Experienced Senior Manager, Audit and Advisory - Baker Tilly US, LLP

Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a leading advisory CPA 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 and Chicago. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 145 territories, with 41,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $4.7 billion.

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Do you want to use your auditing or accounting experience in a new way? This means audit season for half the year and the other half exposure to the consulting side of the practice and business development! 

If yes, consider joining Baker TIlly US (BT) as an Experienced Senior Manager in our Real Estate Advisory practice! In this role, you will work directly with clients nationwide to provide assurance services to companies in the real estate industry, including year-end audits, cost certifications and other consulting tests for compliance requirements. You will work side by side with the Partner to serve the clients and build the business, having a direct impact on the firm’s success. Additionally, you will be a mentor and coach to a group of talented managers and seniors with top 10 public accounting firm experience, utilizing your expertise to help develop their technical and professional skills contributing to the development of a growing team, providing top-notch assurance and consulting services. Come and join a growing team where we can offer you leadership opportunities to help you grow skills and hone your expertise, and the flexibility to allow for a healthy work/life balance!  This is a hybrid position and can be located near any of our Baker Tilly US offices.  

You will enjoy this role if:

• You want to be a leader and take your career to the next level
• You are interested in the cross section between real estate consulting and real estate assurance services
• You love to business develop, network and build your own client base
• You can see yourself as the trusted technical expert and want to help clients face-to-face to find solutions to complex accounting and business challenges.
• You are interested in the real estate transaction process and want to work hands-on with clients nationwide, completing real estate audits and related advisory work
• You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm that serves middle market clients and whose owners have both their clients’ and employees’ best interests in mind and are transparent in their decisions
• You value your development and want to work for a firm that provides you the autonomy to own your schedule and career through structured programs (ask us about My Time Off, My Development and Dress for Your Day!)
• You want to contribute to your engagement team’s professional growth and develop your own leadership skills to build a career with endless opportunities now, for tomorrow

What you will do:

• Second in command and collaborator with the Partner to lead the business unit
• Be a trusted member of the engagement team providing various assurance and consulting services to industry specific clients, positively impacting their financial statements, profitability, and business operations through:
• Technical detail review of assurance and consulting projects
• Proactively engaging with your clients throughout the year to understand business goals and challenges
• Developing and implementing appropriate testing to assess deficiencies of internal controls and make recommendations for improvement
• Supervise your managers and seniors to ensure quality service and timely delivery of results
• Playing an active role in providing valuable financial statement guidance and business recommendations based upon various testing performed and information gathered
• Delivering business insight through thoughtful review, analysis, and discussion
• Assist with managing client engagement staffing, billings/collections, and ensure client profitability targets are met
• Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients and the community
• Invest in your professional development individually and through participation in firm wide learning and development programs
• Support the growth and development of team members through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required, Masters or advanced degree desired
• CPA required
• Top 10 public accounting experience
• Ten (10)+ years’ experience providing financial statement auditing services in a professional services firm desired
• Six (6)+ years’ of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates desired
• Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills
• Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects.
• Highly developed software and Microsoft Suite skills
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship preferred

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