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Century Group Associates and Associate Directors are managers and executives with extensive accounting and financial management experience. Most are alumni of Big Four CPA firms, Management Consulting and Fortune 1000.

We are currently seeking qualified professionals for the following opportunities:

  • Associate / Senior Associate
  • Associate Director, Client Services
  • Associate Director, Recruiting
  • Associate Director, Executive Recruiting
  • Managing Director

Century Group offers an attractive compensation package, including a competitive base salary and an uncapped incentive plan. The long-term success of a Century Group Associate or Associate Director is limited only by his/her performance.

Century Group is an equal opportunity employer.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to: mpricer@century-group.com.

To learn more about the responsibilities and qualifications for each opportunity, please see the following descriptions:

Associate Director, Client Services

The Associate Director, Client Services is responsible for new client development and account management of existing clients, engagements, and Associates.

Professional Responsibilities:

  • New Client Development: Ongoing identification of prospective clients, meeting with prospective clients, and selling our professional services.
  • Existing Client Development: Cultivate and expand existing business relationships through frequent communication and regular client visits.
  • Client Service: Provide timely, high impact client service that meets or exceeds client expectations. Develop projects with new and existing clients. Deliver timely, high quality, and profitable services, that appropriately utilize firm and client resources. Define the scope of projects, identify business issues/solutions, present Associates to clients, and negotiate professional service fees. Manage project engagements to ensure client satisfaction.
  • Professional Networking: Represent Century Group in professional and community organizations.
  • Optimize Utilization: Optimize Associates utilization rates, manage project ends by communicating regularly with clients and Associates. Promote new ideas and business solution that result in extended service to existing clients.
  • Contract Administration: Take responsibility for executing professional service agreements, engagement letters and required engagement work papers.
  • Planning: Participate in overall marketing strategy meetings, account strategy meetings, recruiting strategy meetings, and other challenges as required.
  • Professionalism: Demonstrate commitment to the firm's vision, values, and mission by modeling appropriate behaviors. Acts with respect and dignity in interaction inside and outside the firm.

Professional Qualifications:

We are currently seeking a Associate Director, Client Services who possesses the following professional qualifications:

  • Big 4/5/6/8 public accounting/auditing, management consulting, or Fortune 1000 experience at the manager level or higher.
  • A minimum of ten (10) years professional experience.
  • CPA or MBA is preferred.
  • Client Development Experience: demonstrated ability and achievement in generating leads, identifying client opportunities/business issues and selling professional services.
  • A sense of urgency and strong enthusiasm for client development in a professional services firm.
  • The ability to negotiate and communicate complex concepts/business issues verbally and in writing to clients, Associates and management.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities/projects. Proven ability to develop business relationships.

The Associate Director, Client Services reports to the Managing Director.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to: mpricer@century-group.com.

Associate Director, Recruiting

The Associate Director, Recruiting is responsible for sourcing, pre-screening, interviewing and evaluating qualified accounting and finance professionals. Additionally, he/she will develop and maintain a diversified team of Associates available for scheduling on open project engagements. The Associate Director, Recruiting will also assist the management team in achieving the goals set by the Managing Director.

Professional Responsibilities:

  • Recruiting Strategy: Develop a recruiting strategy that will maintain a pipeline of Associates for project engagements. Build a team of available Associates based on current market conditions, existing Associate team strength and size, as well as current and projected project engagements.
  • Recruiting: Develop and maintain a qualified pool of Associates based on current market conditions, existing team strength and size, as well as current and projected project engagements. Develop Internet postings, searches, print advertisements, networking/referrals, and special recruitment mailings.
  • Candidate Interviews and Evaluations: Conduct in-depth candidate interviews and provide evaluations of skills, competencies, and experience.
  • Project Management and Scheduling: Manage Associate team via ongoing communication with Associates. Optimize Associate utilization rates. Ensure Associate satisfaction. Schedule Associates for upcoming projects.
  • Weekly Reporting: Provide weekly reporting on recruiting operations, Associate team composition, new Associates, availability, scheduling, etc. Participate in weekly team meetings. Participate in client development discussions and develop recruiting strategies based on current client project requirements.
  • Professional Networking: Represent Century Group in professional and community organizations.
  • Professionalism: Demonstrate commitment to the firm’s vision, values and mission by modeling appropriate behaviors and acts with respect. Dignity in interactions inside and outside the firm.

Professional Qualifications:

  • We are currently seeking a Associate Director, Recruiting who possesses the following qualifications:
  • Minimum of 10 years of accounting/finance experience is required; preferably with a Big 4/5/6/8 CPA firm, management consulting firm and/or private industry experience with a Fortune 1000 company.
  • Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance is preferred.
  • CPA or MBA is preferred.
  • Strong in-person and telephone communication is required.
  • Strong professional recruiting network in the area is required.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to: mpricer@century-group.com.

Managing Director

The Managing Director is responsible for business development, managing the office, and establishing and achieving sales and profit goals. This dynamic and entrepreneurial individual will lead our practice in a specific geographic region.

Professional Responsibilities:

  • Practice Management: Manage daily operations. Continuously refine and execute our growth strategy. Mentor and develop team. Direct team efforts and activities. Resolve client and Associate issues. Facilitate the continued growth of the practice through continuous hiring and managing of client service and recruiting Directors.
  • Client Development: Continually develop new client business by pursuing business opportunities with strategic targets and cultivating relationships with existing clients. Promoting new ideas and business solutions that result in extended services to existing clients.
  • Client Service: Deliver timely, high impact and profitable services that appropriately utilize firm and client resources and meets or exceeds client service.
  • Recruiting: Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.
  • Professionalism: Demonstrate commitment to the firm’s vision, values and mission by modeling appropriate behaviors. Acts with respect and dignity in interactions inside and outside the firm.

Professional Qualifications:

  • Big 4/5/6/8 public accounting, management consulting or Fortune 1000 experience at a managerial level or higher combined with
  • Senior level executive experience in Accounting, Finance, or Internal Audit.
  • A minimum fifteen (15) years of total business experience.
  • An established professional network in the appropriate geographic area.
  • MBA or CPA is preferred.
  • Experience selling professional services, networking, and generating leads.
  • Strong desire to build a business and a personal sense of urgency.

For immediate consideration for the positions listed above, please email your resume to: mpricer@century-group.com.

 

 

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