Managing Director, Accounting Advisory Services

FTI France SAS; Victoria; On-site; AUD 281,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

FTI Consulting in Victoria, Australia, seeks a Managing Director for Accounting Advisory Services to lead selling and delivering advisory work.

You will build client relationships, shape strategies, manage budgets, and lead cross-functional teams on complex engagements. Travel to client sites is required; professional accounting qualifications are preferred; strong leadership and market development skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting/finance or related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (CA/PA) or equivalent.
• Proven ability to build client relationships and lead engagements.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term relationships and identify opportunities that lead to sales or referrals.
• Develop marketing plans aligned with market trends and practices.
• Support senior team members during critical project points.
• Manage organizational and contractual project budgets.
• Lead projects in complex environments and retain key clients.
• Lead major proposals and manage client portfolios and fees.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to address client needs.
• Review analyses and deliverables to ensure quality within deadlines.
• Mentor and coach team members; travel to client/FTI offices as needed.

Skills

Client relationships

Marketing plan development

Project management

Financial analysis

Negotiation

Leadership

Mentoring

Deadline management

Education

Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or related disciplines

CA, PA or equivalent professional accounting qualification

Job description

Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. We work with many of the world’s top multinational corporations, law firms, banks and private equity firms on their most important issues to deliver impact that makes a difference. From resolving disputes, navigating crises, managing risk and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations. At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side‑by‑side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you. Are you ready to make your impact?

About the Role

Our Accounting Advisory Services practice undertakes a wide range of engagements supporting and assisting our clients with complex accounting matters, the related commercial implications and the practical development&implementation of solutions. Our clients include public and private businesses, banks, private equity houses and law firms. Our team of seasoned professionals has extensive experience supporting clients through regulatory&reporting matters, transactions&restructures, new accounting standards&restatements, accounting policy&control development, audit readiness&remediation. As a Managing Director, you will help lead our accounting advisory services practice with equal responsibility for selling and delivering services. You will have a strong knowledge of the accounting advisory process, especially regarding the application of accounting standards, problem definition and solution development, the ability to navigate complex stakeholder arrangements and help our clients balance commercial–and often competing–objectives.

What You’ll Do

You will build in‑depth knowledge of your clients’ objectives and opportunities to design and implement innovative strategies to assist them through their current difficulties or efficiency challenges and prepare them for future opportunities.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• Develop long‑term relationships and identify opportunities that lead to significant sales or referrals and effectively communicate service offerings through both internal and external channels.
• Develop specific marketing plans and activities that keep pace with changes in the market with respect to emerging practices and trends.
• Support senior team members and provide knowledge, experience and other support at critical points throughout the project.
• Responsible for managing organizational and/or contractual project budgets.
• Lead and manage projects in a complex environment, ensure retention of key clients and use in‑depth industry and event/subject‑matter knowledge and experience to identify/develop innovative solutions for the client.
• Lead major proposals.
• Manage a client and project portfolio, negotiate fees and deliver against agreed commercial objectives.
• Work with various practice leaders to facilitate cross‑functional teams to address complex client needs or opportunities.
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel at the Team Lead level as required.
• Review written analyses, reports, presentations, on the project scope and/or results of activities to ensure a quality product, as well as delivery of all work within established timeframes.
• Act as role model for mentoring, coaching, and learning.
• This role may require travel to client and FTI offices.

How You’ll Grow

• Be part of a global team of experts across multiple disciplines.
• Opportunity to work for a leading international consulting firm.
• Small client teams which will enable you to get more closely involved with pitches and work alongside our key decision‑makers, both internal and external.
• Dynamic and entrepreneurial team, with real opportunity to grow and improve the team, developing new products&services.

What You'll Need for Success

• Bahelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related disciplines.
• CA, PA or equivalent professional accounting qualification and accounting experience, including experience such as audit or other assurance.
• Strong understanding of, and interest in, technical accounting advisory and the related compliance and commercial implications.
• Established track record of building client relationships.
• Experience in developing and delivering market and revenue plans.
• Strong analytical and process analysis skills.
• Detailed knowledge of accounting principles.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle and analyse complex financial information.
• Established experience in leading and developing teams.
• Ability to work on multiple client matters at one time.
• Ability to work with senior team members and the client in demanding, deadline‑driven situations.
• Strong work ethic and integrity, and high level of professionalism.

FTI Consulting acknowledges that we stand on the lands of the First Nations peoples and would like to pay our respects to Elders past and present. We extend solidarity and hope for a future where all are afforded justice, dignity and peace.

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.

Compensation Minimum Pay: $281,000 Maximum Pay: $330,000 Compensation Disclosure: The compensation range reflects potential base salary for the role. Actual compensation is determined based on a wide array of relevant factors including market considerations, business needs, and an individual’s location, skills, level of experience, and qualifications.

With more than 8,200+ employees located in 32 countries and territories around the globe, we are the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. Our experts have led organizations, shaped policy, driven investigations, managed crises, advised world leaders and built businesses from the ground up.

Learn more about the work we do and how we’re helping clients around the world turn their biggest challenges and opportunities into stories of success. Learn more about our impact.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where our people can grow and achieve their full potential.

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