United States onlyRanked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work, Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach today’s toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions. To meet this commitment, Cherry Bekaert will provide you with the space to pursue growth and development opportunities that will guide and support you at each stage of your personal and professional journey. If you are ready to find your space and create your future, you belong with us.
Due to our continued growth, an opening has been created for a Part-Time Growth Solutions Initiative Leader to join our team, with the flexibility to work from any of our offices or remotely for the right candidate. This role will be 30 hours per week, with specific working hours being flexible to negotiation during normal business hours Monday through Friday. In this position, you will leverage your user centered innovation expertise, professional services industry knowledge, and project management experience to lead the development of new growth solutions for the organization through active collaboration with a variety of internal stakeholders in the Growth Team, other functions, and Service Line Leaders.
As a Growth Solutions Initiative Leader, you will:
Work with the Growth Solutions Leader to build the growth solutions capability by contributing to the design and build of the function’s systems, processes and tools, and by taking on management of specific aspects of the function’s governance model, once built. Additionally, use the function’s solution development toolkit and processes to lead the development of new growth solutions for the organization, including drafting the initiative charter, engaging and managing the participation of all stakeholders, providing methodological expertise and managing quality standards, ensuring alignment with strategy, and guiding the initiative team through the development process. Core responsibilities and deliverables are as follows:
- Solution Development
- Develop process model for packaged (bundled) solution sets across existing service offerings
- Drive solution set development through collaboration with ASLs (Advisory Service Line Leaders) & IPLs (Industry Practice Leaders)
- Assess existing service offerings – create solution attachment points across audit, tax, advisory aligned with industry focus – sales approach/sequencing
- Collaborate with Growth Operations on data/metrics to monitor success of productized approach
- New Offerings
- Create and launch External to Internal approach to innovate new offerings
- Create process flow model for new offering development – vetting/criteria/alignment/resource requirements/approval lanes
- Collaborate with Growth Ops – Knowledge – Develop and monitor potential new offerings through trends research
- Align with Client Experience – Voice of the Customer
- Integrate with SLLs and IPLs
- Communication & Education Strategy
- Create and Drive “launch” plan for solution sets and new offerings collaborating with Core and Enterprise Growth leaders on execution strategy
- Align with marketing and internal comms
- Align with learning & development
What you bring to the role:
- Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum 10+ years of experience with demonstrated offering development and business development leadership experience inside professional service firms, including development and launch of technology related offerings
- User-centered innovation methodological expertise (ability to coach and or apply core tools throughout ‘frame/discover/develop/prototype and test/pilot/launch’ phases of offering development)
- Experience leading cross-functional teams through complicated, ambiguous processes
- Mix of quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
- Very effective verbal communications skills; strong writing and PowerPoint skills; some basic visual design capabilities
- Workshop experience design and facilitation expertise, including with executive audiences
- Credibility and ability to influence executive level stakeholders and clients
- Strong organizational and project management capabilities
- Ability to travel as needed, anticipated at <5%
What we offer you:
- Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect.
- The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you.
- A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development.
- Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing.
- Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work.
- Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures.
About Cherry Bekaert:
Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. “Cherry Bekaert” is the brand name under which Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC, independently owned entities, provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with applicable professional standards. Cherry Bekaert LLP is a licensed CPA firm that provides attest services, and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities provide business advisory and non-attest services spanning the areas of transaction advisory, risk and accounting advisory, digital solutions, cybersecurity, tax, benefits consulting, and wealth management. For more details, visit cbh.com/disclosure.
Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is $62,629 – $159,225. Individual employment offers within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.
Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days.
Candidates must demonstrate they are eligible to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.
Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at cbh.com/careers and follow us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
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