Cherry Bekaert - Chicago, IL
posted 3 months ago
Cherry Bekaert, one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the U.S., is seeking a Senior Manager for its Accounting Transformation team. This role is pivotal in driving the growth of our Accounting Advisory practice, which focuses on delivering innovative advisory, assurance, and tax services to clients. As a Senior Manager, you will lead a team of professionals in providing consulting services to multiple client relationships, helping them navigate improvement opportunities and implement solutions that create value within their organizations. You will be involved in all stages of consulting engagements, from planning and fieldwork to engagement wrap-up and deliverable composition. In this position, you will identify client needs and foster strong relationships through business development efforts. You will also be responsible for developing team members by providing constructive and actionable feedback, managing project resources, budgets, billing, and collections, and preparing thought leadership materials. Your role will require a diligent assessment of the current state of clients' Corporate Accounting and Finance departments, assisting them in transitioning to their desired future state. This may involve digitizing or automating accounting workflows, optimizing processes, and providing tailored solutions to improve outputs. The Senior Manager will focus on various functional areas, including process and cost improvement initiatives, strategy and organizational design for accounting processes, policy development and execution, post-acquisition accounting integration, and fractional CFO services. You will also oversee business process transformation, including process workflow documentation, change management, and strategic road mapping for company-led initiatives such as ESG readiness and reporting compliance. This role offers the flexibility to work in a hybrid capacity across multiple office locations or potentially remotely, with travel required for specific projects as needed.