Transaction Advisory Services - Performance Improvement Manager

Job Description

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Transaction Advisory Services – Performance Improvement Manager**

Chicago | New York | South Florida | Boston | Metro DC | Atlanta | Los Angeles |Dallas| Virtual

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Performance Improvement Manager to join our Transaction Advisory Services practice in one of our CohnReznick offices or virtually. **

YOUR TEAM.**

This position will support our rapidly growing Transaction Advisory Services group. This team conducts due diligence and supports clients across a wide range of industries. As a Performance Improvement Manager, you will work collaboratively with the TAS Tax practice leader to manage private equity and strategic buyers/sellers engagements on a full spectrum of middle-market acquisition and disposition transactions, including tax due diligence review, transaction structuring, research, and post-transaction planning and implementation/coordination. **

WHY COHNREZNICK?**

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it’s working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your “why” at the firm.

We believe it’s important to balance work with everyday life – and make time for enjoyment and fun. We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer. **

YOUR ROLE.**

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Assist with/lead operations due diligence projects with clients, in many cases working alongside both buy-side and sell-side Quality of Earnings (QoE) initiatives.
• Complete in-depth financial analysis including creating integrated financial models and projections.
• Contribute to Operating Model design efforts.
• Identify high impact opportunities for EBITDA, cash management, and operational improvements, presenting compelling business-case driven recommendations from data, facts, and discussions with clients.
• Assist with/lead initial rapid client diagnostics to identify major operational issues, options for performance improvement, and development of appropriate business cases.
• Develop cost-justified roadmaps to implement major operational improvements.
• Lead projects with clients to implement performance improvement findings and recommendations, managing small but agile teams through time-sensitive projects through completion.
• Develop and implement a new operating plan to improve the business operational performance.

Your Experience.

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree with a Major or Minor in Finance, Economics, or a related field. MBA strongly preferred. Course work/credential in Marketing a plus.
• 4-7 years of relevant performance improvement, management consulting or M&A work experience.
• Previous professional consulting / operations experience with a recognized strategy consulting firm and/or relevant corporate role.
• Experience from either within Private Equity, Corporate Finance or Operations is highly desirable.
• Action-oriented, decisive approach to work required, with the willingness to take a hands-on role to ensure the deliverables are met on time with high quality.
• Strong written, oral, and analytical skills.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a team-oriented environment.

Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at CRaccommodation@cohnreznick.com Please note: This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and are not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

CohnReznick does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are currently engaged by CohnReznick Talent Acquisition Team by way of a written agreement to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that CohnReznick will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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