Finance Transformation - Senior Consultant

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!   

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for an Finance Transformation Senior Consultant to join our team in the CFO Advisory office.

YOUR TEAM

The group works with the office of the CFO function from startups to middle market to upper middle market companies.  We help CFOs navigate strategic, operational, and accounting challenges.  We regularly assist them in preparing for a public or a private transaction and work closely with the M&A group in providing pre and post-transaction support.  Come and join us in our journey to helping other finance and accounting executives conceptualize and develop the finance and accounting infrastructure to scale for success.

WHY COHNREZNICK?

• Work-Life Blend: Our team members accrue up to 30 days of PTO depending on their level & take advantage of 17 paid holidays including two weeks off a year when all CR Team members take time off together. (July 4th and Thanksgiving week)  
• Parental Leave: Our expanded leave is up to 8 weeks following the birth or placement of a child.  
• Flexibility: Our team members have options of being fully virtual, hybrid or in the office based on theirs and the business needs. All full time or part time CR team members are offered a home office stipend upon onboarding to help them get setup at home.   
• Diversity & Inclusion: Whether it’s through participation in our Employee Resource Groups such as CR Blac, CR PRIDE, WomenCAN, VMA, CR Green, Raza or AAPI or through CR Cares, our team members give back to the communities they live and work in.   
• Total Rewards: We offer a competitive annual compensation, annual discretionary performance bonus, referral & client bonuses, spot bonus opportunities, 401k match with profit sharing contributions and incentive and support towards achieving the CPA licensure.   

YOUR ROLE.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• As a Finance Transformation Senior Consultant, you'll actively participate in engagements covering the following expertise areas: 

  • Finance Function Assessment & Roadmap
  • Design and implement road map for post close integration (M&A)
  • Finance Operating Model Assessments, Design, and Implementation
  • Finance & Accounting Process Improvement, Automation and Enablement
  • Analysis of Financial processes and synthesis of data results for scaling and optimization
• Participate in a broad range of finance transformation projects including the design and implementation of finance transformation solutions from assessment through implementation.
• Work with project teams, management, and client senior management to develop and execute strategies to solve complex business challenges and deliver efficient solutions.
• Contribute to the delivery of Finance Transformation engagements, which involves review of the current state of a companies’ finance and accounting processes and advising on solutions around increasing efficiency and effectiveness across organization people, process, and technology.
• Provide excellent client service on a consistent basis and build strong internal relationships.
• Analyzing and synthesizing data, identifying, and researching industry benchmarks and KPI’s, using the information to deliver recommendations for clients
• Travel and client site work may be required for this role, up to 25%

YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Successful Candidate will have:

• BS/BA required, MBA a plus
• 3 years of relevant transformation work experience with a consulting firm or experience in a professional services environment such as accounting firms, investment banking or private equity firms, financial consulting, business advisory services, and/or banking industry preferred.
• Experience with finance strategy, finance operation, financial modeling, post-merger integration, or business consolidation.
• Experience participating in, or leading, transformation projects to help clients optimize all elements of their accounting and finance organization.
• Knowledge of accounting and finance business operations, work streams, and best practices
• Demonstrated experience in facilitation, business process analysis, process mapping, system implementations, and change management.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Driven, accountable, self-starter with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills including presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to participate in meetings with senior management and work independently and manage multiple task assignments
• Experience overseeing a team of distributed resources of remote and local teams, preferred.

After reviewing this job posting, are you hesitating to apply because you don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.  For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at CRaccommodation@cohnreznick.com  Please note: This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and are not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

CohnReznick does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are currently engaged by CohnReznick Talent Acquisition Team by way of a written agreement to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that CohnReznick will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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