Consulting Senior Manager

Clearsulting•Columbus, OH

20h•$144,000 - $186,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Clearsulting is seeking a Consulting Senior Manager to lead finance transformation engagements from strategy through execution. This role involves shaping delivery approaches, validating solution direction, and ensuring measurable client outcomes across process, data, controls, and technology. The Senior Manager will own engagement planning and execution, including scope, workplans, staffing, milestones, budget, project economics, risks, dependencies, quality standards, and governance. They will serve as a day-to-day leader and trusted advisor for client stakeholders, establishing clear expectations, navigating difficult conversations, resolving escalations, and connecting delivery decisions to the client’s strategic priorities and business value. The role also involves working towards becoming a subject matter expert in financial close, procure to pay, or business advisory, utilizing technologies like Blackline, Coupa, Alteryx, Microsoft Fabric, Rossum, Savant Labs, and others. Additionally, the Senior Manager will contribute to Clearsulting’s growth by sharing knowledge, developing reusable tools and methodologies, supporting internal initiatives, and participating in business development activities. Leading and developing project teams through clear expectations, effective delegation, constructive feedback, and coaching is also a key aspect of this position.

Requirements

8+ years of experience solving finance, accounting, operations, technology, or transformation challenges in consulting, professional services, or an industry environment
3+ year of people management experience
Demonstrated experience leading multiple phases of complex client engagements, including scope, workplans, staffing, milestones, budgets, project economics, risks, governance, and change enablement.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems, evaluate qualitative and quantitative information, develop practical recommendations, and communicate complex ideas clearly through executive-ready presentations, written deliverables, and client discussions.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa support.

Nice To Haves

Big 4 Consulting Experience
Experience applying functional knowledge in one or more digital finance areas, such as financial close and reporting, accounting operations, Source to Pay and procurement, business advisory, finance transformation, process improvement, or controls.
Experience implementing or using technology software such as: Blackline, Coupa, Kyriba, Workiva or similar tools. Relevant certifications are also valued.
Experience supporting account growth through opportunity identification, scoping, pricing, proposal development, presentations, or solution demonstrations.

Responsibilities

Lead finance transformation engagements from strategy through execution, shaping the delivery approach, validating solution direction, and ensuring the team’s work produces measurable client outcomes across process, data, controls, and technology.
Own engagement planning and execution, including scope, workplans, staffing, milestones, budget, project economics, risks, dependencies, quality standards, and governance; anticipate delivery challenges and align clients and Clearsulting leadership on practical paths forward.
Serve as a day-to-day leader and trusted advisor for client stakeholders, establish clear expectations, navigate difficult conversations, resolve escalations, and connect delivery decisions to the client’s strategic priorities and business value.
Work towards becoming a subject matter expert in financial close, procure to pay or business advisory; working with technologies like Blackline, Coupa, Alteryx, Microsoft Fabric, Rossum, Savant Labs and others.
Contribute to Clearsulting’s growth by sharing knowledge, developing reusable tools and methodologies and supporting internal initiatives, and participating in business development activities such as proposal development and solution demonstrations.
Lead and develop project teams by setting clear expectations, delegating work effectively, reviewing deliverables, providing timely and actionable feedback, coaching team members through challenges, and creating opportunities that build their skills and readiness for increased responsibility.