Operational Transformation Manager – Process Excellence

Cherry Bekaert LLP; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert LLP in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Risk Advisory Manager (Operational Transformation) to lead client-facing initiatives that translate transformational change into practical, scalable improvements across Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Hire-to-Retire, and Record-to-Report.

This role requires strong project management, process design, and delivery leadership within a manufacturing, transportation, or logistics context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline.
• 5+ years of experience leading or executing operational transformation, process improvement, or related consulting initiatives.
• Experience mapping, assessing, and improving complex business processes with practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational transformation and process optimization engagements from planning through execution, translating complex business challenges into practical, scalable solutions.
• Assess and redesign end-to-end business processes, including Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Hire-to-Retire, and Record-to-Report, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, controls, accountability, and scalability.
• Build and manage comprehensive project plans that define workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Help clients navigate the operational impact of technology transformation, including evaluating process and control implications, developing test plans, and preparing organizations for successful deployment and operational readiness.
• Develop the tools that make transformation sustainable, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, job aids, change documentation, operational readiness assessments, and KPI frameworks.
• Advise clients on organizational and operating-model improvements, identifying opportunities to optimize resources, clarify roles and responsibilities, and build processes that support continued growth.
• Translate detailed analysis into executive-level insights, developing clear recommendations, presentations, and summaries for senior executives and boards while helping stakeholders understand business implications and recommended actions.
• Lead client teams through ambiguity and change, looking beyond individual process gaps to identify broader solutions and opportunities for transformational improvement.
• Manage engagement delivery and develop team members, balancing project quality, client expectations, budgets, timelines, and coaching responsibilities

Skills

Project management

Operational transformation

Process improvement

Client advisory

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or related business discipline

Job description

Cherry Bekaert LLP in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Risk Advisory Manager (Operational Transformation) to lead client-facing initiatives that translate transformational change into practical, scalable improvements across Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Hire-to-Retire, and Record-to-Report.

This role requires strong project management, process design, and delivery leadership within a manufacturing, transportation, or logistics context.