What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Consultant I position at Redpath & Company?
Associate Consultant I
Performance Optimization Advisory Services
At Redpath and Company, our strength is our people. We believe in our employees and have empowered them by making them owners of our company. As the only employee-owned CPA firm in Minnesota, we offer a unique culture that values every employee and promotes flexibility, creativity, and growth - both personally and professionally. As a rapidly growing mid-size firm, we are the perfect size to be able to provide incredible upward mobility and career opportunities while maintaining our close-knit, people-first culture. Voted a Top 150 Workplace by Star Tribune and the #5 midsize company out of 50 other honorees, our employees have spoken for themselves and agree that Redpath is the place to be!
Redpath and Company helps clients make more informed decisions that contribute to their financial well-being by providing proactive, innovative, and value-driven certified public accounting and advisory services.
Our Performance Optimization Advisory team is seeking a talented and initiative-taking professional with a firsthand background in accounting, finance, HR, and payroll processing. The position will serve an instrumental role on performance optimization consulting engagements by partnering with clients to assess current processes and design optimal future state processes.
This role will work closely with the Performance Optimization Advisory Services leader to develop and assist in growing our services in a variety of industries including Nonprofit, Manufacturing and Distribution, Construction, Engineering, Healthcare, and Technology.
We will take a vested interest in your personal and professional development- come grow your career with us!
Responsibilities
- Support Performance Optimization Advisory Services client engagements with a focus on accounting and HR/Payroll process improvements
- Partner with clients to document business requirements and current pain points, and to design optimal future state processes
- Develop road maps or project plans to support implementation of process optimization projects
- Provide project and change management support to clients
- Provide ad hoc support to our Accounting and Payroll Client Services Group (as engagements allows and needs arise)
- Assist with documenting our service offerings for external use as we grow and evolve
- Participate in business development networking events
What you will need to be successful:
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems
- A minimum of ten years of experience in accounting, finance, and/or HR/payroll processing roles
- Experience working with accounting and payroll systems
- Knowledge of a broad range of common accounting and payroll process pain points
- Project management experience
- Ability to manage multiple engagements and client service teams
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Comfortable working with all levels of accounting, HR, and payroll teams
- Bachelor's degree
Who is Redpath and Company?
- Caring - Clients and colleagues must know we care—they must feel it.
- Committed - To the firm, the firm’s vision, clients, and colleagues.
- Continuously Improving - Always striving to be better, learn more, and offer more.
- Confident - In ourselves, our colleagues, and our firm.
- Connected - Awareness of the world and our surroundings, developing relationships, and articulating ideas.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages that include medical/dental/vision/life & disability, 401(k), work/life programs, and employee ownership through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
About Redpath and Company
Redpath and Company started operations in 1971 and is 100% employee owned (ESOP). With offices located in downtown St. Paul and White Bear Lake, Minnesota, the firm ranks as one of the top CPA firms in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area with 180 employees. Redpath and Company is a member of HLB International, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. For more information and benefits summary, visit www.redpathcpas.com.
Redpath and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
