Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:

 Baker Tilly is hiring for a Financial Services Senior Manager!

Our Purpose:

Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry for middle market (company with revenue btw $200 million to $5 billion) in which middle market financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure.  If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then join our dynamic growing team.  We help client with transactions life cycle (IPO, SPAC, merger, divesture), implement new accounting (US GAAP or IFRS) or regulatory rules, implement or remediate internal controls and transform or digitize their finance functions as well as implement ESG, etc...  Sounds interesting?  If this is you, please reach out to us to discuss further your interest and qualifications.

The opportunity: 

Our Financial Advisory Services (FAS) team is growing exponentially and as a Senior Manager you’ll play a key role in that growth to help us achieve our vision 2030. Strategy 2030 will navigate us toward our objective of becoming the leading middle market advisory firm, growing to $5 billion and continuing to ascent in the profession.  Working across all key financial service sectors, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. It’s all about listening to and understanding our middle market clients to give them a truly exceptional client experience in a field where there really are no off-the-shelf recommendations.  

Baker Tilly is currently searching for a Senior Manager to join our FAS practice specifically focusing on Financial Services. As a Senior Manager in FAS, you will provide strong leadership, communication, project management, and team building skills to your teams to solve a particular business problem or improve a particular process, generally related to the finance or accounting functions of the client’s organization. You will collaborate with managers and partners within the group as you review work product and participate actively in client meetings and planning efforts.  You will work with FAS Partners and others, as well as independently, to identify and pursue business development initiatives and to win specific engagement opportunities through scoping and budgeting engagement needs.

Responsibilities:  The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. That means you’ll need to think on your feet and challenge existing practices to develop answers to complex issues. You’ll also be collaborating with colleagues across multiple service lines and industries, so we’ll look to you to build relationships and identify opportunities for our clients to benefit from our knowledge in other areas. Regular travel will be required as you will be meeting with key clients, some of those being the most respected in their fields.  Lead efforts to achieve client satisfaction through engagement oversight and interaction with client executives and engagement sponsorsBe accessible and anticipate client needs, questions, and issuesSchedule internal and external deadlines to meet client expectations for deliveryInteract at the highest levels of client organizationsResourceful at understanding client business model and challenges and bringing all of the firm’s solutions to help our clientsDisplay broad understanding other functional areas across finance, risk, ops at clients and play pivotal role in gaining client interest with the focus on building adjacencyEstablish record of gaining client use of wide range of firm services and offeringsSet and achieve challenging profitability, billing, and collection objectives consistent with circumstances of the engagement, proper utilization of staff, and attention to risk managementHandle heavy load, including complex/demanding clientsAchieve high visibility for delivery of quality services in both routine and complex situations requiring innovation while being sought out as consulting resource across the firmUnderstand firm’s strategy, practice areas, and service offerings and participate in proposals and presentations leading to new engagementsCreate opportunities to gain new clientsDevelop and maintain relationships with colleagues in the office, other service lines, and engagement/project teamsRegularly look for opportunities, recommendations, and additional firm services that could benefit or add value to our clientsPlay major role in implementation of technical/industry/functional programs while being acknowledged as an expert in the firmLead by example to positively impact employee morale to help build and maintain our inclusive cultureContribute to firm’s efforts to attract, retain, and develop staff and managers and act as mentor for other managers and senior staffAttains positions of leadership in designated business/professional organizations providing advantageous new business opportunitiesQualifications:Eight (8+) years' experience in a large accounting firm in audit, financial advisory or transaction service linesFive (5)+ years’ of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associatesRelevant bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or relatedFinance or controllership experience at financial institutionsCertified public accountant (CPA)High motivation, initiative and positive attitudeExcellent organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multitask and handle multiple priorities appropriatelyIntermediate modeling and excel skills, experience conducting complex quantitative
and qualitative financial analysis and ability to generate data-driven insightsAbility to work autonomously, to meet tight deadlines, and to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting prioritiesExcellent verbal and written communication, experience presenting analyses to management and ability to lead and drive initiativesAbility to work effectively and thrive in a team environment with all levels of client personnel in various industriesAbility to comfortably interact with senior level client personnel, including supporting the preparation of and participating in executive briefings, board meetings, and investor presentationsWhat we look for: We’re interested in versatile people with the ability to take on new responsibilities and listen to clients to get things done. We’re not just looking for technical accounting experience but broader controllership and operational experience including finance transformation — we’re after genuinely interesting people with the ability to build relationships, negotiate and think in unique and creative news ways. If you’re a confident leader with a curious mind and the ability to solve complex issues, this role is for you.The compensation range for this role is $179,850 to $389,680. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.#hybrid