Company Overview
There’s a better way to work in finance—and more specifically, a better way to unlock value potential in private equity-backed portfolio companies. Working at the intersection of sponsors and management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle, our team provides hands-on, execution-oriented support to elevate the office of the CFO.
So, what does it mean to work at Accordion? It means joining 1,000+ finance & technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment while changing the way portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.
Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices around the globe. Join us!
Transformation
With the increase in complexity of the business environment and transactions, CFOs of private equity backed companies are increasingly being looked towards to drive strategic insights for their business. Finance organizations are no longer simply result reporters, but rather, they couple these results with forward looking data to provide strategic insights which are leveraged to make business decisions. Efficiency of process and meaningful control environments allows for speed of financial reporting with increasingly accurate measures, leaving more time for the finance team to add future enterprise value, rather than look backwards.
Accordion’s Transformation Practice is comprised of a dedicated team providing strategic advice to support PE backed portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions and events, including profitability improvements, finance process optimization, liquidity enhancements and digital transformation transaction. We are doers and problem solvers – making sense of complexity and bolstering sponsors’ value creation thesis’s.
This role can be based in any of our US office locations and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.
What You’ll Do:
- Assess the current state of the client’s manufacturing operations and identify improvement opportunities to reduce costs, increase throughput, and improve flow of the product through the facility. Employ lean methodologies to drive the identified improvements, including daily management, visual factory, 6S, and lean problem-solving tools. Train client’s operations leadership on basic lean methodologies to ensure sustainability of improvements.
- Travel to client site as needed
Ideally, You Have:
- A Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in process improvement.
- Experience in implementation and use of The Toyota Production System (TPS).
- Experience with lean problem-solving tools such as Pareto Charts, Fish Bone, Root Cause Analysis, and PDCA.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Ability to conduct or facilitate lean events such as 6S, Kaizen, DMAIC project.
- Preferred (not required): Previous experience managing manufacturing operations.
Ideally, You Are:
- A self-starter with a strong work ethic.
- A leader of others; you lead by example.
- A strong team player, able to work with team members across all levels.
- Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary.
- Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing).
- Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth.
- Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization.
- Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
- Passionate about delivering exceptional client service.
- Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work.
- Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture.
Salary: $100,000 to $120,000 + benefits + bonus
Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.
Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
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