Hybrid Financial Consulting Manager – Finance as a Service, Not-for-profit

at RSM US LLP

• Job title: Financial Consulting Manager – Finance as a Service, Not-for-profit
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $95,400 - $192,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington DC, United States

About the role

• Financial Consulting Manager handling accounting and finance for not-for-profit clients in shared services. Leading teams and managing multiple client engagements with a focus on operational finance and accounting.

Responsibilities

• Overall day-to-day management of the accounting and finance functions of multiple clients in a shared services environment playing the Controller role of your clients
• Participate in client design sessions to analyze requirements and redesign business processes in connection with FaaS best practices in areas such as chart of account redesign, procure to pay, order to cash, month end close, record to report, etc.
• Lead, manage and coach client services representatives, associates, senior associates and supervisors
• Review client’s monthly financial statements including month over month variance analysis and / or actual to budget analysis
• Analyze and interpret financial information for client management and provide actionable insight and decision support
• Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients monthly operations make suggestions for process improvements
• Understand our technology stack and identify additional add-on processes, systems, modules and integrations that can drive month end close efficiencies.
• Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates that can be leveraged for future projects.
• Establish engagement budgets
• Direct initial assessments, implementations and onboarding of new Finance as a Service clients
• Write service agreements and statements of work
• Participate in meetings with new client prospects and in the proposal process

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA is required
• Experience in a public accounting firm, consulting firm or other professional services environment preferred but not required
• Progressive experience in accounting and financial management in a corporate accounting environment, in roles such as accounting manager, assistant controller, controller, director of finance CFO.
• Strong technical financial accounting (GAAP) knowledge
• Strong management accounting and operational finance knowledge
• Experience in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, etc.)
• Proven leadership, management and coaching skills
• Strong time-management and organizational skills with sensitivity to timeframes, budgets, and outcomes across multiple clients/projects.
• Experience with automated accounting systems (i.e. Intacct, NetSuite, Blackline, Bill.com, Tallie)

Benefits

• Flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands