Accounting Advisory Senior Manager

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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.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• 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
• Administration and practice development responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
  • 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

• 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.

This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.

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