Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) - Director

Overview

Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) - Director

 

 

At MGO we believe that human care comes first. Only when our talent thrives can they deliver their very best to our clients. We are honored to serve agents of change in culture-shaping industries – including cannabis, sports and entertainment, technology and state and local government. We stay at the forefront by empowering the next generation of talent: rising leaders full of big ideas, passionate energy, and purpose to effect real change. Our inclusive culture, competitive benefits, and flexible work arrangements are designed to motivate and inspire our team members to build something special.

 

MGO is a top CPA and advisory firm of 600+ professionals working remotely and in offices throughout the U.S. and India. Through frictionless digital tools, we address the local needs, and fuel the global ambitions, of clients in 97 countries. MGO is proud to be a “Best Place to Work” and is ranked as a leader by Accounting Today and Inside Public Accounting.

 

Job Details

MGO is growing and we are looking for motivated, hard working and dynamic Financial Accounting Advisory Services Director with a strong passion for client services to join the team. A career in our client accounting services team will provide you with the opportunities to lead and develop new leaders in technical client accounting services while operating accounting departments to our clients. The Director will primarily serve government and public sector organizations. This Director role will be working with your leadership and staff teams, to deliver hands-on, day-to-day and project-based client accounting services work, developing staff and seniors and responsible for managing engagements start to finish. The right candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit with  the ability to sell while being ready to roll-up their sleeves and have the ability to support financial audit, accounting clean-up projects and be a trusted advisor (in an interim or outsourced CFO or Controller capacity to our clients). 

 

Core Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Experience delivering and overseen the day-to-day financial accounting activities for assigned client(s) (successfully playing the controller and CFO role).
• Leads go to market strategy responsibilities for the region with proven results. Actively participates as the initiator of new client lead revenue generation with prospects.
• Conducts self in a professional manner to develop trust with the client and assigned staff as a trusted adviser.
• Ability to manage, mentor and motivate team members.
• Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines on a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality of service offerings.
• Ability to roll-up their sleeves and perform the activities necessary to successfully deliver on the clients daily, monthly, and quarterly financial needs.
• Analyze financial data providing actionable insight that leads to information decision making by the client.
• Anticipates, identifies, and resolves client challenges while identifying opportunities for improvement of operations.
• Ensures all staff assigned are properly and professionally managed, providing oversight, guidance and to develop through active coaching and training.
• Develop and maintain engagement budgets.
• Write engagement agreements and statement of work.
• This role will require travel to and from client site, some overnight stay required (10-40%).

Added Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of full cycle accounting/finance processes: AR/AP, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, financial planning & analysis, month end close, reconciliation, intercompany eliminations, consolidation and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of best practice policy, procedures and controls.
• Experience/exposure to a variety of accounting platforms: QuickBooks, Xero, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite and Sage, and industries, both public and private.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field required.
• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• Experience in professional services (public accounting) with progressive experience in delivery of accounting and financial management solutions.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge (US GAAP and GAGAS)
• Strong business devlopment skills with a proven track record of generating revenue with new and excisting clients. 
• Experie