San Francisco Vice President Strategic Finance

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 1,400+ 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. Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices around the globe. Join us! Strategic Finance Accordion’s Strategic FP&A Practice helps Finance teams build capabilities to enhance performance visibility, planning activities, data analytics, and business partnering to enable and accelerate value creation. By combining extensive operational FP&A experience, data and technology skills, and a proprietary engagement model, we develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigor and pace required in a PE-backed environment. This position must be based in our San Francisco office and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. What You’ll Do As a Vice President on a lean, cross-functional team, you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues with backgrounds in Private Equity, Investment Banking, FP&A, Big 4 and Financial Controllers, to identify and rectify issues across a broad range of scenarios. • Provide leadership support on client engagements including managing work streams to agreed timelines, performing quality control of client deliverables and leading the presentation of deliverables. • Develop financial and analytic models at various granularity levels to drive operational and transactional insights. • Conduct financial and business due diligence to assist with various investment and growth decisions. • Perform detailed analysis and synthesize actionable insights from data sets and unstructured information sources. • Construct impactful reports and presentations that enhance key stakeholders’ understanding of business trends and drivers. • Lead/participate in consultant teach-ins and other training exercises. • Participate in the performance review process for engagement teams. • Travel to client site as needed. Ideally, You Have • A bachelor’s degree in business, finance or economics. MBA a plus. • Minimum 6 years+ experience at a top tier private equity firm, investment bank and/or consulting firm. • Strong transactional finance experience as well as an understanding of operational finance. • Advanced Excel skills and very strong financial modeling and valuation skills; SQL, Power BI are highly desirable. • Strong quantitative and organizational skills. • Outstanding oral and written communication skills. • Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. • Ability to work independently with minimal oversight in the completion of projects. • Strong interpersonal, leadership and team-management skills. • High integrity, independent and individually motivated. Ideally, You Are • Excited to be part of a growing team. • Passionate about delivering exceptional client service. • Experienced in advising clients on financial accounting issues. • Knowledgeable of complex financial accounting and operations issues. • Excessively detailed oriented with an eye for quality. • Experienced managing projects with tight deadlines. • A self-starter with a strong work ethic. • Comfortable in a fluid, flat organization. • Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary. • Able to work independently and as part of a team as needed. Salary: $170,000 to $210,000 + benefits + bonus. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited… Apply Job!