Senior Consulting Manager

Search Finance, Inc.; Dallas, Fort Worth (TX, TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO

Med insurance coverage

Job summary

Search Finance, Inc. is seeking Senior Managers in Fort Worth and Austin to lead teams and oversee portfolios of complex client engagements. This role blends financial analysis and modeling with client relationship management and project leadership.

The ideal candidate has a strong finance background with consulting or professional services experience, plus evident people leadership and communication skills. Significant growth opportunities and a visible impact on client outcomes are offered.

Qualifications

• 6–12+ years in consulting, advisory, or finance-focused client-facing roles.
• Strong financial modeling and ability to translate complex data for clients.
• Experience owning complex client engagements with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation and senior-stakeholder communication skills.
• Proven people leadership, coaching, and performance management experience.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements, deadlines, and priorities.
• Experience driving process improvements and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of complex client engagements, ensuring on-time delivery.
• Lead and develop Project Managers and Analysts, setting performance standards.
• Own client relationships and serve as primary contact for engagements.
• Lead client meetings and present complex financial analyses clearly.
• Review models and deliverables, translating findings into recommendations.
• Manage timelines, budgets, staffing, and competing priorities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to move projects forward and resolve issues.
• Identify risks and implement solutions to protect timelines and outcomes.
• Drive standardized workflows and continuous process improvements.
• Partner with leadership on talent development and growth initiatives.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Client engagement management

People leadership

Presentation skills

Process improvement

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Business/Real Estate/Economics/Accounting

Job description

Our client is a rapidly growing advisory firm working at the intersection of finance, real estate, and the public sector. The firm has built a leading position in a highly specialized market and is experiencing approximately 30% year-over-year growth.

The firm is seeking Senior Managers in both Fort Worth and Austin to lead teams and oversee portfolios of complex client engagements. This is a highly visible role combining financial analysis and modeling, client relationship management, project and engagement leadership, team development, and process improvement.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong finance background along with experience in a consulting, advisory, professional services, or similarly complex client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of complex client engagements, ensuring projects are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.
• Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers and Analysts, with responsibility for performance, professional development, workload management, and accountability.
• Own client relationships and overall service delivery, serving as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for assigned engagements.
• Lead client meetings, presentations, and discussions involving complex financial and business matters.
• Review financial models, analyses, and other project deliverables and translate complex information into clear recommendations for clients and stakeholders.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, staffing, workloads, deliverables, and competing priorities across multiple engagements.
• Coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders to move complex projects forward and proactively resolve issues.
• Identify project risks and develop solutions before they impact client relationships, timelines, or outcomes.
• Drive process improvements, standardized workflows, and best practices to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Partner with senior leadership on talent development, operational initiatives, and continued organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Approximately 6–12+ years of progressive experience, ideally including consulting, advisory, professional services, or another finance-focused, client-facing environment.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to understand, review, and communicate complex financial information.
• Demonstrated experience owning complex client engagements or projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including experience working directly with senior clients and executives.
• Meaningful people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, career development, and accountability for professional staff.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex engagements, deadlines, and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, Real Estate, or a related field.

Experience in strategic finance, FP&A advisory, transaction advisory, performance improvement, project finance, real estate finance, valuation/modeling, infrastructure, economic development, or related areas is particularly relevant.

Opportunity Highlights

• Newly created Senior Manager leadership level driven by continued growth.
• Significant opportunity for advancement and increased responsibility as the organization scales.
• Highly visible work involving complex financial, development, and stakeholder-driven projects.
• Opportunity to work directly with senior clients and organizational leadership.
• 4 weeks PTO, including the week between Christmas and New Year's.
• Company covers 99% of employee medical insurance costs.