Equity Methods - Full-Time Opportunities
Date posted: January 17, 2012
Who can apply? MIS Master's graduates
Equity Methods (www.equitymethods.com) has full-time positions available and they are looking for MIS graduates. Please see the job description below for details or go to their careers page- http://www.equitymethods.com/careers.php.
Their openings include:
Consultant- Financial Reporting Group
Consultant- Validation Group
Financial Data Analyst
To apply, send your resume to hr@equitymethods.com.
Consultant - Financial Reporting Group within Equity Methods Consulting Practice.
The Financial Reporting area of our practice specializes in developing controlled processes to handle the requisite accounting (including compensation expense, diluted EPS, and deferred tax computations) for large, complex equity compensation plans of Fortune 1000 clients. As a key member of this rapidly growing practice area, you will have an immediate opportunity to begin adding value and supporting growth by helping clients with complex plans migrate from spreadsheet-based procedures involving significant manual intervention to well-designed, thoroughly documented algorithmic solutions that you help design and implement.
If you have a strong grounding in accounting theory, enjoy problem-solving, and have a collaborative client-focused mindset, then we would like to meet you and give you the opportunity to learn more about our practice. Our specialty is the accounting, finance, and economics surrounding equity compensation. While not all our professionals came to us with a background in equity compensation or consulting, all share our cultural values: solving complex problems thoughtfully and working with project stakeholders to create value for clients.
About the Equity Methods Consulting Practice
A wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Equity Methods serves a diverse clientele primarily consisting of Fortune 1000 companies. We are strategically partnered with some of the largest financial institutions and work closely with Big 4 and other large public accounting firms. Our academic affiliates have provided key guidance to the FASB and SEC as they formulate policy regarding equity compensation topics.
We provide valuation and accounting solutions in the equity compensation space with a particular focus on the various compliance challenges created by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 123 Revised (SFAS 123R), SFAS 128, SFAS 109, and SFAS 141R (respectively, codified as ASC 718, ASC 260, ASC 740, and ASC 805). Our practice is constantly performing research to expand our offerings into new areas valued by our client base.
Equity Methods' consulting practice and academic affiliate team include some of the nation's foremost experts in valuation and accounting. Members of the practice are given stimulating engagements that involve analysis and presentation to senior-level finance and accounting executives at client firms and managers/partners from Big 4 audit firms. Including both junior associates and seasoned individuals with decades of research and practitioner experience, the team is a diverse group of bright, thoughtful, and collaborative professionals.
Roles for the Financial Reporting Senior Consultant
- Lead in custom financial reporting (CFR) engagements, providing client-specific solutions that meet specialized reporting needs and communicating complex ideas to clients and their external auditors orally and in writing.
- Design, implement, and document the underlying data handling processes of financial reporting engagements, ensuring that solutions are consistent with the terms of the client's compensation plans and adhere to the accounting regulations and standards.
- Participate in client delivery meetings and external audit review sessions, ensuring that clients and their external auditors effectively understand the processes developed and can utilize them in their financial reporting processes.
- Support in various practice initiatives related to risk management, cross-selling, and research.
Specific SFAS 123R experience is not required. Successful candidates will be expected to acquire skills in designing processes, developing and/or reviewing working papers, and interacting with clients. Consulting associates will be supported by leaders of the practice in an effort to train and develop the consultant to assume managerial responsibilities, including oversight of client engagements and personnel.
A few background qualities we often look for include:
- Bachelors or Masters in accounting or finance
- Expertise and experience in theoretical accounting subjects: capability to interpret complex accounting theory and translate into a process-based understanding of how data should flow and be manipulated
- Ability and willingness to think critically and solve "out-of-the-box" problems independently
- Creativity in engineering processes from both a controls and efficiency perspective
- Maturity in internal/external communication and time management
- 0 – 4 years experience in a financial reporting, finance, or audit role. Candidates at a more senior level may be considered for a different position within the practice
- Desirable: Exposure to database design principles
- Desirable: Exposure to SAS or another programming language for high-volume data handling
- Desirable: CPA license or CPA candidacy
Interested candidates should send their resumes to va_hr@equitymethods.com.
Please visit us at: www.equitymethods.com.
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