RSM US India | Financial Consulting Supervisor - Technical Accounting Consulting

Responsibilities

• The Supervisor will serve as a day-to-day workstream leader within the TAC practice, working under the direction of Managers and Directors and collaborating closely with U.S. engagement teams.
• The role includes supervising Associates and Senior Associates, reviewing technical analyses and deliverables, coordinating project activities, and supporting client engagements involving complex financial instruments, business combinations, implementation of new accounting standards, capital-market readiness, and audit readiness.
• Builds collaborative relationships with U.S. engagement teams and contributes to an effective global delivery model.
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team, while motivating and supporting junior colleagues.
• Delivers high-quality work on time and within established engagement budgets.
• Supervise day-to-day activities across one or more TAC engagement workstreams for U.S. based public and private clients, under the oversight of engagement Managers and Directors.
• Plan and coordinate assigned work, monitor milestones and budgets, and communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to engagement leadership.
• Research accounting guidance, develop preliminary conclusions on complex accounting matters and discuss significant judgments with engagement leadership.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memoranda, workbooks, financial statement disclosures, disclosure checklists, and other client deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Provide coaching, timely feedback, and technical guidance to Associates and Senior Associates; review their work and support their development.
• Collaborate effectively with U.S. engagement teams and client personnel, participate in meetings, and follow through on assigned actions.
• Support audit-readiness, transaction, capital-market, and new-standard implementation projects, including coordination with auditors and other advisers as directed.
• Identify potential additional client needs during engagement delivery and communicate them to Managers or Directors.
• Perform audit readiness support for complex accounting matters and provide services to U.S. based clients.
• Review Financial Statements including disclosure checklists, SEC disclosure checklists for registration statements, drafts of sections of various SEC filings (e.g., MD&A draft)
• Coach and motivate team members through clear direction, constructive feedback, and effective review.
• Build trusted relationships with engagement teams and clients and communicate identified service opportunities to leadership.
• Lead defined engagement workstreams under Manager or Director oversight.
• Partner with senior leaders during issue resolution and client communications.
• Build relationships with a coach, mentor, or advocate within TAC.
• Coach Associates and Senior Associates.

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant or CPA with at least four years of relevant experience in technical accounting, accounting advisory, or a related field.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP; familiarity with SEC reporting requirements is preferred.
• Experience researching and applying accounting guidance to complex transactions and documenting conclusions in clear, well-supported technical accounting memoranda.
• Experience coordinating workstreams or supervising team members on technical accounting engagements.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical, and project-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound professional judgment, and escalate significant technical or delivery matters promptly.
• Prior experience supporting U.S. clients through a capability center or global delivery model.
• Team player; self-driven and ability to work independently as well as able to motivate team members.
• Develop project-management skills, including work planning, delegation, budget awareness, and timely escalation.
• Seek exposure to complex consultations, client meetings, and engagement economics.
• Contribute to technical knowledge-sharing and practice initiatives.
• Qualification and Minimum Requirements

RSM US LLP

Ira B. McGladrey opened an accounting practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1926, and the firm that grew from it, long known as McGladrey, became RSM US LLP in 2015 when it joined other firms in the RSM International network under the RSM brand. Now headquartered in Chicago, it provides assurance, tax and consulting services with a focus on middle-market companies, and since 1 January 2026 it has worked with RSM UK in a transatlantic partnership. In India the firm operates through RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary that provides services to the US firm, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Work in India supports RSM's US practice. Tax roles cover US federal, state and local, international, Canada and pass-through tax, hedge funds and real estate, credits and incentives, and accounting methods. Assurance teams serve financial institutions, private equity funds and technology clients and handle review and compilation work; financial consulting spans fund services, property accounting, technical accounting and finance-as-a-service. Postings usually ask for a B.Com, BBA or accounting degree with a CA, CPA or ACCA; many tax roles also accept an Enrolled Agent, and some prefer an MBA or a master's in accounting or taxation.

• Industry: Professional services: assurance, tax and consulting for middle-market companies
• Headquarters: Chicago, United States (RSM US LLP)
• In India: RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary of RSM US LLP, with offices in Bengaluru (two sites at Embassy Manyata), Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata