Bough is a decidedly different kind of advisory, assurance, and transformation solutions firm. Working collaboratively with clients in finance, audit, and compliance organizations, we co-create integrated solutions that connect people, processes, and technologies to navigate accounting, reporting, and compliance matters.
Our services include finance and accounting advisory, revenue assurance, FP&A advisory and support, risk advisory, and process automation and transformation.
We are busy and sometimes crazy busy delivering exceptional results to our clients with trust, quality, and humanness. Our name 'Bough' means the main branch of a tree - a name that keeps us grounded in nature and emphasizes our belief that we wish to be the main branch on which our clients and employees lean with trust.
For any position we are hiring, we don’t just want you to be an ambitious, analytical, multi-skilled, risk-taking go-getter for Bough. We want you to be more. More for yourself and for anything you undertake. Socially responsible, intuitive, empathetic, trustworthy, thoughtful, imaginative, creative, and curious are some words that resonate with us. Your skills are a qualifier, and we believe that each of us is much more than the skills we bring to our job - the person we are looking for...
Role Overview
We’re looking for individuals who turn ambiguity into clarity, and clarity into confidence. People who move with rigor, think with precision, and elevate every room they walk into. This work sits where accounting meets scrutiny, and it demands technical depth, calm judgment, and client-ready execution.
Key Responsibilities
Solve technical accounting and accounting operations problems, end to end
Work directly with CFOs, CAOs, Controllers, and their teams
Diagnose issues with an auditor’s mindset; solve them with a consulting mindset
Build clear, defensible accounting positions and decision-ready documentation
Strengthen close and reporting operations: process, controls, cadence, remediation
Partner with internal stakeholders and external auditors to drive clean outcomes
Support reporting readiness (disclosures, tie-outs, audit support packages)
Bring structure to ambiguity and drive teams to closure
Qualifications and Experience
5+ years relevant experience (assurance/technical accounting/controllership/consulting) with increasing ownership
Bachelor’s/master’s in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CA/CPA preferred (or equivalent)
Strong accounting fundamentals and financial reporting judgment, you’re fluent from first principles
Technical accounting depth in US GAAP and/or IFRS / Ind AS; ability to form clear, defensible positions
Experience operating alongside external auditors; strong evidence, documentation, and review discipline
IPO readiness and reporting preparedness experience is a plus
Broad industry exposure; technology sector experience strongly valued
Preferred Skills
Executive-ready communication: crisp, structured, and confident with senior finance leadership
Calm, structured problem-solver with auditor instincts and a consulting orientation
Documentation discipline and control mindset; produces audit-ready artifacts and traceability
Stakeholder management across finance leadership and external auditors; earns trust quickly
High integrity and confidentiality handling financial and disclosure data; bias to action in deadline-driven environments
