Advisory Managing Director - FAAS
Embark
Experience a 35X+ award-winning culture!
Ever work at a company where 99% of employees:
Look forward to coming to work
Feel encouraged to balance work and personal life
Are empowered without management watching over their shoulders
Trust leadership to run an honest and ethical business
Go above and beyond to execute excellently
Embark, a 6X Inc 5000 fastest growing company, is a new kind of business advisory firm with our sights set on $1B+.
We make life easier for finance, accounting, HR and technology leaders, and their teams, by solving their most complex problems with forward-thinking solutions and inimitable hospitality. Our goal is to enable busy clients to think less about work and more about what’s most important to them – families, soccer practice, vacation. We do this by hiring difference makers who love what they do and supporting their whole human development - emotional, physical, spiritual, social, psychological and professional - empowering them to execute excellently for clients.
Here are few reasons why 600+ Embarkers are thriving in and out of work:
Opportunity + rewards to make a big impact
Unlimited PTO and incentives + support to use it
$150/mo to invest in your “whole human development”
CPE credits, coaching + quarterly professional development
100% paid healthcare; optional pet insurance
Company-paid lunches + monthly social events to strengthen relationships
Career advancement opportunities
Up to 3% 401K matching + complimentary financial advisory
24/7 counseling available to employees + loved ones
Experience a 35X+ award-winning culture!
Ever work at a company where 99% of employees:
- Look forward to coming to work
- Feel encouraged to balance work and personal life
- Are empowered without management watching over their shoulders
- Trust leadership to run an honest and ethical business
- Go above and beyond to execute excellently
Embark, a 6X Inc 5000 fastest growing company, is a new kind of business advisory firm with our sights set on $1B+.
We make life easier for finance, accounting, HR and technology leaders, and their teams, by solving their most complex problems with forward-thinking solutions and inimitable hospitality. Our goal is to enable busy clients to think less about work and more about what’s most important to them – families, soccer practice, vacation. We do this by hiring difference makers who love what they do and supporting their whole human development - emotional, physical, spiritual, social, psychological and professional - empowering them to execute excellently for clients.
Here are few reasons why 600+ Embarkers are thriving in and out of work:
- Opportunity + rewards to make a big impact
- Unlimited PTO and incentives + support to use it
- $150/mo to invest in your “whole human development”
- CPE credits, coaching + quarterly professional development
- 100% paid healthcare; optional pet insurance
- Company-paid lunches + monthly social events to strengthen relationships
- Career advancement opportunities
- Up to 3% 401K matching + complimentary financial advisory
- 24/7 counseling available to employees + loved ones
What you’ll be doing
Reporting to the our Execution Leadership team, you will be a leader within our FAAS practice helping drive firm growth and delivering high quality client service in a variety of our practice offerings including technical & complex accounting, financial reporting, accounting clean-up & audit readiness, capital markets transactions, and more. You will work closely with clients, both public and private, across a variety of industries and sizes providing oversight and development to our team of consultants.
To be a good fit for our Managing Director - Financial Accounting Advisory Services role you will have:
- 15+ years of experience in “Big 4”/national public accounting firm/consulting and/or corporate accounting
- CPA required
- Expert knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- Significant experience leading the research, analysis, documentation, and implementation of technical and complex accounting matters (e.g. stock compensation, business combinations, debt/equity financing, etc.)
- Added bonus if you have significant experience in any of the following:
- Revenue recognition across a variety of industries (ASC 606)
- Complex debt, equity and other financial instrument transactions (ASC 470, ASC 480, ASC 815)
- Derivatives and hedge accounting (ASC 815)
- Variable interest entities (ASC 810)
- Income taxes (ASC 740)
- SEC Regulations S-K and S-X.
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with senior leadership, executives, and key decision-makers. Proven success in identifying client needs and delivering tailored solutions that drive value.
- Strong business development skills with a track record of driving growth in a professional services environment. Ability to develop and execute a strategic vision for our accounting advisory practice.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills both written and oral. Ability to independently lead effectively across different teams ensuring collaborative, cross-functional efforts.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to manage and resolve conflicts efficiently. Experience handling both internal team issues and external client service challenges, ensuring minimal disruption to service delivery and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Strong sense of urgency, proactive initiative, and capability to manage multiple client engagements effectively without compromising service quality
- Exceptional skills in leading and developing teams of consultants
What's in it for you:
- Competitive compensation package based on experience
- We pay 100% of premiums for you and your entire family on health, vision, and life insurance, and short and long-term disability
- We match 50% to 6% on our 401K
- Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
- Monthly stipend for whole human wellness
- All the technology you’ll need to be successful, the most advanced software, and accessories to ensure you get the job done in style
- Monthly team outings (think: axe throwing, a trip to the State Fair, go-kart races, etc.)
In closing...
If this role sounds exciting, apply and let's start the conversation!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Upon offer of employment, employees will be asked to submit to a background check and drug screen. Dependent on ongoing client requirements, employees may also be asked to submit to a drug screening and background check throughout employment.