VP Finance - Corporate

Oversee accounting for the firm's advisor entities, balance sheet investment portfolios, and the regulated broker-dealer; The VP will work closely with the Strategic Capital team on the balance sheet investment portfolios from a consolidation and reporting perspective. Provide leadership and oversight across finance operations, onshore and offshore, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, expense allocations, and time and expense.

Kforce's client, one of Boston, MA's leading financial services company, is in search of a VP of Finance. The VP will oversee the management of U.S. Corporate Finance and serve as a trusted partner to finance colleagues and business leaders throughout the firm. Responsibilities:

• Oversee internal and external accounting and reporting functions across the Management Company, its affiliated advisor entities, and the regulated broker-dealer
• Provide senior leadership and oversight to the Accounting team, working closely with the teams' managers and under the direction of the U.S. Controller
• Oversee accounting for the firm's advisor entities, balance sheet investment portfolios, and the regulated broker-dealer; The VP will work closely with the Strategic Capital team on the balance sheet investment portfolios from a consolidation and reporting perspective
• Oversee deliverables to external parties, including covenant and regulatory reporting, covering both consolidated and standalone financial statements
• Provide leadership and oversight across finance operations, onshore and offshore, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, expense allocations, and time and expense
• Work closely with the Director of Corporate Finance Operations in leading the team, including the managers who run the onshore and offshore teams' day to day
• Lead a critical transformation agenda across Corporate Finance building a team that can scale with the firm through process improvement, AI and automation, and more streamlined ways of working across teams
• Lead assessments of key processes and controls across Corporate Finance to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and areas of risk
• Drive targeted control and process enhancement to mitigate identified risks
• Develop and execute strategic plans to further streamline processes, improve efficiency, strengthen controls and mitigate risk

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required
• 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant experience in a leadership role
• Background in asset management, private equity, or financial services, ideally at the management company or corporate level
• Strong technical grounding in U.S. GAAP, tax basis accounting, and consolidated reporting; Broker-dealer regulatory reporting experience is a plus
• Demonstrated experience with controls across corporate finance functions, including assessing the current control environment, identifying gaps, and leading remediation
• Experience managing multi-layered teams and offshore or outsourced partners