Completion/Pass of 1 or more CPA exam(s)

CPA

Demonstrates a thorough proven track record of success: 

- Utilizes critical thinking, strategic thinking and problem solving to address and solve client challenges; 

- Develops project approaches and work plans, including dependencies, maintaining project economics, and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues; 

- Identifies and resolving basic business analysis challenges with limited assistance; 

- Adjusts readily to shifting priorities and rapid change by anticipating and addressing client needs while building and expanding relationships with clients; 

- Works on various sized project teams, in a collaborative and fast-paced environment while building relationships with internal and external stakeholders; and, 

- Transforms the business by creating capacity and delivering an enhanced employee and client experience. 

Demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding through abilities and/or proven record of success in roles involving Auditing or Accounting in a major consulting firm, Compensation and Benefits Accounting (US GAAP and/or IFRS) in a corporate environment with a combination of any of the following: 

 - Possesses comprehensive technical accounting and financial reporting skills in a wide array of compensation and benefit matters, including stock-based compensation, deferred compensation arrangements, health and welfare plans, qualified and non-qualified pension plans, and severance and termination benefit programs; 

- Compensation accounting in deals, including acquisition accounting, divestitures and spinoffs, initial Public Offerings, carveout financial statements, discontinued operations, and proforma filing considerations and calculations; 

- Drafts technical accounting memos, building expense attribution and modification accounting models, building equity compensation purchase accounting models, valuation of equity compensation arrangements, earnings per share dilution calculations, deferred tax accounting analysis and calculations, executive compensation and proxy reporting, optimization of compensation and benefits processes and internal controls, and consulting on technical accounting matters; 

 - Works with different equity administration vendors and knowledge of industry practices and supporting equity/stock-based compensation transfer/conversion in merger and acquisition transactions; and, 

- Builds, maintains, and utilizes networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.