Director- Client Accounting Services

Cyperus Group LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyperus Group LLC is seeking a senior accounting operations leader to guide a team of about nine professionals across multiple locations. The role involves shaping org structure, defining roles, and owning hiring, compensation recommendations, performance management, and succession planning.

The position also entails owning client governance, designing firm-wide standards for AP/AR and period-end cutoffs, and serving as the final reviewer of monthly financial statements while addressing complex

Qualifications

• Experience leading large accounting teams across locations.
• Own standards and workflows for accounts payable/receivable and period-end cutoffs.
• Strong ability to review monthly financial statements and resolve technical questions.

Responsibilities

• Own client governance cadence and executive-level reviews.
• Design and own firm-wide accounting standards and workflows.
• Review monthly financial statements and ensure accuracy.
• Lead quality program with metrics like close time and on-time delivery.

Skills

Leadership & team management

Financial statements review

Process design & standards

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Own the accounting operations organization — lead ~9 professionals through supervisors and senior staff across multiple locations; set org structure and role definitions; and own hiring, compensation recommendations, performance management, and succession planning.

• Client Governance & Delivery Oversight: Own the client cadence at the executive level — lead recurring business reviews, resolve open items, and align expectations on scope, timing, and deliverables. Hold the delivery team accountable for timely, accurate financial activity and resolve issues before they reach the client.
• Standards & Process Ownership: Partner with the Managing Directors to design, document, and own firm-wide standards and workflows for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (including application of payments), Prepaid schedules, Accrual capture, and period-end cutoffs.
• Financial Review & Technical Sign-Off: Serve as final reviewer and approver of monthly financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, cash detail, and variance/flux) prior to client distribution; confirm completeness, period alignment, and supporting schedules, and resolve technical questions on revenue, accruals, equity, and non-routine transactions
• Own the quality program for accounting operations — set review standards and metrics (close cycle time, error and rework rates, on-time delivery), address process gaps and recurring reconciling items, and drive adoption of standard templates and checklists across all client teams.