Manager, Innovation & Solutions Development

Responsibilities Join a strategic team focused on driving growth and innovation for Baker Tilly. As a member of the Innovation & Solutions team, you will play a key role in building and advancing Baker Tilly’s innovative strategy. Technology advancements, sweeping legislation, demographic shifts, competition on the horizon and ever-changing client needs will serve as a catalyst for you to translate a new business landscape and emerging trends to define new services and products that maximize our clients’ value, now, for tomorrow. You will be a significant contributor to the rapid definition, development and launch of these innovations which will directly contribute to the advancement of the Firm. As a member of a growing team, you will directly influence our foundational structure, definition and development. In your role, you will be responsible for driving initiatives through our innovation lifecycle, collaborating with key leaders from across the Firm to effectively define, explore, launch and scale products and services that transform our client relationships, delivery models and our profession. We are looking for an individual with a strong executive presence and a strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, who has a knack for getting people organized, rallied, and executing towards a unified goal. Someone who is a creative problem solver, nimble, detail oriented and brings a core set of project management skills to the job, who can work independently to manage and deliver multiple concurrent initiatives, creating the CPA advisory firm of the future, today. Support the advancement of innovation & solution initiatives aligned to Baker Tilly’s strategy Work with firm leaders to help define new innovation and solution ideas, build out the supporting plans to advance the ideas and lead the execution of the plan to a successful launch and adoption Utilize strong project management, organization and communication skills to coordinate multiple, concurrent running initiatives across different departments and with diverse stakeholder groups. Collaborate with the Growth Strategies, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Portfolio and Enterprise Solutions teams to help efficiently and effectively advance efforts that require their support and engagement Development of high quality deliverables in support of advancing the innovation initiatives including; innovation strategy briefs, action / workplans, status reports, and stakeholder communications Lead the implementation and on-going management of our Innovation Platform Support the definition of design requirements and translation into the Innovation platform configuration Demonstrate strong process management and documentation skills for current state definition, gap assessment, and future state requirements definition Report and dashboard development and on-going production to provide visibility to stakeholders on Innovation initiative status / progress Gather user feedback / input for refinement of the design and configuration during early phase of platform use and adoption Coordinate team efforts and ensure quality, timeliness, and integrity of project deliverables Other duties and projects as assigned Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management or Industrial Engineering. Prior experience in a professional services firm is a bonus. Minimum of five (5) years of related professional experience. Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills required especially PowerPoint and Excel. Experience with PowerBI a plus. Requires professionalism, executive presence, diplomacy, strong project management skills, organization, creativity, ability to manage multiple project requests simultaneously in a timely manner, and ability to handle details while keeping an eye on the big picture Must be able to communicate (written and verbal) and present effectively with all levels of staff and work well in a team-focused environment. Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a high tolerance for change, naturally curious and inquisitive. Quickly absorbing new topics and tackling the learning curve. Strong personal organizational skills to successfully balance the multiple concurrent initiatives and action items individual will be driving. Strong operational and process oriented mind-set. Demonstrates the ability to determine the right level of detail and solution design in a fast moving, agile environment. Strategic thinker and self-starter that can work independently and work cross-functionally while leading others through initiatives. Solutions oriented with a continuous improvement mindset, data driven and goal oriented
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REMOTE 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.