Audit & Assurance Growth & Offerings - Pursuits, Manager

Company: Deloitte
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Position summary

Looking for a professional who can support the Growth & Offerings - Pursuits group of the Audit & Assurance practice with compelling, content creation to improve growth performance and win new audit business. Candidates would leverage strong problem solving, analysis, project management, communication, and writing skills. Seeking a quick learner who enjoys working across multiple teams, sharing new and innovative ideas, writing strategic messaging, and developing compelling, creative content. Candidates should have intellectual curiosity and a good understanding of the audit marketplace, SEC filings, audit requirements, and business structures. Would be expected to quickly understand the Audit & Assurance practice of Deloitte and the lifecycle of pursuits.

Work you'll do

As a manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP, a subsidiary of the Deloitte US Firms, you will contribute to the growth and development of the Audit & Assurance practice in a variety of ways.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, organize, and manage content updates for proposal documents and related collateral and take ownership of various components including the graphics, playbooks, and messaging
• Create custom analyses, draft strategic messaging, and design graphics for pursuit teams to leverage in pursuit proposals and other meeting deliverables
• Synthesize data into actionable findings to help feed audit growth strategies and competitive intelligence efforts
• Collect and analyze competitive intelligence from a variety of sources to identify key marketplace trends to shape pursuit tactics and messaging
• Develop and create insightful and well-presented research on the competitive audit marketplace, mining quantitative and qualitative data from a variety of internal and external sources
• Assist with the development of tools/resources to support pursuit teams in selling audits
• Deliver high-quality information, reports, and analyses to the Audit & Assurance practitioners and Pursuits group
• Share findings with key stakeholders using strong verbal communication and analytical skills
• Track and manage the deployment of Audit & Assurance professionals for various pursuits which requires strong project management and communication skills
• Respond to ad-hoc requests as needed
  Qualifications
  
  Required:
  
  • Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor's degree, ideally with a focus in Marketing, Communications, Business, English or a related business field
  • Advanced MS Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with experience exercising professional judgment
  • Experience working independently with minimal supervision and guidance
  • Intellectual curiosity and ability to "get smart quick" on a wide variety of topics
  • Practical knowledge of the audit profession
  • Understanding of business development concepts, strategies of professional services organizations, and different types of business structures
  • Strong analytical and research skills, including familiarity with secondary research databases such as Factiva, D&B Hoovers, Thomson One, Intelligize, U.S. SEC EDGAR system, etc.
  • Strong reviewing skills and attention to detail
  • Should be adept in handling ad-hoc requests related to research and content creation
  • Good data visualization skills and ability to present analysis in intuitive graphical and tabular formats
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent team player with experience collaborating within virtual teams
  • Strong project management skills - ability to scope, plan, execute, and deliver projects
    Preferred:
    
    • Strong design skill
      The team
      
      This position is part of a team of professionals focused on creating content and messaging for pursuits, leading programs, deploying resources to support pursuits, and collecting and sharing competitive intelligence to inform pursuit tactics and win new audit and assurance business for the firm. The team regularly interacts with partner leaders and audit practitioners in executing its mission as well as reports to firm leadership.

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