RSM US India | Independence Compliance Manager

Responsibilities

• The Manager 2 will coach and manage a team of individuals responsible for processing updates to the entity management system (“EMS”) based on the relevant auditor independence rules.
• As a subject matter expert on the independence affiliate rules, they will also coach the Operations team and other stakeholders on the affiliate rules.
• The candidate may also be involved in related tasks, including training, data cleansing, and other relevant duties.
• Management and oversight of the Independence Operations Team, including creating and reviewing process documents, training materials, and other resources to assist the team’s success and growth.
• Assisting the Operations team, Client Engagement teams, and other stakeholders with understanding independence affiliate rules.
• Identifying opportunities for, and proposing and implementing, process improvements.
• Providing performance reviews and career guidance to junior staff.
• Management of team’s growth, including liaising with USI Human Resources to recruit and onboard new team members.
• Comprehending rules, regulations, policies, and procedures (required)
• Facilitating coaching of stakeholders of all levels on complex regulatory matters
• Communicating information clearly and concisely, in writing to diverse audiences across the firm and to outside professional contacts (required)
• Providing status reporting and frequent check-ins with management
• Managing teams internationally (preferred)
• Coaching and managing a team in a highly standardized environment.
• Monitoring team activities and proactively identifying and remediating challenges.
• Facilitating technically complex discussions with stakeholders

Requirements

• Demonstrating expert conflict resolution skills (required).
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office products including familiarity with SharePoint as a document repository (required).
• Ability to identify and recommend process improvement and efficiency (required).
• Ability to develop and maintain applicable professional and internal contacts, resources and networks (preferred).
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion (required).
• Exposure to independence considerations in professional practice (required).
• 5+ years’ experience coaching, leading, and monitoring a team in a highly standardized, process-driven environment (required).
• Familiarity with an accounting firm’s entity management system (required) preferably at a Big Four accounting firm (preferred).
• Organizational and prioritization skills (required).
• Able to adapt quickly to changes in process (required).

RSM US LLP

Ira B. McGladrey opened an accounting practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1926, and the firm that grew from it, long known as McGladrey, became RSM US LLP in 2015 when it joined other firms in the RSM International network under the RSM brand. Now headquartered in Chicago, it provides assurance, tax and consulting services with a focus on middle-market companies, and since 1 January 2026 it has worked with RSM UK in a transatlantic partnership. In India the firm operates through RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary that provides services to the US firm, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Work in India supports RSM's US practice. Tax roles cover US federal, state and local, international, Canada and pass-through tax, hedge funds and real estate, credits and incentives, and accounting methods. Assurance teams serve financial institutions, private equity funds and technology clients and handle review and compilation work; financial consulting spans fund services, property accounting, technical accounting and finance-as-a-service. Postings usually ask for a B.Com, BBA or accounting degree with a CA, CPA or ACCA; many tax roles also accept an Enrolled Agent, and some prefer an MBA or a master's in accounting or taxation.

• Industry: Professional services: assurance, tax and consulting for middle-market companies
• Headquarters: Chicago, United States (RSM US LLP)
• In India: RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary of RSM US LLP, with offices in Bengaluru (two sites at Embassy Manyata), Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata