Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work , Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach today’s toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions. To meet this commitment, Cherry Bekaert will provide you with the space to pursue growth and development opportunities that will guide and support you at each stage of your personal and professional journey.
Cherry Bekaert’s Risk Advisory practice is evolving as quickly as the challenges our clients face, delivering innovative solutions and strategic guidance that help organizations scale with confidence. As a result of our continued growth, a position has been created for a Manager (Operational Transformation) to lead client-facing initiatives that improve critical processes, strengthen operational readiness, and help organizations translate transformational change into practical, sustainable ways of working. If you have demonstrated experience leveraging your project management skills and a problem-solving mindset at the intersection of business processes, technology, people, risk, and controls (particularly within manufacturing, transportation and logistics) … keep reading.
As a Manager (Operational Transformation), you will:
Lead operational transformation and process optimization engagements from planning through execution, translating complex business challenges into practical, scalable solutions
Assess and redesign end-to-end business processes, including Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Hire-to-Retire, and Record-to-Report, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, controls, accountability, and scalability
Build and manage comprehensive project plans that define workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder responsibilities
Help clients navigate the operational impact of technology transformation, including evaluating process and control implications, developing test plans, and preparing organizations for successful deployment and operational readiness
Develop the tools that make transformation sustainable, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, job aids, change documentation, operational readiness assessments, and KPI frameworks
Advise clients on organizational and operating-model improvements, identifying opportunities to optimize resources, clarify roles and responsibilities, and build processes that support continued growth
Translate detailed analysis into executive-level insights, developing clear recommendations, presentations, and summaries for senior executives and boards while helping stakeholders understand business implications and recommended actions
Lead client teams through ambiguity and change, looking beyond individual process gaps to identify broader solutions and opportunities for transformational improvement
Manage engagement delivery and develop team members, balancing project quality, client expectations, budgets, timelines, and coaching responsibilities
What you bring to the role:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline
5+ years of experience leading or executing operational transformation, process improvement, project management, risk advisory, or related consulting initiatives
Demonstrated experience mapping, assessing, and improving complex business processes, with the ability to move beyond identifying problems to designing practical solutions
Experience supporting transformation initiatives involving technology or system change, with particular strength in operational readiness, downstream process impacts, controls, and business…