Strategy and Acquisition Lead

Cherry Bekaert; Tampa (FL); Remote; USD 138,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert is seeking a Strategy and Acquisition Lead to drive firm-wide strategic initiatives and manage acquisition integrations. This remote role involves collaborating across departments to align strategy with operational execution and ensuring successful integration of new acquisitions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in strategy implementation within professional services. Join a collaborative environment that fosters growth and career advancement while impacting clients nationwide.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in a similar manager-level+ role.
• Experience with professional services or similar industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute acquisition integration strategy and plan.
• Create internal programs that align with strategy.
• Design annual strategic planning process.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

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Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work, Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. We are proud to foster a collaborative environment focused on enabling your career growth and continuous professional development. Our team is looking for a Strategy & Acquisition Integration Lead. The Strategy & Acquisition Lead will have the opportunity to work remotely from within the United States.

We seek a Strategy and Acquisition Integration Lead to join our team and drive our firm's strategic and transformation initiatives. This role focuses on designing and implementing acquisition integrations, working closely with the Head of Corporate Development and the Business Leader for acquisitions. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this position ensures integration aligns with overall firm strategy, with opportunities to engage in diverse strategic and change initiatives over time.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in leading strategy, transformation, and acquisition integration in medium to large organizations. You will translate strategic priorities into initiatives that balance short-term impact with long-term growth. You'll work within a team to activate our strategy, promoting alignment, collaboration, and cross-functional engagement.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Develop and execute acquisition integration strategy and plan, balancing business needs with employee experience (note: this will be your initial assignment)
• Establish of a new function, capability, or set of operating best practices to support our strategy
• Create of internal programs that drive mindset and behavior change in alignment with our strategy
• Develop of client-facing solutions or experiences to build lasting relationships and serve the needs of our target clients
• Deploy of a new digital tool that changes the way our teams do their work in service of improving efficiency and client service outcomes
• Design and leadership of an annual strategic planning process that drives alignment of activities with strategy, and encourages collaboration and accountability
  
  

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 5 years in a similar manager-level+ role.
• Experience with the professional services industry, or other industries where highly skilled talent is a critical element of the company’s service offerings
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to translate business strategy into focused initiatives that drive successful activation of the strategy
• Intellectual curiosity/horsepower, problem-solving orientation and business acumen to assess current state and develop creative, high-quality ideas across a diverse range of challenges and opportunity areas
• Project, process and people management skills to lead and manage the work required to produce high-quality outcomes
• Ability to effectively communicate with and influence professionals at all levels within the Firm(verbal, written and PowerPoint slides)
• Strong user-centered design, stakeholder engagement and/or change management skills to ensure buy-in and drive adoption of new ideas
• High degree of emotional intelligence to collaborate, earn trust and build credibility/confidence in approach and solutions
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills ability to use data and perform analysis to inform solution design
  
  

What you can expect from us:

• Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
• The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you
• A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development
• Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing
• Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work
• Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures
  
  

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

$138,000 to $185,000

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States.Cherry Bekaert will not provideworksponsorship for this position.

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at https://careers.cbh.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn,Glassdoor,Instagram, Twitterand Facebook.

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