Office of the CEO Manager
About The Position
The Manager within the Office of the CEO supports execution of the CEO’s strategy by delivering high-quality tools and processes, applying analytical problem-solving, and creating materials that synthesize key insights to help leaders drive outcomes and support a high-performance culture. The role supports the Office of the CEO’s day-to-day operations and proactively identifies improvements. It requires operational focus, flexibility, effective management of competing priorities, and the ability to work across functions and stakeholder groups to deliver quality results quickly. The Manager interprets complex qualitative and quantitative information with a broad perspective, then analyzes and presents it in a clear, simplified form to support timely leadership decisions. The role reports to the Chief of Staff within the Office of the CEO and offers hands-on professional development, coaching, and on-the-job learning. This position follows the firm’s hybrid work model and requires in-person attendance at least three days per week at a Grant Thornton office or client site.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in a business field or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in management consulting, professional services, operations, transformation, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of MS Excel, including advanced tools and formulas, complex tables, and charts.
- Knowledge of MS PowerPoint and similar presentation tools.
- Distinctive problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including communication with team members and audiences at all levels of management.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to understand and articulate the big picture.
- Proven experience working in a matrix environment and partnering with multiple stakeholders and functions.
- Ability to represent the Office of the CEO with quality, discretion, and speed.
Responsibilities
- Lead tactical project management of workstreams with varying complexity and time criticality for the firm and senior leaders.
- Drive action items and outcomes, including status reporting.
- Prepare polished, executive-level presentations for senior leadership and the General Partner, identifying key takeaways.
- Support information flow management.
- Identify and pursue improvements to process efficiency and effectiveness.
- Enable greater agility, speed, and scale to exceed outcome targets.
- Adapt to the operating styles of others and team dynamics to help the team succeed.
- Support the effective day-to-day operations of the Office of the CEO and proactively implement improvements.
- Analyze complex qualitative and quantitative information and present it in a simplified way to support leadership decision-making.
Benefits
- Personalized and comprehensive benefits; specific offerings are described on the company’s careers website.
- Options for work location, weekly schedule, and flex time off, consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model.
- Work-life integration options.
- Potential eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
