Job DescriptionJob Summary:The Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services Project Manager will be part of an Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services team supporting projects in the areas of Technology Enablement; Business Process Improvement; Finance and Business Operations; in addition to Business Transformation and Operational Excellence efforts.
Job Duties:- Acts as primary contact for clients and/or engagement team leads regarding all questions and information, including progress, challenges encountered, and issues identified
- Provides exceptional client service and develops advanced level deliverables and/or solutions to client issues
- Establishes engagement budget, provides recommendations for project scope and underlying pricing changes, as needed
- Prepares periodic and timely billings, and manages adjustments to engagement realization, as needed
- Identifies, grows, and maintains strategic relationships with client personnel, including members of client management
- Prepares formal and informal presentations for client meetings
- Identifies new business opportunities to expand the Accounting & Reporting Advisory Services practice and communicates such opportunities to his/her engagement leaders
- Participates in marketing and business development activities within practice
- Drafts proposals and reports, and completes research, when needed
- Administers project plans
- Communicates and oversees the project plan making updates as directed by the management team
- Manages tasks closely to make sure they are being completed and in a timely manner
- Gathers deliverables and distributes project documents appropriately
- Documents information from internal project meetings
- Identifies and tracks any gaps or issues in the project
- Schedules meetings with the management team and the project team
- Escalates any issues to management as needed
- Prepares and distributes project communications
- Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with client and ARAS team members
- Other specific duties as required by individual clients
Supervisory Responsibilities:- May supervise the day-to-day workload of other personnel on assigned engagements and reviews work products
- Acts as mentor to others, as appropriate
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Education:- Bachelor's degree, required
Experience:- Five (5) or more years of professional experience, required
- Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills, required
- Strong project planning, scoping and management skills, required
- Strong business process analysis & design and process flow skills or a strong understanding of Technology, Operations, or Finance functions, required
- Client facing consulting experience, preferred
- Project Management experience, preferred
License/Certifications:Software:- ERP knowledge, preferred
- Knowledge of project management practices, preferred
Language:Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills
- Detail oriented
- Able to work in a deadline-driven environment
- Capable of successfully multi-tasking while working independently or within a group environment
- Professional demeanor
- Strong problem identification and solving skills
- Able to travel 25% to perhaps as much as 50% of the time, as needed
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
National Range: $125,000 - $140,000
Maryland Range: $125,000 - $140,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $125,000 - $140,000
