Project Manager, Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services

Job Summary:

The Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services Project Manager will be part of an Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services team supporting projects in the areas of Technology Enablement;
Business Process Improvement;
Finance and Business Operations; in addition to Business Transformation and Operational Excellence efforts.

Job Duties:

* Acts as primary contact for clients and/or engagement team leads regarding all questions and information, including progress, challenges encountered, and issues identified

* Provides exceptional client service and develops advanced level deliverables and/or solutions to client issues

* Establishes engagement budget, provides recommendations for project scope and underlying pricing changes, as needed

* Prepares periodic and timely billings, and manages adjustments to engagement realization, as needed

* Identifies, grows, and maintains strategic relationships with client personnel, including members of client management

* Prepares formal and informal presentations for client meetings

* Identifies new business opportunities to expand the Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services practice and communicates such opportunities to his/her engagement leaders

* Participates in marketing and business development activities within practice

* Drafts proposals and reports, and completes research, when needed

* Administers project plans

* Communicates and oversees the project plan making updates as directed by the management team

* Manages tasks closely to make sure they are being completed and in a timely manner

* Gathers deliverables and distributes project documents appropriately

* Documents information from internal project meetings

* Identifies and tracks any gaps or issues in the project

* Schedules meetings with the management team and the project team

* Escalates any issues to management as needed

* Prepares and distributes project communications

* Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with client and ARAS team members

* Other specific duties as required by individual clients

Supervisory Responsibilities:

* May supervise the day-to-day workload of other personnel on assigned engagements and reviews work products

* Acts as mentor to others, as appropriate

Qualifications,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

* Bachelor's degree, required

Experience:

* Five (5) or more years of professional experience, required

* Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills, required

* Strong project planning, scoping and management skills, required

* Strong business process analysis & design and process flow skills or a strong understanding of Technology, Operations, or Finance functions, required

* Client facing consulting experience, preferred

* Project Management experience, preferred

License/

Certifications:

* N/A

Software:

* ERP knowledge, preferred

* Knowledge of project management practices, preferred

Language:

* N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

* Strong verbal and written communication skills

* Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills

* Detail oriented

* Able to work in a deadline-driven environment

* Capable of successfully multi-tasking while working independently or within a group environment

* Professional demeanor

* Strong problem identification and solving skills

* Able to travel 25% to perhaps as much as 50% of the time, as needed

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $125,000 - $140,000

Maryland Range: $125,000 - $140,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $125,000 - $140,000