Rehmann is hiring: Strategic Business Analyst - Public Sector in Troy

Your passion. Your purpose

If you're here, you're looking for something more. More opportunity, more impact, more purpose. At Rehmann, each and every one of our associates plays a pivotal role in the Firm's success. When you join our team, you can count on exceptional support, encouragement, and guidance from your colleagues and from leadership.

No matter where you want to go in your career, Rehmann can help you get there. Whether you're in the early stages of your professional journey or you're further down your path, we're focused on helping you achieve your goals - whatever they may be. When you join Rehmann, you are part of a culture that Puts People First and aims to help everyone reach their fullest potential. Let us show you all the ways we can Empower Your Purpose.

To learn more about Rehmann, visit: https://www.rehmann.com/careers/

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Client management
  • • Initiate and maintain effective communication with clients, ensuring timely flow of data, reminders for meetings, deadlines, and deliverables
    • Manage and complete project-based engagements based on needs of the client
    • Foster positive relationships with clients by addressing their inquiries and concerns promptly
    • Coordination and oversight for client helpdesk activities
• Quality control
  • • Facilitate review and proofread documents and contracts for accuracy, consistency, and clarity with the appropriate subject matter expert
    • Participate in quality control activities to ensure technology is aligned with public sector industry and regulatory requirements
    • Ensure all written materials and deliverables meet quality standards
• Technology
  • • Providing guidance to leadership and associates regarding software use
    • Leading overall software management, including release updates, communication, training, support, documentation, and procedure development
    • Application and license inventory management and adoption reporting
    • Vendor relationship management
    • Reviewing new products, including demos/trials, approval requests and implementation
    • Serving as a liaison between the department and IT to achieve firm and department goals
    • Providing subject matter expertise to support the software use and incident resolutions, including major issues
    • Monitor project workflows, track progress, identify bottlenecks and propose solutions to workflows
    • Collaborate with SBAs in other departments to streamline processes and improve efficiency
• Budgeting, communication, and internal management
  • • Develop and manage annual public sector technology budget
    • Approval, review and allocation of vendor invoicing
    • Coordinating user groups and committees to gather information and support carrying out responsibilities of the role
    • Assist in preparation by collecting and organizing financial data
    • Actively supporting the business combination process from due diligence consulting through implementation of all related applications and the associated data, including onboarding and training of incoming department associates

Your Desired Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting or related field
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• Manager and above level responsibilities within a similar organization
• Experience with software and cloud-based applications used in Client Advisory Services (CAS), Assurance and Financial Reporting (AFR), including accounting, bill pay, payroll, workflow
• Practical experience working in an accounting and advisory practice, demonstrating a strong understanding of client needs and effective service delivery
• Experience with assurance practice as the need to understand the correlations is essential
• A solid foundation in accounting principles and financial reporting
• Working knowledge of data analytic software
• Ability to prioritize work and manage time, including identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies
• Proven experience in taking on leadership roles for department and/or firm-wide projects
• Ability to manage projects effectively, including budgets and timelines
• Proven ability to conceptualize, design, and deliver client, internal, and external presentations
• Ability to clearly communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
• Ability to speak and provide training in public/group situations
• Confidence in working with associates at all levels within the organization

We Put People First in all that we do. Our associates are our greatest asset, and we provide programs and benefits that encourage growth and development and align with their needs and goals. This includes benefits focused on physical and mental health, paid time off for volunteering and diversity-related activities, flexible work arrangements, and more.

When you join Rehmann, you become part of a firm dedicated to helping Empower Your Purpose, whatever it may be.

Rehmann is an Equal Opportunity Employer