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Leads global revenue accounting policy and procedures under ASC 606, ASC 326, U.S. GAAP, and IFRS. Oversees revenue recognition, month-end close, financial reporting, internal controls, audits, technical accounting memos, and process improvements across international jurisdictions. Partners with billing, finance, business leaders, and auditors while supporting acquisitions, finance transformation, system enhancements, collections, and cash flow improvements.

Lead penetration testing, adversary emulation, assume-breach, and AI red-teaming engagements. Identify exploitable weaknesses, validate security controls and detection capabilities, and provide prioritized remediation guidance. Conduct testing across networks, applications, APIs, cloud, and infrastructure while mapping activity to threat frameworks. Communicate findings to technical and executive audiences, advise clients, develop methodologies and tooling, automate testing, and mentor junior team members.

Leads global financial consolidation, accounting close, consolidated financial statement integrity, internal controls, and reporting governance. Oversees OneStream strategy, administration, metadata, workflows, and enhancement roadmaps. Drives finance transformation, automation, data governance, acquisition accounting integration, and onboarding of acquired entities. Partners across finance, IT, and international organizations while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX, and applicable reporting standards.

Leads enterprise strategy and operational initiatives for the Office of the COO, translating executive priorities into actionable plans, performance insights, governance mechanisms, and measurable results. Advises senior leaders, facilitates cross-functional decision-making, supports member firms, and drives implementation across complex, geographically dispersed organizations. The role requires strong business and financial acumen, executive communication, independent problem-solving, and the ability to influence without formal authority.

Leads global finance process design and SAP S/4HANA implementation activities, including accounting documentation, process-gap analysis, testing, data validation, UAT, controls evaluation, issue resolution, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization. Coordinates with Finance, Accounting, IT, regional teams, global process owners, and implementation partners to standardize processes and ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and company policies.

Leads integration communications for Grant Thornton’s Global Transformation Office, owning the enterprise narrative, communications strategy, executive messaging, acquired-entity and employee communications, channel infrastructure, measurement, and governance. Partners with change management, People & Culture, Legal, Risk, and regional teams to support M&A integrations and operating model changes. Builds scalable communication toolkits, playbooks, and approval processes, advises senior leaders, manages external resources, and develops a communications team as integration activity expands.

Supports compensation program design, administration, and evaluation through market benchmarking, pay equity analysis, salary administration, reporting, and data-driven recommendations. Partners with HR, talent acquisition, and business leaders on compensation guidance, annual merit and incentive planning, survey participation, job evaluations, compliance, and compensation-related projects.

Leads private equity value creation and operational due diligence engagements across manufacturing, business services, retail, healthcare, and technology. Develops methodologies, evaluates operating models and cost structures, quantifies EBITDA improvement opportunities, assesses carve-outs and integrations, and advises deal teams and portfolio executives. Oversees projects, mentors consulting staff, supports proposals and business development, and builds the practice’s operational offering. Requires extensive management consulting, transaction, private equity, and operations improvement experience, with 25–50% travel.

Leads treasury and FP&A integration across liquidity, capital structure, funding, cash forecasting, working capital, covenant compliance, and balance-sheet planning. Builds integrated three-statement forecasts, liquidity scenarios, acquisition and investment models, and executive reporting for the CFO, Treasurer, board, lenders, and investors. Supports capital allocation, debt capacity, financing activity, and long-range planning in a global, acquisitive professional-services business.

Leads workforce transformation and organizational change management consulting engagements, including change readiness, communications, training, technology adoption, culture transformation, and M&A integration. Manages project delivery, budgets, resources, risks, client workshops, deliverable quality, and business development. Mentors staff, supports proposals and contracts, and applies change expertise across HR transformations, ERP implementations, operating model changes, and enterprise programs. The role requires at least 40–50% travel and hybrid in-person attendance.