[Remote] Director, Finance & Accounting Advisory Services

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Intrinsic LLC is a private, independent firm that specializes in providing transaction advisory services and financial and accounting support to private equity firms and portfolio companies. The Director of Finance & Accounting Advisory Services will lead client engagements, shape engagement strategy, and build the practice while ensuring high-quality service delivery to clients in the finance function's evolution.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of concurrent client relationships as the senior point of accountability, translating PE-backed finance challenges and goals into executable transformation plans
• Set the strategic direction, define the workplan, and ensure every workstream ties back to the client’s finance goals and the broader investment thesis
• Navigate multi-stakeholder dynamics, aligning sponsors, management teams, and technical advisors, and surface risks and trade-offs before they become obstacles
• Lead concurrent engagements across post-acquisition integration and exit preparation
• Responsible for the quality and defensibility of all deliverables
• Make judgment calls on technical matters, set priorities when workstreams compete, and ensure the team delivers with precision and pace: Finance and accounting change management, Month-end close acceleration and financial reporting transformation, Technical accounting resolution (ASC 606, 842, complex transactions, carve-out accounting), Cash flow visibility, controls, and management, Building reporting and KPI infrastructure to support scale and complexity, Post-acquisition integration (COA harmonization, system consolidation, team assessment & design), Exit preparation and sell-side readiness
• Build the team around you, responsible for hiring, structuring capacity, developing talent, and ensuring the people on your engagements are growing in skill and judgment
• Provide direct, constructive feedback, create opportunities for stretch assignments, and model the standard of work and client service you expect
• Present complex findings with boardroom-level clarity to CFOs, PE operating partners, and founders
• Anticipate objections, frame trade-offs, and guide stakeholders toward aligned decisions. Navigate difficult conversations with conviction and care

Skills

• CPA required (active or eligible)
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Big 4 FAAS, PE-backed controllership or CFO advisory, top-tier consulting, or corporate finance leadership, with significant time in middle-market environments where companies undergo meaningful transformation
• Demonstrated mastery across multiple domains: close transformation, technical accounting (ASC 606/842/805), cash and working capital management, M&A integration, and exit preparation. You have led these workstreams, not just participated in them
• Authoritative command of US GAAP, PE-specific accounting (normalization, carve-outs), and ERP/system landscapes
• Deep fluency in the realities of middle-market finance functions: cash-to-accrual migrations, first-time audits, QuickBooks-to-ERP transitions, close process redesign, and building finance infrastructure to support scale and complexity
• Travel required for engagement kickoffs and firm meetings (estimated 20 to 30%)
• You command the room with PE Partners, CEOs, CFOs, and Boards, not because of your title, but because of the clarity and conviction you bring
• You translate complex accounting into plain-English business implications and bring your clients along as strategic decisions are made, obstacles are encountered, and priorities evolve
• You design and own workplans that align people, systems, and processes across organizational change
• You have navigated competing stakeholder priorities (sponsor vs. management vs. technical teams) repeatedly and with confidence
• You set the standard: for quality, for client experience, and for what 'done well' looks like on your engagements
• You are decisive under pressure. High-stakes deadlines and ambiguity sharpen your judgment, not cloud it
• You are intellectually versatile, equally credible discussing ASC 842 implications with an auditor and presenting a value creation roadmap to a PE operating partner
• You build teams, not just manage them. You hire well, develop people deliberately, structure capacity, and create an environment where others do their best work
• You are entrepreneurial. You don't need established processes or fully templatized frameworks to be effective. You build and refine methodology, deliverables, and playbooks as you execute

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus targeted at 15% of base salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401(k) plan with employer contribution
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid and remote work flexibility
• Professional development support and continuing education reimbursement
• Participation in the firm's employee ownership model
• All full-time employees are eligible for these benefits
• This position is eligible for remote work

Company Overview

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