Managing Director, Finance & Accounting Advisory Services

Armanino LLP•Duluth, GA

2d•$224,100 - $344,200

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 who combines market-facing growth, deep subject-matter expertise, exceptional client delivery, team leadership, and practice stewardship. The role operates with substantial autonomy, takes meaningful ownership from Partners, and demonstrates the ambition and sustained performance required to progress toward Partner. The Managing Director is expected to be recognized as a leader within FAAS and the broader firm; translate practice strategy into action; independently own priorities and advance opportunities; and model enterprise thinking, commercial judgment, accountability, collaboration, and responsible risk management. The role leads complex client engagements, develops business and executive relationships, builds and develops high-performing teams, contributes technical expertise and thought leadership, and helps shape and scale the practice.

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, with the 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.

Nice To Haves

CPA or other relevant professional credential, strongly preferred depending on area of specialization.
Executive presence and communication skills sufficient 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.

Responsibilities

Own and execute a targeted FAAS growth strategy, developing new opportunities and expanding client relationships across services, sectors, accounts, and referral channels.
Build and maintain a strong pipeline and executive network with CFOs, CAOs, Controllers, Boards, private equity and venture capital sponsors, investment bankers, attorneys, and other referral partners.
Lead the 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.
Serve as a trusted advisor to 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 key deliverables.
Own engagement quality and risk management, ensure work meets Armanino standards, identify issues, and escalate matters requiring Partner judgment.
Manage engagement performance and economics, including budgets, realization, invoicing, collections, scope changes, and delivery against client expectations.
Maintain subject-matter expertise in one or more FAAS disciplines, industries, or market segments, and apply technical and business expertise to complex client matters.
Elevate team and practice capabilities through technical consultation, quality review, coaching, and development of methodologies, tools, templates, training, and service offerings.
Strengthen the firm’s market presence through publishing, speaking engagements, panels, webinars, client education, and other thought leadership.
Lead, inspire, and develop high-performing teams; provide feedback, coaching, sponsorship, career advocacy, and stretch opportunities.
Build leadership depth and succession by delegating effectively, clarifying decision rights, and preparing others to lead clients, teams, and workstreams.
Contribute to recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, retention, performance management, and workforce planning.
Own significant practice priorities or workstreams, help shape and execute FAAS strategy, and improve practice scalability, consistency, and profitability.
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; serve as a visible FAAS ambassador; and resolve cross-functional issues with limited oversight.
Operate with a firm-first mindset and demonstrate readiness to progress toward Partner through sustained contributions to growth, client leadership, people leadership, technical credibility, and practice building.