This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description Consulting Director, Business Advisory Location: Clearsulting is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with additional offices located in Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; and Dallas, TX. Other cities are welcome remotely. Office Options: Hybrid or Remote. Team members residing within a 45-minute commuting radius of a Clearsulting office, we expect 8 days of in-person work per month, allowing flexibility choosing these days to accommodate client meetings, team syncs and individual schedules. Travel Expectations: 20-40% What You'll Do - Define and drive the practice's strategic direction, aligning services with client needs and market trends. - Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, acting as a trusted advisor to address complex business challenges. - Lead and oversee client engagements, ensuring the delivery of high-quality outcomes within scope, timeline, and budget including assessments, finance transformations, vendor selection, process improvement, finance & accounting operating model modernization, and technology implementations. - Identify and pursue new business opportunities, prepare proposals, and lead pitches to secure consulting engagements. - Mentor and develop consulting teams, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous learning. - Provide insights and guidance on industry best practices, emerging trends, and innovative solutions to enhance client value. Develop internal and external use cases for AI and GTM solutions. - Optimize internal processes, tools, and methodologies to improve service delivery and team productivity. - Help finance transformation and accounting executives solve complex business problems from strategy through execution focused on developing finance functional strategies, improving business performance and implementing new processes and technologies. - Develop executive-level presentations to communicate complex issues and recommendations across processes, systems, and people. Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business-related field of study. - 10+ years of finance management consulting experience in finance strategy and transformation, operating model design and shared services, process improvement, program management, and/or technology implementations. - 5+ years of people management experience. - Functional finance and accounting expertise including thought leadership on industry trends and leading practices. - Willingness to continually take on challenging projects with new or ambiguous subject matter. - Strong project management experience, including: workplan creation and updates, milestone tracking, risk management, status updates, change management, and communicating with clients. - Commercial acumen to generate and close opportunities in net new logo and existing account sales cycles. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills; clearly convey complex business concepts to executive audience free of grammatical errors, incorporating leading practices for business writing. - Strong leadership skills and executive presence. - Foundational knowledge and understanding of data and analytics technologies (i.e., Alteryx, Savant Labs, PowerBi, Tableau, Qlik, Python, VBA, SQL, Access, etc.) as well as AI toolsets. Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Unlimited PTO. - Paid parental leave. - Retirement plans. - Flexible work environment. - Cell phone reimbursement. - Access to mental health apps. - Life insurance and disability coverage. - Opportunities for ad hoc bonuses. Compensation The compensation range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. We are committed to ensuring our offers reflect the value each candidate brings to the role. Final salary placement will be based on several factors, including level of expertise, relevant work experience, technology certifications, educational background and alignment with industry standards. This role is eligible for our performance-based bonus program and standard benefits offerings. Excited about what we're doing but don't fit every requirement? No problem! At Clearsulting, we're forward-thinkers on a mission to redefine consulting excellence. We're all about diversity and inclusion, committed to assembling teams that mirror the world around us. So, if you're passionate about our mission, you could be the perfect fit for this role or another within our dynamic team. Don't hesitate to apply!

• Lead a team of Project Managers and Senior Projects Managers. • Serve as an initial escalation point for issues and risks that arise on your team’s projects. • Lead the annual performance review process for your team of direct reports. • Provide & support mentorship & professional growth opportunities for your team of direct reports. • Assist in the Sales-to-Deliver handoff between sales & delivery team on projects that are not yet staffed with a Project Manager. • Help initiate Internal and Client facing kick-off materials and planning activities. • Support client senior leadership and C-Level discussions to set project execution standards, timing, and critical considerations for success. • Support project escalations internally at Argano by being the first point of escalation for your direct reports and their project issues/risks. • Support corrective action planning and mitigation actions as needed. • Attend and facilitate Argano internal project risk mitigation calls. • Lead & support developing and improving PMO methodology standards; including new standards of practice, policies, and procedures. • Lead and support best practice use of Argano Project Management tools and methods. • Lead and support training of new hires within the Argano Oracle PMO Practice. • Assist leadership with PM staffing across all Oracle Cloud implementation projects. • Lead and support other internal improvement initiatives as outlined by Oracle Delivery Leadership in alignment with organizational change and improvement goals. • Develop and execute project plans, establish staffing requirements, and adjust as needed throughout the project lifecycle. • Manage project risks, actions, issues, and decisions, and drive completion by the team. • Work closely with stakeholders, team members, and senior management to ensure project success. • Maintain clear and regular communication with all parties involved, providing updates on project progress, challenges, and achievements. • Ensure that project deliverables meet the required quality standards and client expectations. • Implement quality control processes and conduct quality reviews. • Maintain and manage a Project Budget Tracker/Burn Sheet to ensure the allocated budget is not exceeded. • Assemble project teams, assign tasks, and manage resources. • Foster collaboration and communication among team members.

• Lead a team of Project Managers and Senior Projects Managers. • Serve as an initial escalation point for issues and risks that arise on your team’s projects. • Lead the annual performance review process for your team of direct reports. • Provide & support mentorship & professional growth opportunities for your team of direct reports. • Assist in the Sales-to-Deliver handoff between sales & delivery team on projects that are not yet staffed with a Project Manager. • Help initiate Internal and Client facing kick-off materials and planning activities. • Support client senior leadership and C-Level discussions to set project execution standards, timing, and critical considerations for success. • Support project escalations internally at Argano by being the first point of escalation for your direct reports and their project issues/risks. • Support corrective action planning and mitigation actions as needed. • Attend and facilitate Argano internal project risk mitigation calls. • Lead & support developing and improving PMO methodology standards; including new standards of practice, policies, and procedures. • Lead and support best practice use of Argano Project Management tools and methods. • Lead and support training of new hires within the Argano Oracle PMO Practice. • Assist leadership with PM staffing across all Oracle Cloud implementation projects. • Lead and support other internal improvement initiatives as outlined by Oracle Delivery Leadership in alignment with organizational change and improvement goals. • Lead Oracle Cloud ERP implementation projects from initiation to closure, adhering to project management principles and practices. • Develop and execute project plans, establish staffing requirements, and adjust as needed throughout the project lifecycle. • Manage project risks, actions, issues, and decisions, and drive completion by the team. • Work closely with stakeholders, team members, and senior management to ensure project success. • Maintain clear and regular communication with all parties involved, providing updates on project progress, challenges, and achievements. • Ensure that project deliverables meet the required quality standards and client expectations. • Implement quality control processes and conduct quality reviews. • Maintain and manage a Project Budget Tracker/Burn Sheet to ensure the allocated budget is not exceeded. • Assemble project teams, assign tasks, and manage resources. • Foster collaboration and communication among team members.

• Clearly Serves as a member of the Institute’s leadership team with a formal role in strategic planning, institutional governance discussions, and long-range resource allocation decisions. • Establishes and leads the strategic direction of the Innovate Pillar, including setting annual and multi-year objectives aligned with national security priorities and Vanderbilt’s institutional strategy. • Exercises independent judgment and decision-making authority in shaping innovation initiatives, partnerships, and research focus areas. • Owns and manages a defined innovation operating budget and sponsored research portfolio. • Establishes annual revenue targets for government and foundation-sponsored research and is accountable for achieving portfolio growth goals. • Leads financial forecasting and pipeline tracking for innovation-related funding opportunities. • Originates and leads large-scale proposal development efforts, including multi-investigator, multi-institution submissions. • Serves as principal strategist in identifying, cultivating, and securing funding from DoD, Intelligence Community, DOE, DHS, and other national security agencies. • Drives the growth of a high-impact research portfolio generating significant grant revenue. • Provides direct supervision and performance management of staff within the Innovate Pillar. • Leads cross-functional teams spanning faculty, researchers, students, and administrative staff. • Builds scalable operational processes to support innovation pipeline development. • Serves as the Institute’s designated innovation representative to senior government, military, laboratory, and industry stakeholders. • Represents the Institute independently in high-level engagements, briefings, and partnership negotiations. • Maintains and expands strategic relationships with national laboratories (Sandia, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, PNNL, etc.) and defense innovation organizations (DARPA, DIU, In-Q-Tel). • Independently identifies emerging national security challenges and formulates new innovation initiatives. • Designs and launches new research programs, applied innovation labs, and translational initiatives. • Shapes the Institute’s innovation identity at the institutional and national level.