Head of Finance Fully Remote

Join to apply for the Director, Strategic Finance role at Accordion. There’s a better way to work in finance—and more specifically, a better way to unlock value potential in private equity-backed portfolio companies. Working at the intersection of sponsors and management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle, our team provides hands-on, execution-oriented support to elevate the office of the CFO.

It means joining 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a high-growth, collaborative, and agile environment while changing the way portfolio companies drive value. With the London office launching our European footprint, London-based Accordionites will have a unique opportunity to flex their entrepreneurial muscles and drive our business forward in the European market.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices around the globe. Accordion’s Strategic FP&A Practice helps Private Equity backed Finance teams build capabilities to enhance performance visibility, planning activities, data analytics, and business partnering to enable and accelerate value creation.

By combining extensive operational FP&A experience, data and technology skills, and a proprietary engagement model, we develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigour and pace required in a PE-backed environment. This role can be based in our London office. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location, with the flexibility to work remotely 1-2 days a week, blending the best of both worlds for efficiency and collaboration.

• Provide project leadership and execute on client engagements, including directing and overseeing teams of consultants, managing work streams to agreed timelines, performing quality control of client deliverables and leading the presentation of deliverables.
• Act as relationship manager, responsible for addressing client and financial sponsor needs and associated communications throughout the course of engagements.
• Work closely with client management teams to assess project needs and lead the development of proposals and work plans for potential client engagements.
• Work with Consulting Execution team on practice development initiatives, including development of execution toolkits and resources for key service areas, as well as the build-out and ongoing maintenance of Accordion’s consulting knowledge hub.
• Lead/participate in consultant teach-ins and other training exercises.
• Regular and extensive travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdictions.
• Mentor junior consultants and actively participate in career development.
• Actively participate in the recruiting and on-boarding process for new consultants, as well as the performance review process for engagement teams.

A bachelor’s degree in business, finance or economics. MBA a plus. ~10 years+ experience at (a) a top tier private equity firm, investment bank and/or consulting firm, and/or (b) the FP&A department of an operating company. ~ Track record of interacting with private equity funds and private equity owned businesses a plus. ~ Strong Excel skills with financial modeling and valuation skills. ~ Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing). Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture.

We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, or any other status protected under law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values.

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Consulting, Finance, and Project Management

Industries: Business Consulting and Services and Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals