Consulting Manager

Reporting to: Director/Associate Director – Advisory

Contract type: Full-time, permanent

About Crowe

Crowe Ireland is a leading accountancy and business advisory firm. We have developed an unrivalled understanding of the Irish business environment and built a national reputation in audit, tax, corporate finance, and business consultancy. We provide a comprehensive service to a variety of clients, from owner-managed firms to multinational organisations and some of Ireland’s leading national companies. Crowe Ireland is part of the Crowe Global network.

Our dynamic team currently has 13 partners and c. 170 employees, including qualified accountants, taxation practitioners, management consultants, trainees, and administrative support staff.

At Crowe, our culture is one of our most valuable assets. It has been a driving force since our inception in 1941, shaping our firm and our approach to work. Our culture thrives on fostering open collaboration and encouraging active engagement. We hold high expectations from our employees, and we provide the support to enable them to achieve their goals and to fulfil their potential.

Guided by our values, we have cultivated vibrant company culture that prioritizes enduring, fruitful relationships – within the firm and with our clients – resulting in great, impactful work.

Consulting purpose

Crowe is a leading business advisory and accountancy firm, ranking among the top 10 firms in Ireland. Working in a team of senior professional management consultants, the work is a mixture of project management and coordination, long-term advisory engagements and short-term (3 – 6 months) projects in the Government, public sector, not-for-profit and commercial sectors.

The post holder’s principal responsibility will be to act as a project team member and manager across project activity within the Consulting team, bringing combination of specialist and generalist capabilities to bear on the delivery of outputs and deliverables. The post holder will be responsible for the effective delivery of a wide and varied range of high-quality assignments and projects, from data gathering, through analysis and evaluation, to draft report stage, within the required timescales.

Key result areas

1. Project-manage, coordinate and manage the delivery of a broad range of assignments of a complex/ad-hoc nature. Keep up to date information and monitoring on project timescales.
2. Contribute to analysis, planning and review within client assignments.
3. Obtain robust information and data from a range of client systems, and through interviews with key client staff, and perform detailed analysis of the data to inform judgements on the matters contained within assignment Terms of Reference.
4. Draft high-quality, value-adding reports that include practical recommendations to address all issues and control weaknesses identified during the assignments, with a clear supporting rationale.
5. Ensure assignments are satisfactorily completed and within agreed timescales.
6. Manage the production of high-quality proposal material in response to tenders and client project briefs.
7. Manage multiple assignments simultaneously and ensure the most effective and efficient use of time and resources at all times.
8. Liaise closely and build effective working relationships with client staff in all disciplines to facilitate and support the process.
9. Conduct effective discussions with senior staff, often concerning contentious and complicated issues pertinent to individual projects.
10. Conduct primary and secondary research to a high standard.
11. Ensure senior team members are appropriately briefed at all times to include significant issues on the work being undertaken and any performance problems.
12. Be fully conversant and understand the authority levels of this role and those of all relevant stakeholders to ensure full compliance with the Firm’s policies, procedures and regulations.
13. Engage fully with on-the-job training and fully participate in all Performance Management initiatives as required.
14. Contribute to the effective management and control of the consulting project portfolio in Crowe.
15. Manage project teams and third parties (e.g. external consultants) as required.

Person specification

Essential knowledge & skills:

• A relevant qualification at NFQ level 8 or higher (e.g. in business, economics, finance, data analytics or a discipline relevant to the client portfolio).
• Demonstrable interest in consulting in the Government and not-for-profit sectors and awareness of topical issues.
• Proven ability to work in a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proven written English skills are essential and applicants must have evidence and the ability to produce well-written reports, proposals and other deliverables which are of high quality, professional and polished.
• Highly proficient in excel and skilled in Microsoft Office and other suitable IT applications.
• Project Management skills plus the ability to handle multiple tasks/projects at any one time.
• Comfort and a high-level of comfort and literacy in evaluation of issues to do with public sector finances.
• Comfortable and competent assisting with both qualitative and data-driven analysis of client issues.

Essential competencies:

• Practice Management: Proven ability to focus on performance, meeting deadlines and producing results.A proven decision maker, with evidence of sound judgement and common sense
• People Leadership: Proven ability to listen, build rapport, influence and build relationships, and desire to develop career.
• Client Leadership: Displays confidentiality, confidence, agility and affinity with client and sector specialisms.
• Business Development: A natural networker, taking ownership of learning, showing empathy with client needs, and seeking ways to improve. Evidence of enthusiasm and keeping abreast of developments in this sector.

To apply

Please send your CV with covering email to [email protected].

Applications received will be stored on our system and may be considered for similar positions that may arise within the next year. By applying for this position, you hereby agree to the personal data contained in your application, and provided by you to Crowe, being retained by us for a period of up to one year from the date of receipt of your application. If you are applying for a position and you do not wish for your details to be stored by us, please notify us by emailing [email protected] and we will ensure that such information is not stored other than for the purposes of this application.

Agency policy

Crowe Ireland endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, at times when we do need to engage with recruitment agencies, we operate within a preferred supplier list (PSL). We only work and partner with recruitment suppliers where our agreed contractual terms fully in place. If unsolicited CVs are received from any agency not on our PSL, then we will not be liable for payment of introduction fees.