Management Consulting - Technology Industry Advisory Principal

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The Principal, Consulting role involves leveraging regulatory technical expertise and financial services industry experience to advise clients and develop innovative solutions. This position requires managing multidisciplinary teams, building third-party relationships, and driving business growth through strategic initiatives. Candidates should have extensive professional experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in delivering high-quality managed services.

Responsibilities:

As a Principal, you will need to:

• Demonstrate strong regulatory technical expertise coupled with outstanding financial services industry experience. 

• Draw upon your demonstrated technical, industry and risk advisory knowledge to become a trusted advisor to our clients.

• Ability to assess and communicate regulatory, technology and risk considerations while leveraging cross functional teams to drive expertise through the talent and client experience.

• Lead the development of innovative solutions and approaches to serving clients based on evolving technological tools and trends.

• Build and sustain effective third-party relationships with regulatory compliance and automation technology firms, as relevant to the execution of the strategy.

• Enhance Firm capability to respond to high-profile client needs as it relates to significant, complex compliance remediation and/or program transformation.

• Effectively manage, motivate, and mentor multidisciplinary teams to work as a cohesive, client-centric unit in delivering high-quality solutions to sophisticated clients.

• Leverage your existing network and personal brand in the marketplace to drive growth, which includes identifying and securing new opportunities.

• Oversee a diverse book of business, maintaining overall responsibility for the profitability, effective delivery, and engagement risk of all client-related work within the portfolio.

• Responsibility for managing P&L, including driving net services and managing to margin metrics

• Leading multiple high-profile client relationships simultaneously, while providing leadership on proposal opportunities and ongoing internal initiatives.

• Recruit and retain future leaders of the firm.  

• Leverage your experience and expertise to advance the professional aspirations and skills of your colleagues.

• Model the core RSM values of respect, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and stewardship in all interactions with clients and team members.    

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience

• Experience driving people, process, and technology improvement across multiple groups aligned with strategy

• Proven record of delivering high quality managed services to clients

• Deep knowledge and experience of financial reporting, policy development and transaction related business activities

• Successful track record of building and growing a security and privacy practice

• Recent successful experience in cultivating new business and related market-facing activities for existing or expanded services

• Excellent presentation and communication skills targeted to C-level management, public groups, and/or board of directors

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate Degree in finance, accounting, information technology or in another related discipline

• CPA, CA or equivalent

• Extensive experience in a public accounting firm or professional services firm

• Demonstrated senior leadership experience, examples include controller, CFO, CIO, CEO, Operations Leader, etc.

• Demonstrated experience with managed services and other implementation methodologies and program management techniques.

• Global operational and accounting experience

• Experience in leading projects related to digital transformation or financial systems selection/implementation

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender; sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. 

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected].

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