Assurance Sr Manager - Industrial Goods

Responsibilities:

• Directly supports a profitable service offering or industry in a significant way
• Area of expertise aligns with the strategic direction of the firm (i.e., middle market, industry, international, etc.).
• Recognized as an SME within the firm and may have visibility outside the firm. This person's impact should extend beyond USI (i.e. contributes to white papers, industry journals or blogs on a regular basis, is sought after internally and externally for area of expertise)
• Plans and coordinates various phases of the support service, such as staff requirements, applying client engagement teamwork plans, monitoring of hours and skills assessment
• Coordinate and participate in monitoring and review of quality control related to service delivery
• Maintain relationships with abroad teams to provide excellent client service throughout the year through supervision of RDC staff assisting with review of work product, ensuring staff are performing proper self-review, providing guidance on testing, monitoring and reporting of productivity and adherence to work plan schedules on each assignment
• Maintain high technical and professional standards.
• Promote and uphold firm policies and procedures
• Develop, motivate, and train staff level team members, advise on career development
• Participate in design and delivery of training programs to continually develop and expand knowledge and expertise through learning opportunities.
• Proactively anticipates and address concerns and escalate issues as they arise
• Maintain own professional development through ongoing education/development opportunities.
• Maintain contact with clients throughout the year to develop deeper relationships to better understand clients' goals and strategies
• Subscribe to and actively read industry publications and share relevant information with clients as considered applicable
• Participate in a range of projects and open to collaborate and work with multiple teams; demonstrating critical thinking, problem solving, initiative and timely completion of work
• Actively seek opportunities to expand services to US business teams

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in commerce/MBA
• Qualified Chartered Accountant/Licensed CPA
• 11+ years of relevant post qualification experience working in an accounting and audit related field
• Experience in industrial goods, consumer goods and or retail industry clients
• Previous Big 4 experience preferred
• Excellent technical skills in accounting including GAAP and GAAS and IFRS
• Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills
• Relevant experience in providing effective management oversight of staff
• Ability to cultivate and maintain positive, productive and professional relationships
• Ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication (English) as the position requires frequent communications with RSM client engagement teams

Preferred Experience and Qualification:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant/Licensed CPA
• 13+ years of relevant post qualification experience
• Experience in industrial goods, consumer goods and or retail industry clients
• Previous Big 4 experience preferred