Accounting Advisory Manager

Make your mark. Our management consulting team focuses on our clients' critical business needs. From transaction services to operations and everything in between, our integrated solution approach is designed to help enable and manage growth, leverage resources, and mitigate costs and risks. At Plante Moran, we have the privilege of serving clients and providing consultative services as they face challenges and seek new opportunities.

Plante Moran enjoys a "Workplace for Your Day" model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.

Your role.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Provide transaction-oriented accounting and reporting assistance for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts, etc.
• Overseeing engagements designed to help clients identify and implement needed accounting transformation initiatives by evaluating people, process and technology, including updating basis of reporting (e.g., cash basis to US GAAP basis accounting methodology), improving reporting efficiency, mitigating risk, and adjusting accounting department hierarchy and design, responsibility allocation, and staff composition
• Cleaning-up financial information that has not been given the appropriate attention, including establishing and implementing accounting processes, policies and procedures that will allow for the creation of accurate financial information now and into the future
• Performing interim accounting and finance roles for clients dealing with planned and unplanned accounting departures
• Provide oversight and hands on assistance in the implementation of accounting standards, including revenue recognition, lease accounting, business combination, complex debt and equity issuances, equity compensation, etc.
• Prepare detailed financial analysis to assist clients in evaluating potential acquisitions, financing arrangements and other substantial strategic decisions
• Participate in client meetings and site visits while interacting with top-level management to acquire and assess important information for financial analysis
• Develop and review financial forecasts on behalf of clients
• Assist with development and review of financial reports to determine quality of historical earnings for internal / external reporting purposes, strategic initiatives (i.e., acquisition scenarios), or for other reporting needs (e.g., assurance reporting; tax reporting)
• Analyze financial statements to evaluate sustainability of financial performance
• Addressing accounting and reporting responsibilities and initiatives not specifically addressed above where clients either do not possess the internal acumen, capacity, or potentially both to achieve objectives on its own

• Bachelor's Degree required
• CPA Designation is preferred
• Practice development / substantial professional networking experience
• 5+ years of some combination of recent experience in: 1.) public accounting audit practice as Manager level or higher; 2.) industry accounting department / external reporting leadership role; or 3.) technical accounting consultation position.
  

United States without sponsorship, with the exception of candidates that are bilingual in Japanese and English. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Plante Moran.

The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.