Manager, CPM Consulting – Adaptive Planning & Pigment (Location flexible)

We are offering a unique opportunity for a Manager with a background in accounting and/or financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to join our growing Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Consulting Practice. This client-facing role leads system implementations from a people, process, and technology perspective.  This consultant will lead end-to-end implementations from discovery and solution design through configuration, deployment, and support. In addition to the required technical skills, the role includes project management, staff development, and effective communication with internal leadership and client contacts.  The successful candidate will be a creative problem solver who is eager to understand each client’s business and serve as a trusted advisor. The candidate should have hands-on implementation experience with Adaptive from Workday or Pigment and be comfortable personally performing technical delivery work while leading the broader project team.  Responsibilities: • Lead client delivery activities and take ownership of overall project success.  • Lead discovery, requirements gathering, process discussions, and solution-design sessions with client stakeholders.  • Translate financial and operational requirements into scalable CPM solutions using Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, or comparable platforms.  • Personally design, configure, and troubleshoot multidimensional planning models, calculations, reports, dashboards, workflows, and integrations.  • Lead the design of budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario modeling, financial reporting, allocations, consolidations, and related CPM processes.  • Develop and present business requirements, design documents, solution mock-ups, demonstrations, and other project deliverables.  • Manage project scope, staffing, tasks, timelines, budgets, risks, and competing priorities through implementation and support.  • Oversee data integration, transformation, reconciliation, and validation across source systems and CPM applications.  • Communicate project status, decisions, issues, and risks effectively to client contacts and internal leadership.  • Provide day-to-day direction, coaching, and constructive feedback to project team members; review deliverables for technical accuracy and quality. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree • 5+ years of experience with configuration of budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, consolidation, workforce planning, or related FP&A processes in Adaptive from Workday or Pigment.  • Experience leading CPM, financial systems, or technology-enabled finance transformation projects from requirements through deployment and support.  • Strong understanding of accounting, financial statements, multidimensional modeling, data integration, reporting, and FP&A processes.  • Strong conceptual, analytical, problem-solving, project-management, time-management, and communication skills.  • Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.  • Able and willing to travel up to 20% of the time.  • This role may be based near any major RSM office within the US • Relevant CPM platform certification preferred.  At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. Learn more about our total rewards at . We believe flexibility and in-person connection both play an important role in how we work and grow. Most roles at RSM follow a hybrid workstyle, which means team members are aligned to an RSM office and come together in person when it best supports clients, teams, development or relationship-building. Some roles may be virtual or primarily on-site based on role requirements, team priorities and client needs. At RSM, an employee’s pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Compensation Range: $112,100 - $225,500 Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.