Real Estate/Construction Advisory Manager overseeing complex project engagement management for diverse clients. Responsible for project planning, execution, and team leadership in high-impact industries.
Responsibilities
Reviewing construction contracts, financial statements, job cost reports, internal policies, and process maps to identify cost savings, process inefficiencies, and strategic initiatives.
Coordinate with multiple stakeholders and third parties to understand the construction project control environment and propose recommended controls to address identified gaps.
Reviewing complex financial analysis to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies across multiple sources of data and supporting documentation.
Analyzing compliance with various labor requirements, including those required on prevailing wage jobs that are reliant on federal funding and/or pertinent to tax credit incentives.
Assisting in matters involving fraud, waste, and abuse, including allegations of bribery, collusion, conflicts of interest, organized crime, and other scenarios posing legal or regulatory exposure to our clients.
Conducting targeted research on regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, IRS authoritative guidance, accounting standards codification, and AICPA practice aids to support defensible conclusions on complex engagement needs.
Run client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, organizing, conducting, directing, and completing projects and services and managing projects to budget.
Collaborating across Grant Thornton service lines and with international colleagues to integrate diverse expertise and deliver comprehensive, high-impact client solutions.
Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews.
Perform engagement management responsibilities, including performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project financials, quality review and client management.
Work closely with Grant Thornton Senior Managers, Managing Directors, and Partners to promptly identify and resolve client problems or issues.
Communicate findings clearly and concisely to a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Play a key role in future business generation by identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities.
Actively participate in recruiting top talent to the firm, including conducting interviews on campus and for experienced candidates.
Attend professional development, networking events, and training seminars regularly.
Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
Other job duties as assigned.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, Engineering, or related field required.
Minimum 5 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing real estate and/or construction clients or projects at a national level required.
CPA, CFE, CMA, CFA, CCA, CIA, PMP, PMBOK or other industry related certifications required.
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