burklandassociates - Director of Accounting Advisory

• Where You'll Drive Impact • People Leadership • Serve as the direct manager for all Division Managers, the Project Team, and the ERP Specialist. • Coach Division Managers through regular 1:1s, performance conversations, and development planning, with a focus on building independent, capable leaders. • Delegate clear ownership of division outcomes, and hold managers accountable for meeting agreed KPIs and commitments. • Address underperformance directly and promptly, including documenting expectations and follow-through. • Lead managers and their teams through change, including new tools, processes, and structures. • Performance & Client Operations • Own aggregate performance across divisions, including consolidated revenue per FTE, utilization, realization, and growth metrics set for each Division Manager. • Collaborate with Operations Manager on capacity planning, workload balancing, and resourcing decisions across divisions and project work using systems-of-record data to monitor performance and identify trends. • Project manage and support BKA process and technology initiatives. • Ensure client commitments are delivered on time and to standard across all divisions. • Serve as an escalation point for client relationships, and guide Division Managers through complex or at-risk engagements. • Drive the shift from report delivery to proactive advisory, and help managers spot cross-sell and service-expansion opportunities. • Serve as the primary driver of AI adoption across the production organization, setting the expectation that AI is part of everyday work. • Build the team's AI fluency by leading training, sharing practical use cases, and making sure every manager and team member knows how to use firm-approved AI tools in their daily workflows. • Lead Division Managers through identifying, testing, and rolling out AI use cases in client accounting work, from pilot to full adoption. • Hold managers accountable for AI adoption within their divisions, and track progress through usage, efficiency, and quality measures. • Model hands-on AI use personally, and coach managers who are hesitant or struggling to adopt new tools. • Gather feedback from teams on what is and isn't working, and partner with Ops and Shared Ops to refine tools, processes, and guidance. • Cross-Functional Leadership • Coordinate priorities and projects with the Director of Technical Accounting through a functional partnership. • Consistent, proactive alignment with Operations Manager on priorities, metrics, and upcoming changes. • Represent the production organization's needs, constraints, and resourcing decisions to the Sr. Director & Head of BKA in a clear, data-backed way.