Director of Finance

Cherry Bekaert • Raleigh, NC • 14h ago

Are you a strategic financial leader who thrives in a dynamic, fast-growing professional services environment? Join us as our next Director of Finance , where you will guide firm-wide financial planning and analysis, partner with top leadership, and drive insights that shape the future of our organization.

As a Director of Finance, you will:

Lead firm-wide FP&A activities including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and KPI tracking.

Partner closely with service line leaders to evaluate financial performance, identify risks, and uncover strategic opportunities.

Oversee month-end and quarterly financial reporting to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and clarity for executive stakeholders.

Support mergers and acquisitions, including valuation modeling, deal structuring, and financial due diligence.

Drive proactive analysis of profitability, utilization, leverage, and other core professional services metrics.

Enhance dashboards, management reporting, and analytics capabilities across the Finance function.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team, including managers and individual contributors.

Collaborate cross-functionally with People & Culture, IT, Marketing, and Operations to support firm-wide initiatives.

Monitor billing and collections activity and approve invoices and expenses where required.

What you bring to the role

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA preferred.

12+ years of progressive financial management and FP&A experience, ideally in a professional services environment.

CPA, CFA, or similar certification preferred.

Advanced financial modeling, analytical skills, and deep FP&A expertise.

Executive presence with strong communication and presentation capabilities.

Proven leadership experience managing and developing finance teams.

Strong understanding of professional services metrics, including profitability drivers, utilization, and leverage KPIs.

High proficiency in Excel and experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Hyperion.

Strong critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.

What you can expect from us:

Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect

The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you

A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development

Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing

Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work

Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures

Benefits Information:

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program (https://careers.cbh.com/benefits/) which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

$160,900 to $275,000

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.??

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States.?Cherry Bekaert will not provide?work?sponsorship for this position.

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at? https://careers.cbh.com/ and follow us on?LinkedIn,?Instagram, Twitter?and Facebook.?

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