Audit and Federal Compliance Senior Manager - 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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Come join Baker Tilly's Development & Community Advisory (DCA) team as a Senior Manager! You will be a part of our DCA Development Advisory team where you will provide a variety of services including, but not limited to, energy and infrastructure advisory and project development support, economic development and capital planning support, and federal grant advisory with potential clients such as Tribes and Tribal Organizations, municipalities, non-profits, and other for-profit entities.  

As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, Baker Tilly has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development.

What you will do:

• Supervise quality and pace of the activities and tasks performed by Consultants
• Manage the collection of client data and information to document clients' business and financial processes, risks and controls
• Perform root cause analysis, providing data and information that will inform recommendations and solutions
• Work independently with clients and on team projects and manage deadlines
• Document business processes, and prepare and submit documentation requests
• Draft memos and other reports to explain team findings and observations
• Monitor project progress and risks, ensuring engagement leads are updated on progress and expected outcomes
• Lead the creation and/or completion of deliverable templates, compiling and analyzing of data, development of reports, and review of results developed by Consultants
• Provide mentoring and coaching to Consultants, to include governmental accounting and/or internal control concepts and methodologies
• Identify opportunities to enhance and improve project and engagement deliverables and outcomes
• Conduct research on regulatory guidance, current industry standards and trends, new legislation and requirements
• Assist in creating client business, financial and risk / internal controls documentation by developing portions of the documentation and supervising the compilation and developments of reports
• Monitor project scope and schedule and the progress of client engagement deliverables.
• Meet engagement project expectations defined by project and engagement stakeholders
• Identify, communicate and address project risks, assumptions and constraints
• Direct field work, inform supervisors of the engagement status and manage Consultant performance
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively negotiate priorities across multiple groups/teams
• Manage the collection of client financial and operational data for weekly / monthly and ad hoc reporting
• Manage the execution and delivery of engagement specific tasks as directed

Successful candidates will meet the following requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree within business, finance or accounting. MBA/MPA desirable but not a requirement
• A minimum of 10+ plus years of internal or external auditing, including at least five (5) years serving as a project manager
• In-depth understanding of US Federal funding compliance requirements and practices
• Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel) required
• Experience building financial models incorporating income statements and cash flows to support business decisions
• Experience with core financial processes (e.g. monthly close, financial reporting)
• Experience with developing reporting or data analytics
• Exceptional oral and written communication, collaboration, and time management skills
• Ability to 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 duties
• Ability to travel regularly (25-35% annually)