions; explains the purpose and value of system functions that a client may not be using; identifies when a client is not using a technology package in a proper or efficient manner; learns new technology quickly, understands the essence of technologies, how they can be used, how they interact with other technologies and business functions, determines what the best methods/benefits are for using them, and applies these technologies to an engagement
• Facilitates effective discovery meetings with clients; uses open ended questions to identify what their objectives are, what financial information they value for management/decision making and why, as well creates a map of their current internal finance and accounting structure
• Designs integrated solutions that respond to the specific situation; knows BDO well enough internally to identify when services outside of the business line should be included and describes what these services achieve and how they operate; outlines the solution in a concise document and vet