Senior Associate - Business Transformation

Experience a 45X+ award-winning culture!

Embarkers enjoy:

• Work-life integration: We encourage our team to balance work with personal life. 95% of our employees feel they can take time off when necessary

• Growth and development: We offer continuous learning opportunities, including CPE credits and coaching, to support our employees' professional growth and ensure they execute excellently for clients

• Award-winning culture: Recognized for our outstanding workplace environment, we prioritize the happiness and well-being of our team

Embark isn't your ordinary consulting firm. We’re committed to cultivating a workplace where everyone can thrive—where happiness is at the core of our success. Where Happy Works. Our team is dedicated to solving complex problems for finance, accounting, HR, and technology leaders with forward-thinking solutions and unparalleled hospitality. Here are a few reasons why 93% of Embarkers agree that we offer special and unique benefits:

• Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited PTO to recharge and pursue your passions

• Comprehensive healthcare: 100% paid premiums for you and your family

• Whole human growth: $150 monthly stipend for holistic development

• Career advancement: Access to CPE credits, learning platforms, coaching, and professional development

• Financial support: Up to 3% 401(k) matching and financial advisory services

• Team and community engagement: Monthly social events within your market, charitable matching, and great people!

Embark (verb) to make, start or begin

We are a financial consulting firm founded by a non-accountant, entrepreneur challenging the status quo. We believe people can actually love their jobs, work hard, AND enjoy having a life. Our mission is to provide peace of mind to corporate finance & business leaders, and we take it very seriously. As we strive to bring a new twist to professional services work, our people and culture REALLY do determine our decisions and our future. We're growing quickly, but not at the expense of our culture or people.

Who we’re looking for

To excel in this role, you’ll need to be a self-starter who is ready to perform on day one. You’ll need to be adaptable, and come in with ideas, suggestions, and the attitude that you’re willing to try just about anything. In a small team like ours, everyone wears a lot of hats, and nothing is “not your job.”  The environment is dynamic, so you’ll also need to be flexible and adaptable to change as we grow.

Building blocks of our Business Transformation practice

This opportunity comes at an exciting period of growth and development for our finance transformation practice. Our focus is to deliver exceptional hospitality to our clients to correct what is broken within finance departments, refine and improve current systems and data, and finally, help business leaders access/interpret their data so it transforms the business. We accomplish this lift by addressing:

People - Structuring the finance department to optimize talent

Process - Improving finance processes to standardize across a company and remove inefficiencies

Technology - Implementing systems to improve the accuracy and timeliness of information

To be a good fit for our Senior Associate - Business Transformation role you will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree - Master’s degree is a plus

• A CPA and/or MBA as an added bonus!

• 3+ years relevant experience in both business and data. Our priorities are focused on Accounting, Finance, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Science, Management of Information Systems, and related fields

• Project delivery or consulting experience in business scenarios, preferably in a data analytics/business intelligence/strategy and process optimization role

• Examples of developing business requirements documents and managing data projects

• Experience with one or more of the following technology or focus areas: Alteryx, Tableau, UiPath, Power BI, SQL, Python, Database Architecture, Data Engineering, Supply Chain Planning/Optimization

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
   

To be successful in this role…

• The desire to learn new technologies and practices to constantly improve the business of Embark and our clients.

• The ability to execute data modeling through an accounting and finance scope in a variety of environments

• A proactive approach to constant improvement and problem solving

• Communication skills that can effectively relay technical concepts to all stakeholders from staff to executives

• A drive to forge deep relationships both internally through a variety of culture initiatives and externally through industry leading hospitality efforts

• Keen attention to detail

• A high sense of urgency, strong initiative and the ability to multi-task
   

What's in it for you:

• We pay 100% of insurance premiums on medical, dental, and vision for you AND your family

• Typical compensation range of $100,000- $120,000 based on experience

• We match 50% to 6% on our 401K

• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents

• Monthly stipend for family gym memberships

• Highly competitive salaries

• All the technology you’ll need to be successful, the most advanced software, and accessories to ensure you get the job done in style

• Monthly team outings (think: axe throwing, a trip to the State Fair, go-kart races, etc.)

In closing...

If this role sounds exciting, apply and let's start the conversation!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Upon offer of employment, employees will be asked to submit to a background check and drug screen. Dependent on ongoing client requirements, employees may also be asked to submit to a drug screening and background check throughout employment.