Project Manager, IT Project Manager, IT Consultant

About Meaden & Moore

Meaden & Moore is a leading accounting, tax, advisory, and business consulting firm serving middle-market businesses, insurance carriers, law firms, and other organizations across the United States. The firm provides a broad range of services including forensic accounting, litigation support, risk advisory, tax, assurance, and business consulting solutions.

Unity Partners is a private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas that invests in founder- and family-owned business services companies across North America. The firm partners with management teams to accelerate growth through operational improvements, technology enablement, talent development, and strategic M&A.

Unlike traditional financial investors, Unity takes a collaborative approach to value creation, working closely alongside management teams to build market-leading platforms. The firm focuses on long-term partnership, operational excellence, and creating sustainable growth for employees, customers, and shareholders.

• Lead full project lifecycle management for IT and firm-wide initiatives, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, charters, risk registers, issue logs, and status reports.
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, and success criteria in alignment with firm strategy and client expectations.
• Apply appropriate project management methodologies (waterfall, Agile, or hybrid) based on project complexity and stakeholder needs.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, escalating critical issues to the CIO with recommended resolution paths.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, including firm leadership, department heads, clients, and external vendors.
• Facilitate regular project status meetings, steering committee updates, and executive briefings, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable plans for non-technical audiences.
• Manage client expectations in engagements where technology projects intersect with professional services delivery.

• Coordinate with cross-functional project teams, including internal staff, contractors, and third-party vendors.
• Develop project budgets, track actuals against forecasts, and provide regular financial reporting to the CIO.
• Optimize resource allocation across concurrent projects to ensure delivery commitments are met.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party deliverables, including contract compliance and performance monitoring.

• Establish and continuously improve project management standards, templates, and best practices across the IT function.
• Maintain thorough project documentation and lessons-learned repositories to support organizational knowledge management.
• Contribute to the development of IT roadmap planning and annual project portfolio prioritization.
• Must be able to support change management activities to ensure successful adoption of new systems and processes by firm staff.

• 3 to 5 years of progressive project management experience, with a demonstrated record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Prior experience in a professional services environment (public accounting, consulting, legal, or advisory services strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure Dev Ops, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong command of the Microsoft 365 suite, including Teams, SharePoint, and Project for the Web.
• Proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects with competing deadlines and varying levels of complexity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present confidently to executive leadership and clients.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across all levels of an organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.

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