Financial Consulting Supervisor - Technical Accounting Consulting

Overview

Supervise day-to-day workstreams within RSM's Technical Accounting Consulting (TAC) practice, leading Associates and Senior Associates on complex accounting and financial reporting engagements for U.S. public and private clients, under the direction of Managers and Directors.

What you'll do

• Supervise day-to-day activities across one or more TAC engagement workstreams for U.S. based public and private clients, under the oversight of engagement Managers and Directors.
• Plan and coordinate assigned work, monitor milestones and budgets, and communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to engagement leadership.
• Research accounting guidance, develop preliminary conclusions on complex accounting matters and discuss significant judgments with engagement leadership.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memoranda, workbooks, financial statement disclosures, disclosure checklists, and other client deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Provide coaching, timely feedback, and technical guidance to Associates and Senior Associates; review their work and support their development.
• Collaborate effectively with U.S. engagement teams and client personnel, participate in meetings, and follow through on assigned actions.
• Support audit-readiness, transaction, capital-market, and new-standard implementation projects, including coordination with auditors and other advisers as directed.
• Identify potential additional client needs during engagement delivery and communicate them to Managers or Directors.

What you'll need

• Chartered Accountant or CPA with at least four years of relevant experience in technical accounting, accounting advisory, or a related field.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience researching and applying accounting guidance to complex transactions and documenting conclusions in clear, well-supported technical accounting memoranda.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in several relevant areas, such as consolidation, derivatives and hedging, stock-based compensation, investments, debt, distinguishing liabilities from equity, transfers and servicing, business combinations, revenue recognition, leases, and financial statement presentation and disclosures.
• Experience coordinating workstreams or supervising team members on technical accounting engagements.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical, and project-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound professional judgment, and escalate significant technical or delivery matters promptly.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with SEC reporting requirements.
• Hands-on experience with several of the following areas: complex financial instruments, including debt, equity, and hybrid instruments; consolidation and variable interest entity (VIE) assessments; securitization and transfers of financial assets; stock-based compensation; earnings per share (EPS) calculations and analysis; Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL); financial statements and related disclosures; business combinations and acquisition accounting; revenue recognition; lease accounting.
• Prior experience supporting U.S. clients through a capability center or global delivery model.
• Preparation of complex accounting memos and workbooks including VIE analysis, debt modification, stock-based compensation etc.
• Perform audit readiness support for complex accounting matters and provide services to U.S. based clients.
• Review financial statements including disclosure checklists, SEC disclosure checklists for registration statements, drafts of sections of various SEC filings (e.g., MD&A draft).
• Team player; self-driven and ability to work independently as well as able to motivate team members.

Details

• Willingness to work flexible hours when reasonably required during peak engagement periods.