Senior Manager

Strategic HR Client • Columbus, OH

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Clark Schaefer Hackett is seeking a Senior Manager in Columbus, Ohio, to lead an assigned client portfolio and its Managers and teams. The Senior Manager serves as the portfolio’s technical authority and final reviewer, setting standards for quality, approving complex accounting treatment and financial statements, overseeing portfolio economics and capacity, and building trusted relationships with clients and their professional advisors. The role balances technical quality, client service, team development, portfolio economics, and business growth in a collaborative, fully paperless team environment.

The ideal candidate is an experienced accounting leader with strong technical judgment, a record of developing high-performing teams, and the ability to work directly with business owners and external advisors. The position may require additional hours during time-sensitive client periods and occasional travel to client or firm locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 8–12 years of public or private accounting experience, including substantial experience with after-the-fact, compilation, or outsourced accounting engagements.
• At least three years of experience leading a high-performing team, including responsibility for written evaluations, ratings, and employee development.
• Demonstrated business development results through scope expansion, referrals, cross-selling, or service migration.
• Advanced Excel skills and expert-level knowledge of QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, Sage 50, and related workpaper, trial balance, and document-management tools.
• Strong knowledge of 1099 filing, sales and use tax, personal property tax, and payroll tax reporting.
• Strong executive presence, research ability, relationship-building skills, and ability to price and defend fees.
• Ability to work additional hours during time-sensitive client periods and travel occasionally to client or firm locations.

Nice To Haves

• Active CPA license and/or MBA.
• Experience leading or working with a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the final technical reviewer for an assigned client portfolio and approve complex or non-routine accounting treatment.
• Own preparation and compilation standards, workpaper quality, reporting language, independence decisions, and disclosures.
• Approve scope, effort estimates, and pricing for cleanup, catch-up, and multi-period reconstruction engagements.
• Manage portfolio realization, margin, pricing, fee adjustments, billing, client acceptance, and engagement continuance.
• Build relationships with business owners and decision-makers and act as the primary liaison to tax preparers, auditors, lenders, insurance brokers, and other advisors.
• Lead Managers and their teams to ensure work is timely, accurate, and held to a consistent standard.
• Own staffing, capacity, resource planning, performance evaluations, ratings, compensation recommendations, development, and retention for the assigned book.
• Coach Managers, foster a culture of continuous feedback, and participate in recruiting and selecting talent for the team.
• Produce measurable business development results through service expansion, referrals, cross-selling, proposals, and industry involvement.

Benefits

• Five weeks of PTO plus a firm shutdown week.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement plans.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Parental Leave.
• Hybrid work flexibility.
• Learning and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior