Plante Moran | Accounting Advisory Senior Manager

Responsibilities

• As a senior leader in our Accounting Advisory practice, you will partner with clients navigating their most complex and consequential financial events — M&A transactions, accounting transformations, leadership transitions, and technical accounting challenges.
• This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.
• Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location.
• You’ll bring both strategic insight and hands-on expertise, guiding management teams through high-stakes decisions while building a practice that delivers measurable impact.
• Lead transaction accounting across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and management buyouts, providing clients with clear, decision-ready analysis at every stage of the deal lifecycle.
• Prepare and review sophisticated financial analyses to help clients evaluate potential acquisitions, financing arrangements, and other significant strategic initiatives.
• Develop and challenge financial forecasts, translating operational realities into forward-looking financial models that inform capital allocation and growth decisions.
• Assess quality of earnings to inform the accounting for the Opening Balance Sheet (OBS) and support accurate, decision-useful financial reporting.
• Evaluate the sustainability of financial performance through rigorous analysis of financial statements and underlying business drivers.
• Serve in interim finance and accounting leadership roles for clients navigating planned or unplanned departures within their finance function.
• Participate in executive-level client meetings and on-site visits, engaging directly with C-suite leadership to gather insights, assess business dynamics, and inform financial analysis.
• Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model.
• Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace.
• Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.
• Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.
• Oversee accounting transformation engagements that evaluate people, process, and technology — including transitions in basis of reporting (e.g., cash to US GAAP), reporting efficiency improvements, risk mitigation, and redesign of departmental structure, roles, and staffing
• Direct the implementation of complex accounting standards, for example revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), complex debt and equity instruments (ASC 470, ASC 480, and ASC 815), and stock-based compensation (ASC 718)
• Address unique or emerging accounting and reporting matters where clients lack the internal expertise, bandwidth, or perspective to resolve independently
• Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.

Requirements

• Demonstrated track record in practice development and professional networking.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English.
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Plante Moran

Plante Moran is an employer hiring in India (sector: Audit / Consulting / Advisory).

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Southfield, Chicago Riverside Plaza, Denver Tech Center and Wakefield.

• Industry: Audit / Consulting / Advisory