Management Consulting Director, CFO Advisory

Overview

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.

There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

RSM is seeking an experienced, in-market and growth-focused Director for our Management Consulting CFO Advisory and broader Business Transformation practice who has a successful track record and strong advisory background. As a leader within the CFO Advisory service line, you will support the development and growth of the practice, while drawing upon your experience to advise and guide our clients to solve their complex business needs.

Your previous experience will enable you to pursue, close and execute services such as finance strategy, operating model design, finance technology deployments, finance assessments, and business/finance transformation, including the alignment and enablement of necessary and appropriate technologies and automation.

All engagements will require your leadership and guidance while managing teams deployed, delivering quality, and ensuring the optimal client experience. You will be responsible for relationship building and client management on and off-site, staff supervision/coaching, and operations & risk management, while serving our key markets and industries across North America.

This role is a market-leader role for Toronto and is expected to have a focus on the Toronto Market – following:

• Identifying, growing and developing opportunities, accounts and relationships in the Toronto market
• Bringing the full strength of the firm across Consulting (e.g. Risk, Actuarial etc.) as well as across our other Lines of Business (i.e. Audit & Tax) to drive growth within the Toronto market
• Developing and growing a delivery team within CFO Advisory in Toronto (and across other Management Consulting capabilities – e.g. CIO Advisory, Human Capital Advisory, Program & Project Management etc.) focused on serving clients within the Toronto market
• Being ‘hands-on’ and delivering on client engagements alongside our CFO Advisory and Management Consulting teams
• Having a secondary focus on our broader North American market alongside our North American teams

Our CFO Advisory service line is exciting, growing and offers tremendous career opportunities, including a defined path to senior leadership at the firm (Managing Director or Partner and Owner).

• Accountable for both in-market and national growth of the practice through the development and nurturing of defined growth channels (internal and external) across the firm.
• Oversee the execution of projects to help optimize all elements of the finance function and overall business transformation including finance assessments, business process improvement, Finance & Business Target Operating Model design, Finance and enterprise technology deployments, shared services implementation, business case development, post-merger integration, Finance automation and overall Finance transformation.
• Hold accountability for the overall quality of work delivered to clients and facilitating issue resolution with stakeholders, as well as for engagement/project financials and subsequent impact on our firm’s financials
• Provide mentorship and motivation to diverse client engagement teams by delivering constructive on-the-job coaching to team members, while fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Drive internal and external business development activities and regularly identify and sell new opportunities through various channels
• Develop new products, solutions, and deliverables for the rapidly changing Finance environment

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum of 8 - 10 years of experience in a consulting firm providing advisory or consulting services, preferably from a major…