Senior Manager

2-3 years experience at level

About the Senior Manager Role

Senior Managers play a vital role in delivering exceptional value to clients, providing hands-on leadership and ensuring project success through their deep functional expertise. These skilled professionals bridge the gap between strategic planning and tactical execution, offering day-to-day guidance and maintaining project accountability. As key members of the team, Senior Managers work closely with leadership to drive successful outcomes, while also mentoring junior staff and fostering a culture of excellence in client engagements.

Interim Roles a CX Senior Manager Can Fill

Managers demonstrate remarkable versatility, stepping into a wide array of interim roles to meet diverse client needs. Their broad expertise allows them to adapt quickly to various finance and accounting positions, providing immediate value and skilled leadership across different organizational functions.

Interim Controller

As Interim Controllers, CX Senior Managers lead the month-end close process, oversee financial reporting, and implement controls to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. They drive process improvements and provide critical leadership during periods of transition or growth.

Interim Finance Manager

As Interim Finance Managers, CX professionals lead financial teams, streamline processes, and provide crucial insights to support strategic decision-making.

Interim Financial Analyst

In the role of Interim Financial Analysts, Senior Managers conduct comprehensive financial modeling, perform in-depth analysis, and deliver actionable recommendations to improve financial performance.

Interim Internal Auditor

CX Senior Managers serving as Interim Internal Auditors assess internal controls, identify potential risks, and recommend improvements to enhance operational efficiency and compliance.

Interim M&A Specialist

Senior Managers acting as Interim M&A Specialists guide companies through complex mergers and acquisitions, performing due diligence, financial modeling, and integration planning.

Accounting Manager

In the capacity of Accounting Managers for large public organizations, CX Senior Managers oversee day-to-day accounting operations, implement best practices, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations.

Interim Project Management and Oversight

As Interim Project Managers, CX professionals lead cross-functional initiatives, manage timelines and deliverables, and ensure alignment between finance and operational goals. They bring structure to complex projects, mitigate risks, and drive execution from planning through completion.

Our Core Values

Competent

Independently perform or own, review, coach all tasks

Act independently and formulate views on issues, perform analyses and produce high-quality deliverables while leveraging other team members.
Able to lead and train junior team and client team members on less complex tasks or capabilities.
Manage own workstreams and projects effectively and efficiently based on client expectations.
Demonstrate appropriate understanding of work product.
Developing project management skills including the ability to develop project plans, manage actions, track risks, etc.

Likeable

Working to find things in common, attention to positives, and commitment to growing the personal brand of others. A willingness to be on the same team or tribe with another

Effective delivery of written or verbal messages.
Prepare, facilitate, and participate in crucial meetings.
Explain objectives when assigning team members work, and ensure assigned work is completed timely.
Build deeper client relationships.
Create positive interactions with client team.
Focus on positive, clear, and concise business communications, both written and verbal. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Slack, email, Zoom, etc.)

Disciplined

Strong project management; reliable and organized; hardworking

Clear and concise written deliverables to clients.
Understand your audience and choose appropriate communication style to effectively deliver messages.
Participate in identifying, monitoring, and resolving client issues.
Ensure delegated tasks to others are completed timely and with the expected level of quality.

Courageous

Motivated by new and/or difficult situations; energized by meeting new people and building relationships; confront and overcome obstacles; high emotional intelligence, stays calm in stressful situations, net stress reducer

Represent yourself, team members, and individuals you report to (‘representative behavior’).
Develop multiple new capabilities with enthusiasm.
Balance team objectives with personal objectives.
Start leading difficult conversations.
Understand when to take an active role in escalating issues to client.