Accounting Advisory Senior Manager
Plante Moran•Chicago, IL
•$135,000 - $180,000•Hybrid
About The Position
Our management consulting team focuses on our clients’ critical business needs. From transaction services to operations and everything in between, our integrated solution approach is designed to help enable and manage growth, leverage resources, and mitigate costs and risks. At Plante Moran, we have the privilege of serving clients and providing consultative services as they face challenges and seek new opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required
- CPA Designation is preferred
- Practice development / substantial professional networking experience
- 10+ years of some combination of recent experience in: 1.) public accounting audit practice as Manager level or higher; 2.) industry accounting department / external reporting leadership role; or 3.) technical accounting consultation position.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English.
Responsibilities
- Provide transaction-oriented accounting and reporting assistance for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts, etc.
- Overseeing engagements designed to help clients identify and implement needed accounting transformation initiatives by evaluating people, process and technology, including updating basis of reporting (e.g., cash basis to US GAAP basis accounting methodology), improving reporting efficiency, mitigating risk, and adjusting accounting department hierarchy and design, responsibility allocation, and staff composition
- Cleaning-up financial information that has not been given the appropriate attention, including establishing and implementing accounting processes, policies and procedures that will allow for the creation of accurate financial information now and into the future
- Performing interim accounting and finance roles for clients dealing with planned and unplanned accounting departures
- Provide oversight and hands on assistance in the implementation of accounting standards, including revenue recognition, lease accounting, business combination, complex debt and equity issuances, equity compensation, etc.
- Prepare detailed financial analysis to assist clients in evaluating potential acquisitions, financing arrangements and other substantial strategic decisions
- Participate in client meetings and site visits while interacting with top-level management to acquire and assess important information for financial analysis
- Develop and review financial forecasts on behalf of clients
- Assist with development and review of financial reports to determine quality of historical earnings for internal / external reporting purposes, strategic initiatives (i.e., acquisition scenarios), or for other reporting needs (e.g., assurance reporting; tax reporting)
- Analyze financial statements to evaluate sustainability of financial performance
- Addressing accounting and reporting responsibilities and initiatives not specifically addressed above where clients either do not possess the internal acumen, capacity, or potentially both to achieve objectives on its own
- Networking internally and externally to identify current and future accounting services opportunities
- Coaching oversight, engagement scheduling and overall leadership for practice team members
- Assistance in preparation of proposals, budgets and engagement letters
- Project management oversight, including prioritizing varying projects against deadlines, managing time effectively, and completing high quality deliverables generating positive economic outcomes
- Preparation, review, and issuance of client invoices, managing collections, and client management
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- disability insurance
- life insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- various pre-determined holidays
- 401(k) plan
- flexible benefits plans
- business-related travel expense
- lodging reimbursement for business-related use
- meal reimbursement for business-related use
- pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff
- discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff
- option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time for some contingent staff positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
