London Director Transformation

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.

So, what does it mean to work at Accordion? It means joining 1,000+ finance & technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment while changing the way portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.

With the London office launching our European footprint, London-based Accordionites will have a unique opportunity to flex their entrepreneurial muscles to drive our business forward in the European market whilst working with colleagues who think like owners.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices around the globe. Join us!

Transformation

With the increase in complexity of the business environment and transactions, CFOs of private equity backed companies are increasingly being looked towards to drive strategic insights for their business. Finance organisations are no longer simply result reporters, but rather, they couple these results with forward looking data to provide strategic insights which are leveraged to make business decisions. Efficiency of process and meaningful control environments allows for speed of financial reporting with increasingly accurate measures, leaving more time for the finance team to add future enterprise value, rather than look backwards.

Accordion’s Transformation Practice is comprised of a dedicated team providing strategic advice to support PE backed portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions and events, including profitability improvements, finance process optimisation, liquidity enhancements and digital transformation transaction. We are doers and problem solvers – making sense of complexity and bolstering sponsors’ value creation theses.

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.

What You’ll Do :

• Work closely with other team members to serve clients within the office of the CFO of private equity portfolio companies, in the areas of finance strategy and processes improvements such as :
• Capability and Maturity assessments
• Operating Model Design
• Technology Optimisation and Roadmaps
• Design and Process Enhancement across areas including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report and FP&A
• Assess and recommend change management processes
• Drive initiatives to increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit / shareholder value
• Develop and implement KPI dashboards and tracking tools
• Bring deep financial expertise and strong experience leading practices to engagements
• Manage multiple client engagements at the same time, ensure projects are on track, manage client expectations and perform course corrections when necessary
• Interact and build relationships with C-suite personnel at portfolio company as well as representatives from Private Equity sponsors
• Regular and extensive travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdictions
• Assist in growing the firm by identifying and driving business development activities
• Identify and sponsor internal initiatives

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