Manager, Accounting & Finance

Company Overview

Regent is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring businesses and realizing exponential growth through operational improvements and strategic capital deployment. Regent focuses on acquiring businesses that exhibit the potential for significant change and rapid growth.

MCO is the shared operational infrastructure of Regent’s portfolio companies and an integral part of the firm’s overall approach to value creation. Our core mission is to transform businesses for our stakeholders by developing and delivering transformed and sustainable performance within our portfolio. We work with improvement-oriented executives to assist them in making strategic decisions, translate those decisions into actions and deliver the lasting success they need. With the help of these leaders, operating teams and individuals, MCO has the aptitude to support complex, global businesses across various industry verticals.

Summary:

As a member of the CFO’s Finance Center of Excellence, you will be responsible for enhancing relationships with our Portfolio Company’s Finance Teams (“PortCo Finance Team”) and execute on our four key pillars including: Enterprise performance management, finance strategy, finance operations and pre/post-merger finance support. The successful candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity, challenges the status-quo and develops fresh approaches to generate value. This role is very dynamic where every day is not the same and there is the opportunity for the right individual to shape their own professional journey.

Responsibilities:

· Enterprise performance management: Support PortCo Finance Team Transformation initiatives related to financial close and consolidation, planning, budgeting and forecasting, data analytics and business intelligence, i.e. financial reporting

· Finance strategy: Contribute to PortCo Finance Team strategy to cut costs and improve operational effectiveness and capabilities, including shared service centers

· Finance operations: Support Finance Teams as interim controller, partner across functional teams to transform business processes, lead audit-readiness and preparedness, technical accounting research and develop subject matter expertise on PortCo Finance Team operations

· Pre/post-merger finance support: Support pre-close finance assessment, post-close integration planning process and implementation of Day One and first 100-Day plan

Education & Qualifications:

· Bachelor's in Accounting or related is required

· Active CPA license; nice-to-have but not required

· 7+ years of professional experience, mix of public accounting, consulting, banking and/or industry experience

· Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP

· Proficient in Excel

· Broad systems knowledge (accounting, business intelligence, financial reporting and data warehouse)

· Ability to build partnerships across departments and partners

· Comfortable working in dynamic and fast-paced environment with ability to be flexible

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· Excellent organizational skills and ability to prepare work accurately and timely

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Career-oriented with strong work ethic

· Self-starter, ability to identify issues and resolve problems

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, MCO includes a reasonable estimate of the salary or hourly rate range for this role. This accounts for the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions; including but not limited to business or organizational needs, skill sets, experience and training, licensure, and certifications.

A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range is $150,000 per year to $165,000 per year.