Operational Transaction Advisory Senior Manager

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Job Description:

At Crowe, you will deliver solutions to today's complex business issues. Crowe's accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on innovation along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a "Best Place to Work." We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us!

As a Senior Manager within Crowe's Operational Transaction Advisory (OTA) group, you'll help lead our clients through the analysis, planning and execution of complex Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). We support both the due diligence process as well as the planning and execution of post-close strategies.

Essential responsibilities:

Engagement Management

• Manage strategic relationships with Private Equity firms and corporate leaders to analyze and execute on M&A deals
• Design and lead the Integration Management Office (IMO) for large and distributed (geographically and functionally) project teams across a variety of complex initiatives
• Work in a client facing role, engaging with client teams to uncover synergy and functional area solutions and execute on deal strategy
• Communicate professionally, including creation of executive-level deliverables to support client decision makers

Practice Management

• Assist in recruiting, training, and managing both experienced and campus-hire consultants
• Provide project direction, oversight and coaching to less-seasoned consultants, consultants from other Crowe practice areas, and subcontractors
• Develop methodology to expand delivery capability as well as identify new solutions for prioritization and development
• Contribute information, insight, and recommendations to OTA strategic and business development plans and recommend and participate in practice management improvement

Business Development

• Support existing strategic relationships, eventually owning de novo accounts through demonstrated expertise and superior account management skills
• Lead industry-specific internal and external knowledge sharing efforts to increase firm awareness and generate new possibilities
• Identify market trends and champion efforts to develop new products and services

Required skills:

Consulting Skills: Ability to function in an ambiguous, unstructured, fast moving and rapidly changing environment, make quick sense of it all and add value beyond just a task-oriented doer or project manager; display strong oral and written communication skills from the top down; demonstrate superior problem solving and analytical skills.

Leadership Skills: Ability to lead complex M&A projects and model, coach, and train project staff on M&A integration methodologies, practices, methods and tools.

Project Management Skills: Strong understanding of critical PM concepts such as activity plans, milestones, task dependencies, risk and issue tracking, status reporting. Ability to effectively lead an engagement team, making effective and efficient use of project resources, identifying and resolving complex problems/issues related to people, processes, and technology and strategy, both internally (organizational) and externally (client/engagement/project).

Business Development Skills: Twenty percent of this person's time will be spent on business development activities, including sales call initiation and participation and proposal development. Ability to identify and qualify leads from a client/prospect perspective to determine appropriate solution and facilitate proposal related discussions is key.

The successful candidate will be highly adaptable, assertive, and open to new challenges in a fast-paced environment. This person will have significant independence to define and deliver the work required to make our clients successful. Advanced skills in analysis and written and verbal communication are critical, as this role will require significant executive-level interaction.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of total relevant experience in the M&A lifecycle (due diligence and integration / carve-outs), including prior roles in areas such as: PMI, M&A / Corporate Development, corporate strategy or program management
• Functional expertise in IT plus one or more non-IT areas: e.g. Operations, Sales, HR or Finance
• Demonstrated Project Management technical skills, with displayed excellence in managing complex cross-functional programs
• Willingness to travel extensively, 80-100% at times; most work occurs at client site
• Outstanding communication skills as evidenced by ability to articulate complex technical concepts and business impacts to diverse audiences, including executives
• The ideal candidate will be based in Chicago, New York, or Atlanta, but other locations will be considered

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

Our Benefits:
Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great peopleare what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

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