The Role
Most senior advisory roles ask you to choose either the technical standard or lead the client relationship. This role demands both and adds a third dimension: building the practice itself.
As Director of our Finance & Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice, you will set the quality bar for how we serve PE-backed portfolio companies through the most consequential moments in their finance function’s evolution. You’ll carry the authority to shape engagement strategy, make judgment calls on complex technical matters, and hold the room with PE sponsors, CFOs, and Boards who depend on your perspective to make high-stakes decisions.
The Mandate: Own a portfolio of concurrent client relationships as the senior point of accountability, translating PE-backed finance challenges and goals into executable transformation plans. You take the goals that exist within the finance function and turn them into realities, fixing the past, building the infrastructure for the future, and ensuring every workstream connects back to enterprise value.
This is equally an entrepreneurial leadership opportunity. You won’t just run engagements; you’ll have a seat at the table shaping the trajectory of our FAAS practice. As we scale, you’ll help define our delivery methodology, build the team, refine how we engage with sponsors and portfolio companies, and establish the frameworks and intellectual capital that become the foundation of this growing business.
Why Intrinsic
- Private, independent firm with significant employee ownership. When the firm wins, you win.
- Senior-level authority from day one. You own the quality standard, the client relationship, and the team.
- Hybrid and remote flexibility. Based in Denver or Chicago with remote options and meaningful work-from-anywhere policies.
- Practice-building mandate. Shape methodology, team structure, and delivery standards alongside FAAS leadership.
- Growth trajectory. A clear progression path within a high-impact practice at an inflection point.
This isn't a staff augmentation role or a project management seat. You'll operate as a trusted senior advisor to PE sponsors, CEOs, and Boards, providing counsel on decisions that directly impact enterprise value, operational readiness, and exit outcomes.
What You'll Own
Client Accountability & Strategic Direction
You are the senior point of accountability on your engagements. You set the strategic direction, define the workplan, and ensure every workstream ties back to the client’s finance goals and the broader investment thesis. You navigate multi-stakeholder dynamics, aligning sponsors, management teams, and technical advisors, and you surface risks and trade-offs before they become obstacles. You take the goals that exist within the finance function and turn them into realities by diagnosing root causes, remediating issues, and building the infrastructure for long-term success.
Engagement Leadership & Technical Oversight
You lead concurrent engagements across post-acquisition integration and exit preparation. You are responsible for the quality and defensibility of all deliverables. You make the judgment calls on technical matters, set priorities when workstreams compete, and ensure the team delivers with precision and pace:
- Finance and accounting change management
- Month-end close acceleration and financial reporting transformation
- Technical accounting resolution (ASC 606, 842, complex transactions, carve-out accounting)
- Cash flow visibility, controls, and management
- Building reporting and KPI infrastructure to support scale and complexity
- Post-acquisition integration (COA harmonization, system consolidation, team assessment & design)
- Exit preparation and sell-side readiness
Your deliverables must withstand investor and audit scrutiny and inform executive decision-making.
Team Development & Practice Building
You build the team around you. You are responsible for hiring, structuring capacity, developing talent, and ensuring the people on your engagements are growing in skill and judgment. You provide direct, constructive feedback, create opportunities for stretch assignments, and model the standard of work and client service you expect. Beyond your own engagements, you contribute to building the FAAS practice, refining delivery methodology, developing internal frameworks and intellectual capital, and helping shape how we operate and scale.
Executive Communication & Stakeholder Counsel
You present complex findings with boardroom-level clarity to CFOs, PE operating partners, and founders. You anticipate objections, frame trade-offs, and guide stakeholders toward aligned decisions. You don’t just translate, you bring people along the journey, ensuring clients understand the “why” behind all recommendations as strategic decisions are made, obstacles are encountered, and priorities shift. You navigate difficult conversations with conviction and care.
What Makes You a Fit
You bring seasoned technical command
- CPA required (active or eligible).
- 8+ years of progressive experience in Big 4 FAAS, PE-backed controllership or CFO advisory, top-tier consulting, or corporate finance leadership, with significant time in middle-market environments where companies undergo meaningful transformation.
- Demonstrated mastery across multiple domains: close transformation, technical accounting (ASC 606/842/805), cash and working capital management, M&A integration, and exit preparation. You have led these workstreams, not just participated in them.
- Authoritative command of US GAAP, PE-specific accounting (normalization, carve-outs), and ERP/system landscapes.
- Deep fluency in the realities of middle-market finance functions: cash-to-accrual migrations, first-time audits, QuickBooks-to-ERP transitions, close process redesign, and building finance infrastructure to support scale and complexity.
- Travel required for engagement kickoffs and firm meetings (estimated 20 to 30%).
You carry an executive-level presence
- You command the room with PE Partners, CEOs, CFOs, and Boards, not because of your title, but because of the clarity and conviction you bring.
- You translate complex accounting into plain-English business implications and bring your clients along as strategic decisions are made, obstacles are encountered, and priorities evolve.
- You design and own workplans that align people, systems, and processes across organizational change.
- You have navigated competing stakeholder priorities (sponsor vs. management vs. technical teams) repeatedly and with confidence. This is not new territory for you.
You operate with a director's mindset
- You set the standard: for quality, for client experience, and for what "done well" looks like on your engagements.
- You are decisive under pressure. High-stakes deadlines and ambiguity sharpen your judgment, not cloud it.
- You are intellectually versatile, equally credible discussing ASC 842 implications with an auditor and presenting a value creation roadmap to a PE operating partner.
- You build teams, not just manage them. You hire well, develop people deliberately, structure capacity, and create an environment where others do their best work.
- You are entrepreneurial. You don't need established processes or fully templatized frameworks to be effective. You build and refine methodology, deliverables, and playbooks as you execute.
Compensation & Benefits
This position has an expected base salary range of $155,000 to $250,000 annually. Skills, experience, education, and qualifications determine final compensation. Employees are also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus targeted at 15% of base salary, bringing the target total cash compensation to approximately $178,250 to $287,000.
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer contribution; paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and company holidays; paid parental leave; hybrid and remote work flexibility; professional development support and continuing education reimbursement; and participation in the firm's employee ownership model. All full-time employees are eligible for these benefits.
This position is eligible for remote work. Compensation reflects the full posted range and is not adjusted by geography.
About Intrinsic
Since 2010, Intrinsic has partnered with private equity firms, portfolio companies, and the office of the CFO to deliver transaction advisory services, valuation, and financial and accounting advisory support. We're a private, independent firm with significant employee ownership, headquartered in Denver, with team members across the country.
Our FAAS practice works at the critical juncture where PE value creation plans meet portfolio company finance operations. We partner with PE sponsors and their portfolio companies to accelerate close timelines, resolve complex technical accounting challenges, build reporting infrastructure that supports scale, optimize cash and working capital, integrate acquisitions, and prepare businesses for successful exits. Our work is not advisory in the abstract. We embed, execute, and deliver alongside our clients at the moments that matter most.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Intrinsic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected and empowered to do their best work.
Intrinsic complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and termination.
Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process may contact us at info@intrinsicfirm.com.
