Director, Emerging Technology & Alliances at Accordion

New York, New York, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
NoVisa
Finance, Private Equity, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • 5-10+ years of progressive experience within a technology or consulting firm, with a strong emphasis on alliances, partnerships, or solution development
  • Demonstrated experience in either SaaS vendor-side (incomplete in description, but implied as key qualification)

Responsibilities

  • Vendor Management
  • Coordinate and participate in evaluation of emerging CFO Technology solutions (technology products that support our overall client facing services)
  • Coordinate initial and post-evaluation alliance management (contracting, demos, sandbox, training and go to market messaging)
  • Develop business case for alliances after initial evaluation
  • Manage business case for 6 to 12 months and track leads, projects and events and develop 6-month alliance report
  • Solution Management
  • Collaborate across internal implementation teams, vendors, and internal functional teams to develop solution and related collaterals for prioritized use case
  • Participate in pursuits and scoping for initial projects
  • Manage internal and vendor team to deliver on initial projects
  • Develop playbook for project delivery and governance
  • Alliance Management
  • Responsible for engaging with vendors for early-stage business development
  • Develop go to market with the vendor team
  • Participate in vendor pursuits
  • Manage scoping and convert opportunity into engagement
  • Transition to the engagement management team

Skills

ERP
CPM
Analytics
Data Integration
RPA
Emerging Technology
Strategic Alliances

Accordion

Financial consulting for private equity

About Accordion

Accordion provides financial consulting services and technology solutions specifically for the private equity sector. Their main product, Maestro, is a technology platform that helps private equity firms standardize and enhance their value creation strategies. Accordion's consultants collaborate closely with management teams to improve the finance function, ensuring that projects are executed flawlessly. Unlike other consulting firms, Accordion focuses solely on the needs of the CFO's office within private equity, allowing them to offer specialized insights and practices. The company's goal is to drive value creation for their clients by combining expert consulting with effective technology solutions.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2009Year Founded
$25KTotal Funding
PRE_SEEDCompany Stage
Consulting, Enterprise Software, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Hybrid Work Options
Flexible Work Hours

Risks

Accordion faces increased competition from other fintech consulting firms.
Rapid technological changes may challenge Accordion's integration capabilities.
Accordion's reliance on private equity clients makes it vulnerable to market downturns.

Differentiation

Accordion focuses exclusively on the Office of the CFO for private equity firms.
Maestro platform institutionalizes private equity value creation, unique in the consulting space.
Accordion combines financial consulting with technology enablement, offering a comprehensive service suite.

Upsides

Accordion's acquisition of Merilytics enhances its data and analytics capabilities.
Strategic growth investment from Charlesbank and Motive Partners accelerates Accordion's expansion.
Increased demand for digital transformation in private equity aligns with Accordion's services.

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