Managing Director, Finance & Accounting Advisory Services

Armanino•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Armanino’s Finance & Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team helps clients scale, navigate significant transactions, strengthen finance and accounting functions, and meet complex reporting requirements. The team combines technical accounting, capital markets, operational accounting, financial reporting, and transformation capabilities to help clients achieve strategic goals. The Managing Director is a senior FAAS leader responsible for market-facing growth, subject-matter expertise, exceptional client delivery, team leadership, and practice stewardship. The role operates with substantial autonomy, takes meaningful ownership from Partners, and calls for sustained performance and ambition toward Partner progression. The Managing Director is expected to lead within FAAS and the broader firm, translate practice strategy into measurable action, and model enterprise thinking, commercial judgment, collaboration, accountability, and responsible risk management. Armanino describes a work environment intended to support employees’ careers alongside their personal lives. The company offers a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off and sick time; flexible work arrangements; a 401(k) with profit sharing; a wellness program; parental leave; and paid holidays.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 15 years of progressive experience in public accounting, accounting advisory, consulting, or senior corporate finance and accounting roles, including substantial client-service leadership experience.
Demonstrated record of originating, expanding, and closing complex advisory opportunities and building durable executive and referral relationships.
Deep expertise in one or more FAAS disciplines and ability to advise executives on complex technical, operational, reporting, transaction, or transformation matters.
Proven ability to lead complex engagements, manage risk and economics, and deliver high-quality outcomes through multi-level teams.
Demonstrated success recruiting, developing, retaining, and leading high-performing professionals.
Executive presence and communication skills to influence CFOs, CAOs, Controllers, Boards, Audit Committees, sponsors, and firm leaders.
Strong commercial judgment, ownership mindset, resilience, collaboration, and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
Clear aspiration and demonstrated readiness to advance toward Partner, supported by a sustained record of growth, leadership, client impact, and firm contribution.

Nice To Haves

CPA or another relevant professional credential, depending on area of specialization.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a targeted FAAS growth strategy, generating new opportunities and expanding existing client relationships across services, sectors, accounts, and referral channels.
Build and maintain a pipeline and executive network with finance leaders, Boards, private equity and venture capital sponsors, investment bankers, attorneys, and other referral partners.
Lead the full business development lifecycle, including opportunity qualification, solution design, proposals, pricing, presentations, negotiation, and closing.
Generate repeat business and referrals, collaborate across service lines on integrated solutions, and represent FAAS at conferences, webinars, industry associations, and executive networking events.
Advise senior finance executives, Boards, Audit Committees, investors, and sponsors on complex accounting, reporting, transaction, and transformation matters.
Lead complex engagements from strategy through delivery, including scoping, staffing, resource deployment, executive communication, and oversight of client deliverables.
Own engagement quality and risk management; ensure work is timely, fact-based, solution-oriented, and consistent with Armanino standards, and escalate matters requiring Partner judgment.
Manage engagement performance and economics, including budgets, realization, invoicing, collections, scope changes, and delivery against client expectations.
Maintain expertise in one or more FAAS disciplines, industries, or market segments, and apply technical and business knowledge to complex client matters and practical recommendations.
Elevate team and practice capabilities through technical consultation, quality review, coaching, and development of methodologies, tools, templates, training, and service offerings.
Build market credibility through publishing, speaking, panels, webinars, client education, and other thought leadership.
Lead and develop high-performing teams, providing feedback, coaching, sponsorship, career advocacy, and stretch opportunities to Directors, Managers, and other professionals.
Build leadership depth and succession by delegating, clarifying decision rights, and preparing others to lead clients, teams, and workstreams independently.
Participate in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, retention, performance management, and workforce planning.
Take ownership of practice priorities or workstreams from Partners and drive them to completion with limited oversight.
Help shape and execute FAAS strategy, including market focus, service innovation, talent priorities, operating model, and investment decisions.
Improve practice scalability, consistency, and profitability through disciplined processes, reusable assets, technology enablement, and effective resource management.
Use performance, pipeline, capacity, and engagement data to identify risks, make decisions, and recommend actions to practice leadership.
Build alignment across offices, regions, and service lines; represent FAAS within the firm; and address leadership gaps and cross-functional issues proactively.