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Director of Accounting

Legacy Search Advisors
Baltimore, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 8/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/23/2026

Director of Accounting

Baltimore Area | Hybrid after initial onboarding

$145,000–$160,000 Base Up to 15% Bonus


This is not a "keep the trains running" Director of Accounting opportunity.


We're partnering with a large, highly respected and growing organization that is looking for an experienced accounting leader to take ownership of a critical piece of its corporate accounting function.


The opportunity is particularly compelling for someone who has reached the point in their career where they want to lead through other leaders, have visibility across the business, and play a meaningful role in how a sophisticated accounting organization operates and evolves.


You'll oversee a multi-entity accounting environment with five managers reporting into you, giving you leadership responsibility well beyond managing an individual team. You'll also work extensively across the organization and serve as a key representative of the Controller's organization with other departments and senior leaders.


The scope includes general accounting, close, reconciliations, fixed assets, intercompany activity, audit support and accounting transformation—but what makes the position interesting is the opportunity to improve processes, influence how accounting operates across the enterprise, and help lead the function through continued growth and change.


Why This Opportunity Stands Out

  • True Director-level leadership: Manage five accounting managers and the teams beneath them.
  • Enterprise-wide exposure: Work across a complex, multi-entity and multi-location organization.
  • High visibility: Partner extensively with other departments and senior leaders.
  • Transformation: Play an active role in process improvement, systems optimization and automation.
  • Stability growth: Join an established organization with significant scale and continued growth.
  • Strong leadership exposure: Report directly to the Assistant Controller and work closely with Controller and Director-level leadership.
  • Hybrid flexibility: Following an initial approximately 45-day onboarding period in the office, the schedule transitions to three days onsite and two days remote.
  • Compensation: $145K–$160K base salary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%.


Who We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is an experienced accounting leader who has operated in a complex, multi-entity environment and knows how to lead both people and process.


Experience overseeing managers is particularly important. This person should be comfortable setting expectations, developing leaders beneath them, driving accountability and representing accounting across the broader organization.


We're particularly interested in candidates with:

  • 10 years of progressive accounting experience
  • 5 years leading accounting professionals
  • Experience in a complex, multi-entity environment
  • Strong general accounting and financial close experience
  • Fixed asset, depreciation, capital project and/or construction-in-progress exposure
  • Experience leading managers or multiple accounting teams
  • Strong cross-functional communication and executive presence
  • CPA and/or public accounting experience preferred
  • Real estate, healthcare, hospitality or similarly complex operating-company experience is helpful but not required


This could be an excellent next step for a Senior Accounting Manager ready for broader leadership responsibility or an existing Director who wants more scale, visibility and influence.


Interested in learning more? Apply directly or reach out confidentially for additional details.

Salary : $145,000 - $160,000

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