Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing public accounting firms?
Are you interested in being part of a National Practice in a Premier Risk Services Practice?
If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as a Risk Advisory Services Partner. This is a great opportunity to be a valued business advisor for one of the firm’s growing practice areas. This team is made up of 300+ professionals across the U.S., providing a full spectrum of risk, governance, internal audit, compliance and cyber security services to clients in a variety of industries.
As a leader of this talented team, you will help clients take a strategic approach to information technology risk, enabling them to accelerate change that supports their goals and objectives.
You will be a valued mentor and coach to a group of talented staff, utilizing your expertise to help develop their technical and professional skills.
As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to provide you with an amazing ownership experience working with some of the most entrepreneurial partners in our field.
If you are invigorated by these exciting challenges, then this could be the right opportunity for you!
What you’ll do:
• Provide leadership, management and strategic direction with a focus on providing an exceptional client service experience, an environment where associates can learn and grow and financial success obtained through growth and sound fiscal decision making
– Translate firm vision and strategy into an actionable business plan, provide specific objectives to be accomplished and monitor progress
– Team with marketing to develop sales and marketing plans, investigate and pursue areas for expansion of services within existing client base while also pursuing new clients, actively participate in proposals
– Coordinate firm resources to ensure the best products and services are provided to clients
– Ensure your team members are provided with meaningful training and development opportunities, are appropriately challenged by increasingly complex work, are presented with timely and thoughtful feedback and are positively recognized for their efforts
– Oversee the profitability of the practice to include effective utilization of personnel, appropriate rates for services provided, timely collection of fees
• Work closely with client executives and management teams to understand their businesses and assist in identifying and managing financial and operational risks within their business systems to ensure technology risks are managed:
– Develop in-depth knowledge of clients’ businesses and industries by having direct client interaction while working on multiple aspects of an engagement
– Think independently and strategically about your clients’ business, systems and risks providing recommendations for business and process improvements based upon knowledge gained relative to the client’s operations, processes and business objectives
– Provide strategic business advice to clients by assisting in the implementation of new processes and controls that address key risks
– Assess, manage and optimize risk across a wide range of areas, including cybersecurity, IT strategy and governance, IT regulatory and compliance requirements, and business continuity.
– Review clients processes and controls against industry frameworks, identifying gaps in design and execution, and communicating issues and recommendations to clients
– Oversee the development of audit programs and the execution of internal audits and IT control assessments in the areas of:
• Regulatory and compliance requirements
• IT strategy and governance
• IT operations, business continuity and disaster recovery
• Cybersecurity
• Third party risk
• ITGC and application controls
• SOC reporting
• Produce comprehensive executive summaries and final reports for delivery to the client, documenting and reviewing engagement work papers in accordance with industry-accepted internal audit methodologies
• Act as a valued business advisor, build relationships and communicate effectively with the client to provide superior client service
• Lead professional and effective presentations to internal and external audiences
Qualifications
Strong candidates are recognized industry experts with well-rounded experience working with risk services, specifically:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or related program
• CPA Certification required; CISA certification desired
• Twelve (12)+ years’ experience in audit, risk assessments, IT Audit and / or business process re-engineering working in a professional services firm
• Seven (7)+ year(s) of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates
• Successful track record of building and growing a Risk Advisory practice, including building a team, a client base and managing revenue
• Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the “big picture” as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects.
• Ability to travel as needed for client engagements
Overview
Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage with critical mass and top-notch talent in major regions of the U.S.
and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 148 territories, with 36,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $4.0 billion.
Many of Baker Tilly’s roles have the opportunity to work remotely.
Please discuss with your talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.
Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.