COO, Data, Analytics & AI (D&A), US

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment. 

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.  

Data & Analytics

Accordion’s Data, Analytics & AI (D&A) practice provides advanced analytics, data management, and AI-driven solutions that transform how companies make decisions. We design, develop, and implement robust data platforms and insight capabilities that empower clients with actionable intelligence, partnering across industries and the PE ecosystem to drive value creation. 

This role can be based in any of our US office locations and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location. 

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You’ll Do:

The COO, US D&A will build and operate the cross-practice operating model for the D&A Super Practice—standing up the processes, governance, and platforms that power delivery at scale. This person will lead the integration of D&A with adjacent Super Practices including Office of the CFO (OCFO) and Business Transformation and Transaction (BT&T), operationalize a best-in-class delivery engine, and drive continuous improvement and standardization across the US and global D&A teams. 

This leader partners closely with the D&A Practice Leader to serve as a strategic partner, driving day-to-day operational rhythms and processes to enable greater focus on growth priorities, including strategy, business development, client relationships, market profile, and MD/SD hiring and onboarding. 

• Stand up processes with other Super Practices & Solutions: lead cross-practice operating model design and execution for D&A integration across OCFO and BT&T (overall 60%). 
  • OCFO (CFO Solutions) integration: lead and operationalize the CFO Solutions workstream (~50%), partnering with the AI Solution Owner (TBH) and ensuring alignment with the AI Labs roadmap and the D&A team. 
  • BT&T integration: establish processes that use D&A as lead-generation for the BT&T practice (~10%). 
• Stand up and operate the core operational platform (~30%): define and implement global and cross-practice SOPs; stand up and chair a bi-weekly Delivery Council; partner with the India COO and AI Labs to identify AI automation opportunities and accelerate delivery timelines; drive alliance execution (e.g., Snowflake, OpenAI) with designated D&A alliance leads and future Alliance hire; 
  • Drive continuous improvement: institutionalize standardization, reusable assets, playbooks, and operational effectiveness across the D&A global team and on cross-practice projects. 
  • Manage internal cross-collaboration: coordinate with IT and other enabling teams on tech infrastructure, tooling, security, and access to support efficient delivery. 
• Practice leadership operations (~10%) including internal management cadences, staffing & resource management, reporting and practice leadership processes. 
• Travel to US offices and client sites as needed to support delivery governance, cross-practice integration, and operational rollouts. 

You Have: 

• 15+ years of consulting, analytics/data platform, or AI-enabled operations experience, including 8+ years leading multi-disciplinary delivery or operations at scale in a professional services or PE-backed environment.
• Demonstrated success building cross-practice operating models, SOPs, and governance (e.g., delivery councils, quality gates, playbooks) that improve speed, quality, and margin.
• Experience integrating data/analytics capabilities with CFO Solutions and transformation programs; familiarity with value-creation in PE-backed environments.
• Working knowledge of major data/AI platforms and alliances (e.g., Snowflake; modern cloud stacks; familiarity with OpenAI and AI Labs-style roadmaps).
• Strong partner management and cross-functional leadership skills; able to align senior stakeholders, translate strategy into execution plans, and deliver results through influence.
• Comfort with global delivery models; experience partnering across US/India or similar distributed teams.
• Excellent communication, change leadership, and program management skills; strong bias for action and continuous improvement. 

You Are:

• A builder and operator who scales what works, standardizes the core, and continuously improves.
• A collaborative leader who elevates others, creates clarity, and drives accountability.
• Entrepreneurial and hands-on—comfortable rolling up your sleeves while steering the broader operating model.
• Outcome-oriented with strong judgment, enabling smart trade-offs between speed, quality, and risk.
• Passionate about client impact and enabling teams with the platforms, processes, and tooling to deliver it

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $175,000 to $225,000 USD + benefits + bonus.  Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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