Senior Consultant, SEC Accounting & Advisory Services
December 19, 2021
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 4,600 employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities. The Company generated $1.81 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2017. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
FTI Consulting continually strives to offer employees and eligible dependents, including domestic partners and eligible domestic partner children, a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Please click here for more information.
FTI Consulting does not accept unsolicited resumes from external firms or agencies. FTI Consulting will not be responsible for placement fees associated with unsolicited resumes.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
About Forensic & Litigation Consulting
The Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice at FTI Consulting provides multidisciplinary, independent dispute advisory, investigative, data acquisition/analysis and forensic accounting services to the global business and legal community. Our team supports clients facing high stakes litigation, arbitration and compliance investigations, and regulatory scrutiny.
About the Opportunity
Are you an accounting professional that is looking for your next step after audit or to work on complex projects outside the traditional often-repetitive accounting advisory work? Are you looking to add forensic accounting skills to your portfolio? Are you missing the variety of projects after going into industry? We are in the process of expanding FTI's SEC & Accounting Advisory group in San Francisco and are seeking individuals with a desire to deepen their technical accounting expertise in a high-growth, nimble environment with a team of leading experts by your side. Our clients are facing complex technical accounting and financial reporting challenges driven by transactions, regulatory inquiries or potential errors in prior-period financial statements. As an SEC & Accounting Advisory Senior Consultant, you will work with professionals with deep accounting expertise, many of them former SEC and FASB professionals, and Big 4 partners. In addition, we often supplement our teams with experienced professionals from other practices such as Technology, Data and Analytics and Dispute Advisory Services.
Primary Duties
As an SEC & Accounting Advisory Senior Consultant, you will be a key contributor to our engagement teams, interacting with client personnel, audit and advisory professionals, and other groups within FTI.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Be part of a team that assists clients with the accounting and financial reporting impacts of significant events or complex transactions such as new customer arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, financing events, discontinued operations, and stock-based compensation arrangements
• Identify accounting issues and bring them to the attention of engagement leaders for resolution
• Be part of a team that assists clients in complex investigative issues including unstructured data review and analysis
• Assist teams in performing research and analysis, and documenting conclusions in technical accounting areas
• Prepare financial reporting deliverables in connection with an IPO
• Be part of a team that assists clients in complying with SEC reporting requirements including 10-Ks and 10-Qs, Regulation S-X Rule 3-05 and 3-09 financial statements and Article 11 pro forma financial information
• Draft and review public and private company financial statements
• Assist in preparing support for complex restatements of previously issued financial statements
• Be part of a team that remediates internal control deficiencies including implementation and testing
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in accounting
• 3+ years of public accounting or equivalent experience
• Certified Public Accountant or foreign equivalent
• Up-to-date knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting standards and SEC requirements
• Ability to travel up to 30% based on client needs
Preferred skills
• Experience In performing substantive audit procedures on a variety of account balances, such as fixed assets, prepaid expenses, cash, accounts payable and accounts receivable, preferably in a variety of clients or industries
• Experience at a Big 4 or other national accounting firm
• Effective communication skills and an ability to explain complex issues clearly and succinctly
• Knowledge of systems used for unstructured data review (for example, Relativity or Ringtail) an advantage
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FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 4,600 employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities. The Company generated $1.81 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2017. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
FTI Consulting continually strives to offer employees and eligible dependents, including domestic partners and eligible domestic partner children, a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Please click here for more information.
FTI Consulting does not accept unsolicited resumes from external firms or agencies. FTI Consulting will not be responsible for placement fees associated with unsolicited resumes.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
About Forensic & Litigation Consulting
The Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice at FTI Consulting provides multidisciplinary, independent dispute advisory, investigative, data acquisition/analysis and forensic accounting services to the global business and legal community. Our team supports clients facing high stakes litigation, arbitration and compliance investigations, and regulatory scrutiny.
About the Opportunity
Are you an accounting professional that is looking for your next step after audit or to work on complex projects outside the traditional often-repetitive accounting advisory work? Are you looking to add forensic accounting skills to your portfolio? Are you missing the variety of projects after going into industry? We are in the process of expanding FTI's SEC & Accounting Advisory group in San Francisco and are seeking individuals with a desire to deepen their technical accounting expertise in a high-growth, nimble environment with a team of leading experts by your side. Our clients are facing complex technical accounting and financial reporting challenges driven by transactions, regulatory inquiries or potential errors in prior-period financial statements. As an SEC & Accounting Advisory Senior Consultant, you will work with professionals with deep accounting expertise, many of them former SEC and FASB professionals, and Big 4 partners. In addition, we often supplement our teams with experienced professionals from other practices such as Technology, Data and Analytics and Dispute Advisory Services.
Primary Duties
As an SEC & Accounting Advisory Senior Consultant, you will be a key contributor to our engagement teams, interacting with client personnel, audit and advisory professionals, and other groups within FTI.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Be part of a team that assists clients with the accounting and financial reporting impacts of significant events or complex transactions such as new customer arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, financing events, discontinued operations, and stock-based compensation arrangements
• Identify accounting issues and bring them to the attention of engagement leaders for resolution
• Be part of a team that assists clients in complex investigative issues including unstructured data review and analysis
• Assist teams in performing research and analysis, and documenting conclusions in technical accounting areas
• Prepare financial reporting deliverables in connection with an IPO
• Be part of a team that assists clients in complying with SEC reporting requirements including 10-Ks and 10-Qs, Regulation S-X Rule 3-05 and 3-09 financial statements and Article 11 pro forma financial information
• Draft and review public and private company financial statements
• Assist in preparing support for complex restatements of previously issued financial statements
• Be part of a team that remediates internal control deficiencies including implementation and testing
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in accounting
• 3+ years of public accounting or equivalent experience
• Certified Public Accountant or foreign equivalent
• Up-to-date knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting standards and SEC requirements
• Ability to travel up to 30% based on client needs
Preferred skills
• Experience In performing substantive audit procedures on a variety of account balances, such as fixed assets, prepaid expenses, cash, accounts payable and accounts receivable, preferably in a variety of clients or industries
• Experience at a Big 4 or other national accounting firm
• Effective communication skills and an ability to explain complex issues clearly and succinctly
• Knowledge of systems used for unstructured data review (for example, Relativity or Ringtail) an advantage
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