Senior Organizational Change Manager (Hybrid)

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP) seeks a Senior Organizational Change Manager to lead change initiatives across large-scale data, technology, and process transformations. You will partner with clients and CLA project teams to drive adoption, readiness, and effective change execution.

The role emphasizes developing integrated change plans, facilitating workshops, and embedding change management into project lifecycles to deliver sustainable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, change management, or a related field.
• Four years of experience in organizational change management, project management, transformation consulting, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, organizational readiness, adoption, or resistance management activities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to understand strategic objectives, business needs, stakeholders, and risks of large-scale transformations.
• Assess change scope, readiness, and employee impacts to determine the change management approach.
• Develop and implement employee-focused change strategies to increase adoption and proficiency.
• Create integrated change management plans covering engagement, communications, training, sponsorship, coaching, resistance, and reinforcement.
• Facilitate change readiness, strategic planning, stakeholder alignment, and team workshops.
• Develop and manage change roadmaps, timelines, project plans, impact and readiness assessments, adoption measures.
• Collaborate with client leaders to integrate change activities into broader project plans.
• Monitor progress, adoption, resistance, and risks, adjusting strategies to achieve outcomes.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Training

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

Tools

Prosci certification

Job description

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services.

Even with more than 9,000 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you. CLA is growing and seeking a Senior Organizational Change Manager to join our internal team. This position offers an opportunity to partner with clients and CLA project teams on the people side of large-scale data, technology, process, and digital transformation initiatives.

How You’ll Create Opportunities in This Senior Organizational Change Management Consultant Role

• Partner with clients to understand strategic objectives, business needs, stakeholders, and risks associated with large-scale process, data, and technology transformations.
• Assess change scope, complexity, organizational readiness, and employee impacts to determine the appropriate change management approach.
• Develop and implement employee-focused change strategies that increase adoption, utilization, and proficiency with new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Create integrated change management plans covering stakeholder engagement, communications, training, sponsorship, coaching, resistance management, and reinforcement.
• Facilitate change readiness, strategic planning, stakeholder alignment, and team effectiveness workshops.
• Develop and manage change roadmaps, timelines, project plans, impact assessments, readiness assessments, and adoption measures.
• Collaborate with client leaders and CLA project teams to integrate change management activities into broader project and implementation plans.
• Monitor change progress, adoption, resistance, and organizational risks, adjusting strategies to help clients achieve sustainable business outcomes.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, change management, or a related field.
• A combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in place of a degree.
• Four years of experience in organizational change management, project management, transformation consulting, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, organizational readiness, adoption, or resistance management activities.
• Knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, tools, and project lifecycle approaches.

What Would Be Nice to Have

• Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional, or another recognized change management certification.
• Experience supporting technology, data, digital, process, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in a professional services, consulting, or client-facing environment.
• Experience facilitating workshops and presenting recommendations to client leaders and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, readiness assessments, communication plans, training strategies, and adoption measurement.

Travel Requirements

This position requires less than 10% travel.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CLA is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

Start your inspired career

When you join CLA, you’ll have the opportunity to design your own inspired career. Career growth is about having new experiences and lots of exposure to different roles that stretch your comfort zone, expand your skills, and shape you as a leader. It’s not so much about climbing a ladder or acquiring new titles – it’s the discovery of your strengths and the outer reaches of your true potential. At CLA, you have the freedom to explore many opportunities, including your choice of industry specialization, service capability, career path, and mobility.

About CLA

CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. With nearly 9,000 people, more than 130 U.S. locations, and a global vision, we promise to know you and help you. For more information visit CLAconnect.com. Investment advisory services are offered through CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor. Wellness is shaped by our promise to know you and help you. We create opportunities for our people to live well and be happy by focusing on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.

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