Senior Manager, CFO Accounting Advisory (A&D)

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP is seeking a Senior Manager to join its CFO Accounting Advisory practice, specializing in Aerospace and Defense/Government Contracting clients. You will provide leadership, project management, and team-building skills to solve finance and accounting challenges for clients and participate in planning with partners.

You will review work product, participate in client meetings, pursue business development, and help scope engagements while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Eight (8+) years' experience in a large accounting firm in audit, financial advisory or transaction service lines.
• Five (5)+ years’ of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates.
• Experience with Aerospace and Defense and Government Contract clients.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related.
• Certified public accountant (CPA).
• High motivation, initiative and positive attitude.
• Excellent organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multitask and handle multiple priorities appropriately.
• Intermediate modeling and excel skills, experience conducting complex quantitative and qualitative financial analysis and ability to generate data-driven insights.
• Ability to work autonomously, to meet tight deadlines, and to thrive in a fast paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, experience presenting analyses to management and ability to lead and drive initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively and thrive in a team environment with all levels of client personnel in various industries.
• Ability to comfortably interact with senior level client personnel, including supporting the preparation of and participating in executive briefings, board meetings, and investor presentations

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to achieve client satisfaction through engagement oversight and interaction with client executives and engagement sponsors.
• Be accessible and anticipate client needs, questions, and issues.
• Schedule internal and external deadlines to meet client expectations for delivery.
• Interact at the highest levels of client organizations.
• Resourceful at gaining exposure to client activities offering potential for application of firm services.
• Display broad understanding of activities and interests of other disciplines and play pivotal role in gaining client interest.
• Establish record of gaining client use of wide range of firm services.
• Set and achieve challenging profitability, billing, and collection objectives consistent with circumstances of the engagement, proper utilization of staff, and attention to risk.
• Handle heavy load, including complex/demanding clients.
• Achieve high visibility for delivery of quality services in both routine and complex situations requiring innovation while being sought out as consulting resource.
• Understand firm’s strategy, practice areas, and service offerings and participate in proposals and presentations leading to new engagements.
• Create opportunities to gain new clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with colleagues in the office, other service lines, and engagement/project teams.
• Regularly look for opportunities, recommendations, and additional firm services that could benefit client.
• Play major role in implementation of technical/industry/functional programs while being acknowledged as an expert in the firm.
• Lead by example to positively impact employee morale.
• Contribute to firm’s efforts to attract, retain, and develop staff and managers and act as mentor for other managers and senior staff.
• Attains positions of leadership in designated business/professional organizations providing advantageous new business opportunities

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team building

Client interaction

Communication

Mentoring

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

CPA

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling

Job description

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP is seeking a Senior Manager to join its CFO Accounting Advisory practice, specializing in Aerospace and Defense/Government Contracting clients. You will provide leadership, project management, and team-building skills to solve finance and accounting challenges for clients and participate in planning with partners.

You will review work product, participate in client meetings, pursue business development, and help scope engagements while collaborating with