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Role Description

Consulting Director, Business Advisory

Location: Clearsulting is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with additional offices located in Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; and Dallas, TX. Other cities are welcome remotely.

Office Options: Hybrid or Remote. Team members residing within a 45-minute commuting radius of a Clearsulting office, we expect 8 days of in-person work per month, allowing flexibility choosing these days to accommodate client meetings, team syncs and individual schedules.

Travel Expectations: 20-40%

What You'll Do

• Define and drive the practice's strategic direction, aligning services with client needs and market trends.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, acting as a trusted advisor to address complex business challenges.
• Lead and oversee client engagements, ensuring the delivery of high-quality outcomes within scope, timeline, and budget including assessments, finance transformations, vendor selection, process improvement, finance & accounting operating model modernization, and technology implementations.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, prepare proposals, and lead pitches to secure consulting engagements.
• Mentor and develop consulting teams, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Provide insights and guidance on industry best practices, emerging trends, and innovative solutions to enhance client value. Develop internal and external use cases for AI and GTM solutions.
• Optimize internal processes, tools, and methodologies to improve service delivery and team productivity.
• Help finance transformation and accounting executives solve complex business problems from strategy through execution focused on developing finance functional strategies, improving business performance and implementing new processes and technologies.
• Develop executive-level presentations to communicate complex issues and recommendations across processes, systems, and people.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business-related field of study.
• 10+ years of finance management consulting experience in finance strategy and transformation, operating model design and shared services, process improvement, program management, and/or technology implementations.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• Functional finance and accounting expertise including thought leadership on industry trends and leading practices.
• Willingness to continually take on challenging projects with new or ambiguous subject matter.
• Strong project management experience, including: workplan creation and updates, milestone tracking, risk management, status updates, change management, and communicating with clients.
• Commercial acumen to generate and close opportunities in net new logo and existing account sales cycles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; clearly convey complex business concepts to executive audience free of grammatical errors, incorporating leading practices for business writing.
• Strong leadership skills and executive presence.
• Foundational knowledge and understanding of data and analytics technologies (i.e., Alteryx, Savant Labs, PowerBi, Tableau, Qlik, Python, VBA, SQL, Access, etc.) as well as AI toolsets.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.
• Retirement plans.
• Flexible work environment.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Access to mental health apps.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Opportunities for ad hoc bonuses.

Compensation

The compensation range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. We are committed to ensuring our offers reflect the value each candidate brings to the role. Final salary placement will be based on several factors, including level of expertise, relevant work experience, technology certifications, educational background and alignment with industry standards. This role is eligible for our performance-based bonus program and standard benefits offerings.

Excited about what we're doing but don't fit every requirement? No problem! At Clearsulting, we're forward-thinkers on a mission to redefine consulting excellence. We're all about diversity and inclusion, committed to assembling teams that mirror the world around us. So, if you're passionate about our mission, you could be the perfect fit for this role or another within our dynamic team. Don't hesitate to apply!