Job Description:Lead complex client engagements, develop high-performing teams, and help drive the continued growth of Crowe’s Accounting Advisory practice.
As an Accounting Advisory Manager, you will work directly with senior finance leaders across a variety of industries to address complex accounting, financial reporting, transaction, and finance transformation challenges. You will own engagements from planning through delivery, coach and develop team members, and contribute to client relationships and market growth. The role offers meaningful client exposure, varied project experience, and a clear opportunity to expand your leadership and advisory capabilities. Work arrangements will vary by engagement and may include remote, office, and client-site work, with travel as business needs require.
What You’ll DoClient and Engagement Leadership
- Lead accounting advisory engagements from scoping through final delivery, with accountability for objectives, staffing, timelines, budgets, risks, quality, and client communications.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior finance stakeholders by anticipating concerns, resolving issues, and presenting practical recommendations.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and maintain alignment among clients, engagement teams, auditors, and other stakeholders.
Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Research and analyze complex transactions, apply relevant accounting guidance, and prepare clear technical memoranda and other client-ready deliverables.
- Advise clients on complex transactions, purchase accounting, SEC and financial reporting matters, accounting standard implementation, and audit readiness and remediation.
- Provide accounting and reporting support tailored to the needs of clients across multiple industries.
Finance Transformation and Process Improvement
- Evaluate, design, and implement improvements to close, consolidation, reporting, controls, and other accounting and finance processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, data quality, and decision support within finance organizations.
- Monitor relevant accounting, regulatory, and industry developments and translate them into practical client guidance.
Team Development
- Supervise, coach, and develop engagement team members through clear expectations, timely feedback, mentorship, and review of work products.
- Promote collaboration, accountability, quality, and continuous learning across engagement teams.
- Serve as a technical resource while continuing to expand expertise across complex accounting and financial reporting matters.
Practice Growth and Market Development
- Identify emerging client needs and opportunities to expand relationships and deliver additional value.
- Support proposals, presentations, and other business-development activities in collaboration with practice and cross-functional leaders.
- Contribute to recruiting, thought leadership, service development, and other initiatives that strengthen the practice and its market presence.
What You’ll BringRequired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- At least five years of relevant experience in accounting advisory, technical accounting, financial reporting, corporate finance, or recent public accounting external audit.
- Active Certified Public Accountant license.
- Demonstrated experience leading engagements and developing accounting professionals.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities while maintaining quality, accountability, and effective stakeholder communication.
- Strong analytical, project management, and written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to travel up to 30% annually based on client and business needs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Public accounting or accounting advisory experience serving clients across multiple industries.
- Experience with complex transactions, purchase accounting, SEC reporting, accounting standard implementation, audit readiness, or finance transformation.
- Experience supporting business development, proposals, presentations, recruiting, or market-facing thought leadership.
We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.
