Senior Manager, CFO Advisory - Close & Consolidation

West Monroe•Chicago, IL

12h•$184,900 - $250,100•Hybrid

About The Position

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to lead close, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting automation engagements within its growing CFO Advisory team. This role is for a finance transformation leader who combines auditor-grade accounting judgment with hands-on systems delivery experience and can earn the confidence of Controllers, audit partners, and finance technology stakeholders. As a Senior Manager, you will lead complex Record-to-Report transformation initiatives, design sustainable close and reconciliation processes, and help clients apply automation and AI to accounting workflows without compromising control, auditability, or financial reporting integrity. You will also develop teams, expand client relationships, and strengthen West Monroe's close and consolidation capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive experience across audit, controllership, Record-to-Report transformation, and close automation implementation.
Experience delivering at least three full-lifecycle close, reconciliation, consolidation, or reporting technology implementations.
Direct experience owning or performing month-end close activities within a corporate accounting environment, not only advising on the process.
Deep implementation knowledge in BlackLine across Account Reconciliations, Task Management, Transaction Matching, and Journal Entry, or equivalent depth in Trintech Cadency, Adra, FloQast, or comparable platforms.
Strong knowledge of consolidation mechanics, intercompany eliminations, journal entry governance, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
Working knowledge of technical accounting topics such as ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 805, and pushdown accounting, with the judgment to evaluate accounting and audit implications of solution designs.
Experience designing risk-based reconciliations and auto-certification thresholds that can withstand internal control and external audit challenge.
Experience with SOX narratives, control documentation, testing considerations, and IT general control concepts.
Experience in public company or private equity-backed reporting environments.
Proven engagement management skills across scope, budget, work plans, risks, issues, testing, cutover, team leadership, and executive communication.
Demonstrated people leadership experience and a passion for developing and coaching team members.
Strong analytical, data visualization, and communication skills, including the ability to create concise executive stakeholder-ready deliverables.
Experience using AI tools in day-to-day work to improve productivity and insight generation, paired with strong critical thinking to evaluate accuracy, bias, controls, and business relevance.
Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
Ability to travel up to 50 percent based on client and engagement needs.

Nice To Haves

CPA, active or inactive.
Big Four or comparable audit foundation followed by finance transformation or systems implementation experience.
Experience with AI-native close or accounting platforms such as Numeric, Trullion, or comparable tools.
Experience supporting external reporting, IPO readiness, carve-outs, integrations, or other high-change reporting environments.

Responsibilities

Lead close, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting automation engagements from assessment and solution design through implementation, testing, cutover, and stabilization.
Design close architectures that address task dependencies, subledger cutoffs, journal entry workflows, intercompany processing, consolidation sequencing, reporting timelines, and executive governance.
Lead risk-based reconciliation rationalization, including account segmentation, materiality tiering, frequency, ownership, evidence requirements, auto-certification criteria, and exception management.
Design solutions that align accounting policy, process, data, technology, SOX controls, IT general controls, and audit evidence requirements.
Lead implementation work across platforms such as BlackLine, Trintech Cadency or Adra, FloQast, and comparable close and reporting solutions.
Partner with Controllers, Chief Accounting Officers, internal audit, external audit, finance technology leaders, and process owners to resolve complex design decisions and drive adoption.
Advise on consolidation and intercompany design, including eliminations, foreign currency, ownership changes, pushdown accounting, and reporting requirements.
Own engagement delivery across scope, budget, profitability, staffing, risk, quality, and client satisfaction while providing hands-on review of configuration, testing, controls, and deliverables.
Apply AI and automation to close analysis, reconciliations, anomaly detection, journal support, documentation, and testing while maintaining appropriate human review and auditability.
Build trusted relationships with CFOs, Controllers, Chief Accounting Officers, finance transformation leaders, and external audit stakeholders.
Identify and shape follow-on opportunities across close optimization, consolidation, reconciliation, external reporting, finance data, EPM, ERP, automation, and controls.
Contribute to proposals, statements of work, solution design, pricing, and executive presentations.
Stay current on emerging accounting technology, AI-native close tools, regulatory developments, and leading practices that can improve client outcomes.
Develop and maintain close assessment tools, reconciliation rationalization methods, control design guides, implementation playbooks, testing templates, and reusable client assets.
Lead, coach, and mentor Senior Consultants and Consultants, providing hands-on quality review and clear feedback on accounting analysis, solution design, testing, and client communication.
Serve as a Career Advisor and actively participate in performance management, recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and capability development.
Collaborate across CFO Advisory, EPM, ERP Strategy, Data and AI, Technology and Experience, Organization and People, and industry teams to deliver integrated solutions.