Consulting Senior Associate - Finance Transformation & Performance Improvement Job - McGladrey - Chicago, IL (Greater Chicago Area)

Consulting Senior Associate - Finance Transformation & Performance Improvement Job

McGladrey - Chicago, IL (Greater Chicago Area)

Job Description

Finance Transformation - Performance Improvement Consulting Senior Associate

McGladrey's Performance Improvement Consulting group provides services to clients in the middle market, both in and outside of an M&A environment. Our focus is to help our clients resolve and manage complex business issues, streamline business processes, measure and enhance performance, recognize business integration synergies and implement relevant solutions

We specialize in:

- Finance Transformation Strategy and Execution
- Performance Measurement and Dash-Boarding

- Financial Close and Consolidation/Financial Reporting
- Planning and Forecasting
- Activity Based Costing/Activity Based Management
- Shared Services
- Finance Function Leading Practices and Benchmarking
- Business and Financial Transactions (mergers, business integrations, spin-off, etc.)
- Finance Operations, including: Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Treasury

Our approach is pragmatic, timely, and solutions-based. Our teams of professional consultants are hands-on and collaborative, working with clients to understand their problems and develop innovative solutions to overcome barriers to success. Because of our no-nonsense approach, our recommendations are practical and have been implemented at numerous organizations with proven results. Our practitioners bring deep functional, technical, industry and project management knowledge to each client engagement. We take pride in our ability to collaborate with our clients, employ proven methodologies, and draw on our broad base of knowledge and resources to achieve excellent results. By investing in an outstanding blend of people, technology, innovative ideas, and proven methodologies - all backed by the integrity of our brand - we create a high level of quality and value not easily duplicated. Our desire to be the best can translate into excellent results for our clients.

As a Senior Associate in the Finance Transformation - Performance Improvement consulting team at McGladrey, you will be responsible for:

- Working with our clients on financial performance improvement projects
- Planning and assessments of financial and operational effectiveness
- Business process, organizational, and financial analytics
- Business process reengineer and implementation of performance improvement tactics and systems to monitor results
- Working with clients to develop and execute on business integration plans
- Project management
- Organizational effectiveness
- Business development, networking, proposals, and managing client relationships
- Potentially acting as a performance advisor and mentor for assigned staff.

Position Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.
- Minimum 3+ year's prior experience working with companies to improve the Finance/Accounting function performance and profitability
- Experience working with middle market companies
- Excellent verbal and written communication, project management, organization, and follow-up skills.
- Strong financial and business acumen.
- Business development, negotiation and relationship skills.
- Solid critical thinking skills including the ability to identify process improvement opportunities and resolve problems.
- Must be a team player; demonstrate attention to detail and problem solving skills; able to work independently.
- Willingness and ability to travel 25-50%
- Based locally in the Chicago area.

Preferred Qualifications:

- MBA, CPA, and/or CMA Certifications
- Project Management Certification (PMP)
- Three or more years working in a consulting organization
- Cost management and Activity Based Costing
- Experience working with Private Equity firms

You have high expectations for yourself and your career. So does McGladrey. Imagine what we will achieve together. You want your next step to be the right one. You've worked hard to get where you are today. And now you're ready to use your unique skills, talents and personality to achieve great things. McGladrey is a place where you are valued as an individual, mentored as a future leader, and recognized for your accomplishments and potential. Working directly with clients, key decision makers and business owners across various industries and geographies, you'll move quickly along the learning curve and our clients will benefit from your fresh perspective.

Experience McGladrey. Experience the power of being understood.™

EEO/AA

Location Street Address:
City: Chicago
State: IL
Region: Full Time
Position Type: Experienced
Job Type: Experienced
Degree Required: Bachelor
Travel Required: Yes
Relocation Eligible: No
Sponsor candidates who are not eligible to work in US: No
Requisition ID: GLMC10409

Company Description

McGladrey LLP is the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, with nearly 6,500 professionals and associates in more than 70 offices nationwide. McGladrey is a licensed CPA firm.

McGladrey is the U.S. member of RSM International ("RSMI"), the sixth largest network of independent accounting, tax and consulting firms worldwide, with offices in more than 85 countries and more than 32,000 people to serve clients' business needs. The member firms of RSMI collaborate to provide services to global clients, but are separate and distinct legal entities which cannot obligate each other. Each member firm is responsible only for its own acts and omissions, and not those of any other party.

 

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