Senior Consultant, Accounting Advisory, Financial Services

Overview
DHG ranks among the top 20 public accounting firms in the nation. With more than 2,000 professionals in 30+ offices located in 13 states, we combine extensive tax, assurance and advisory experience with a focus on relationships and personal service to help our clients achieve their goals. People, careers and flexibility are at the heart of DHG's culture making it a great place to build a valuable career.

Responsibilities

• Serves the needs of the client by planning, coordinating, and executing cross-functional risk management projects
• Coordinates with the Supervisor, Manager, Senior Manager, or Partner on all phases of the engagement, including execution of the project deliverables, communications with the project team, staffing requirements, job planning, and scheduling
• Maintain current knowledge of SEC reporting and regulations
• Strong current knowledge in one or more of the following areas: US GAAP, IFRS, SEC reporting
• Knowledge of Regulatory Report filings for Financial Institutions
• Provide transaction-related accounting and reporting support for capital markets transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, IPOs, and other complex capital raising transactions.
• Ability to analyze and implement risk-based solutions related to the reporting challenges that our high-profile clients face while maintaining long-term, meaningful business relationships
• Manages relationship with client-side project members to facilitate project fulfillment
• Exercises independent thinking skills by making decisions related to engagements to include dynamic problem solving, risk assessment, quality control, and data and information evaluation
• Continually evaluates project resource requirements delivery to ensure efficient resource allocation, communication, and execution.
• Promptly brings to the attention of the Senior Manager, Project Manager, or Partner any issues or questions that could potentially result in alterations to the project parameters, costs or deadlines
• Identifies further areas of value-add to create opportunities for future projects
• Maintains a professional appearance and demeanor, reflective of the company, at all times
• Demonstrates strong communication skills
• Executes a project plan well and assists in project development
• Engages in multiple roles within project team
• Proficient verbal and written English communication skills; ability to communicate effectively
• Human relations skills to deal effectively with visitors, clients, staff, and/or co-workers in a professional manner
• Professional demeanor towards duties and responsibilities, particularly with regard to independence, professional ethics, and the exercise of professional judgment
• Must be reliable and able to meet deadlines
• Strong organizational, time management and interpersonal skills with the ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism
• Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism
• Must be highly organized

• BA or BS in Business, Accounting, or related field required, Masters Degree preferred
• 3+ years of public accounting, financial services, insurance or related consulting experience required
• Relevant certifications (CPA, PMP, CISA, CFE) preferred
• Willingness to travel required
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures on manual and automated systems preferred
• Thorough working knowledge of MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook preferred
• Knowledge of Database Software Systems preferred (i.e. SAP, Oracle, SQL, Microsoft Access, CRM)