Lead – Financial Accounting

Consultative Search Group is hiring a Lead – Financial Accounting role to strengthen month-end close execution and complex accounting work. Based in Los Angeles, CA with hybrid and in-office presence, this position focuses on accurate financial reporting, reconciliations, and audit-ready documentation that supports leadership, tax and statutory activity, and year-end audits.

In this role, you will manage key elements of the general ledger across multiple entities, ensure transactions are properly mapped and supported, and help resolve discrepancies through independent research and corrective actions. The role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule, depending on business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed general ledger and bank reconciliations, identify discrepancies, and independently resolve issues through research, adjustments, and process corrections
• Maintain and balance the general ledger across multiple entities, books, and currencies, ensuring accounts are fully supported, reconciled, and aligned with transactional activity, including FX remeasurement and related entries
• Support ongoing maintenance of the general ledger structure, including books, entities, and account mappings, using a strong understanding of book structure and mapping logic for consistent, compliant transaction recording
• Prepare monthly financial statements, management reports, and trend analyses, ensuring information is accurate, complete, and delivered in time for leadership review, tax and statutory filings, and year-end audits
• Maintain accounting records and audit-ready documentation including reconciliations, schedules, and system reports; support external audits by preparing required workpapers and responding as needed
• Protect and maintain highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information retained by the firm

Qualifications

• Demonstrated analytical skills to interpret financial data, analyze variances, and complete detailed account reconciliations
• Advanced knowledge of accounting principles, including cash and accrual accounting
• High attention to detail with the ability to review and proofread work to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, business, or a related field
• CPA, preferably
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in General Ledger accounting, preferably in a corporate or professional services environment
• Minimum of five (5) years of cumulative experience

Location and Work Style

• Los Angeles, CA (hybrid)
• May be eligible for a flexible working schedule with hybrid and in-office presence