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# Finance & Accounting Advisory - Managing Director at CFGI

- **Company:** CFGI
- **Location:** Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-05-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cfgi/6689df8d-fe9b-4313-954d-9bed0d733eca

## Job description

Managing Director – Finance & Accounting Advisory At CFGI, Managing Directors serve as key leaders in our organization, working closely with C-level executives at FTSE 100, mid-cap and start-up companies. As a Managing Director, you will take ownership of client relationships, drive engagement success, and play a pivotal role in the firm’s business development and growth strategies. Take ownership of your career at CFGI: Lead high-impact engagements across various industries and complex accounting topics. Act as a strategic advisor to clients, providing expertise in technical accounting, transaction support, and regulatory reporting. Build and manage long-term client relationships and expand CFGI’s market presence. Drive firm initiatives, contribute to thought leadership, and mentor high-performing teams. What you might expect: Interact with clients’ executive team and auditors, serving as a subject matter expert, leading clients through complex accounting issues and driving conclusions. Lead and oversee all aspects of client engagements, from scoping to execution, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables. Drive client deliverables of financial and regulatory information in accordance with regulatory requirements. Drive business development initiatives by identifying new client opportunities, maintaining strong industry relationships, and actively participating in firm-wide growth strategies. Mentor and develop professionals at all levels, fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and professional growth. Develop and enhance the firm’s training programs, providing guidance on new accounting standards and best practices. Who you are: An undergraduate degree in Accounting – ACA, ACCA, CPA and/or MBA combined with solid accounting experience will be considered in lieu of a degree in accounting. 14+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or consulting, including tenure at a Big 4 accounting firm. Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with an ability to assimilate easily into teams. Strong technical skills and a working knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and US GAAP. Proactive in identifying client needs and effective in building a strong relationship with clients. Highly organized and focused and demonstrates the ability to set overall engagement expectations and direction. Effective analytical and critical thinking abilities. Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable. High energy with commitment to quality client service, focusing on ensuring positive resolutions to conflicts. Consistently seek opportunities to enhance your skills by attending higher-level training, develop firm training materials and enhance overall firm knowledge base.

## About CFGI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CFGI is an independent accounting, tax, and advisory firm that supports CFOs by providing former Big Four professionals to execute critical finance initiatives without auditor independence constraints.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by The Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2001 (some sources cite 2000)
- **Founders**: Nick Nardone and Shane Caiazzo

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Accounting Advisory, Tax, Capital Markets, Risk Advisory, Cybersecurity, ESG, Financial Transformation
- **Target customers**: CFOs and finance teams at public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and portfolio companies (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To serve as a full-service resource equipped to efficiently address clients' most crucial accounting, reporting, tax, and compliance challenges, functioning as an extension of the internal team.

## Products & Services
- **Value Creation Execution Office**: Program management, financial value reconciliation, VCP governance, EBITDA bridge modeling, and board reporting for private equity-backed companies.
- **Financial Transformation & Technology**: FP&A design, ERP/EPM implementation, close optimization, finance automation, and post-merger integration.
- **Transactions & Catalyst Events**: IPO readiness, carve-outs, spin-offs, quality of earnings, working capital analysis, sell-side readiness, and purchase accounting.
- **Accounting, Reporting & Compliance**: Technical accounting, audit readiness, tax provisions, SOX compliance, treasury, cybersecurity/vCISO, and ESG reporting.
- **Interim & Managed Services (AI Native)**: AI-native finance managed services powered by PRISM (Close, FP&A, Tax, P2P), interim CFO/CAO/Controller roles, and embedded team scaling.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (acquired by CVC Capital Partners in 2021 for an estimated USD 1.85 billion per LinkedIn)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $215M (LinkedIn), with 3,000+ active clients and 1,400+ ex-Big Four professionals
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Carlyle Group (investment in 2018), CVC Capital Partners (investment in 2022), Pine Hill Group (acquired 2019), PAS Financial Advisory (acquired 2024)
- **Growth Signals**: 30+ global offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific; headcount of ~924 employees (+10.5% YoY); expanded to London (2022), Edinburgh, Dublin, and Singapore; completed 10,000+ transactions and 300+ IPOs

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independence from audit constraints**: CFGI is not an audit firm, so it can prepare memos, financial statements, and documentation that auditors cannot, and works directly with audit teams.
- **Senior practitioner model**: Engagements are staffed with senior professionals (ex-Big Four national office backgrounds), not junior teams supervised from a distance.
- **Embedded, not advisory**: Practitioners work alongside management as an extension of the internal team, doing the work rather than just advising.
- **Full-service under one roof**: Covers technical accounting, tax, capital markets, technology, risk, ESG, and operations without siloed handoffs.
- **Institutional backing**: Backed by two of the world’s largest private equity firms (Carlyle and CVC), enabling national and global growth without compromising independence.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Continuing to build out its footprint across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific (30+ offices currently).
- **AI and technology integration**: Embedding AI, automation, and proprietary technology (PRISM platform) into every engagement for faster, sharper delivery.
- **Deepening PE sponsor relationships**: Serving over 500 sponsors and focusing on value creation and transaction advisory for the private equity ecosystem.
- **Scaling the senior practitioner model**: Replicating the grassroots, local-office approach that worked in Boston and New York across new international markets.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a "community-first corporation" where people are the priority internally and externally; employees are empowered to leverage their previous knowledge to craft innovative strategies.
- **Work model**: Practitioners work near clients (side by side), with a "roll-up-the-sleeves" approach. The firm maintains a local presence in 30+ cities, so roles are likely hybrid/office-based near client sites.
- **Career opportunity**: Work on the most complex and interesting accounting and advisory challenges (IPOs, carve-outs, large transactions) alongside the best clients, with direct access to senior leadership.
- **Team composition**: Exclusively former Big Four professionals (1,400+), meaning you join a peer group of high-caliber talent from Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount growth (+10.5% YoY), recent international expansion, and backing from top-tier PE firms signal strong momentum and career advancement potential.

## Sources
1. [cfgi.com - About Us](https://www.cfgi.com/about/)
2. [cfgi.com - Homepage](https://www.cfgi.com/)
3. [cfgi.com - Team](https://www.cfgi.com/about-us/team/)
4. [LinkedIn - CFGI](https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecorporatefinancegroup)
5. [Lever - CFGI Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/cfgi)

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