Director of Accounting Advisory

Required

• 10+ years of progressive accounting work, including at least 1 year in leadership within public accounting, outsourced/fractional accounting, or a client-service firm.
• Proven track record managing a production team of 10+ accounting professionals, directly or through managers, with accountability for team results.
• Has coached and developed managers, including conducting performance reviews, building development plans, and addressing underperformance.
• Demonstrated ownership of division or department financial performance (P&L, revenue per FTE, utilization, realization).
• Background in capacity planning and workload balancing across teams or client portfolios.
• History of serving as an escalation point for client relationships, ideally with startup or high-growth clients.
• Leadership of managers — Coaching, delegation, holding managers accountable to KPIs, and managing through change.
• Performance Management — Setting and enforcing KPIs (utilization, revenue per FTE, realization, on-time delivery), with the discipline to use systems-of-record data instead of anecdote.
• Client Leadership — Escalation handling and supporting cross-sell and service-expansion opportunities.
• Change and AI enablement — Enthusiasm for AI-driven efficiency, and the ability to drive full adoption of firm tools, systems, and processes.
• Advisory mindset — Moving teams from report delivery alone to proactive advisory.
• AI Fluency — Hands-on comfort using AI tools in accounting and operational work, with sound judgment about where AI adds value, where human review is required, and how to protect client data.