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Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world\'s leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of \$5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

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Job Description:

Come join Baker Tilly\'s Development & Community Advisory (DCA) team as a Senior Manager! You will be a part of our DCA Development Advisory team where you lead a team of consultants and subject matter experts in supporting client Federal Funding Compliance needs, primarily in the subject area of clean energy. You will work alongside and lead teams to provide a variety of grant, loan, and tax compliance advisory services including, but not limited to, pre and post award grant/loan administration, sub-recipient monitoring, effort reporting, export controls and conflicts of interest, as well as enterprise risk assessment and remediation of internal controls around grant accounting processes related to the pre and post award administration of federal awards. Additionally, you will work with organizations to support sponsored program design, cost allowability, compliance issues, business process and organizational design, and internal audit. The candidate for this position will thrive at the intersection of enterprise risk, compliance, and grant management for clients navigating federal funding received as part of their transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy. Clients may include fortune 500 companies, state governments, municipalities, Tribal nations, and large non-profits.

As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, Baker Tilly has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where yo get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development.

What you will do:

Lead in the interpretation of CFRs governing compliance needs for client\'s who have received federal dollars

Review client capabilities, policies, and procedures and conduct gap analyses providing direction on next steps to ensure compliant projects and programs

Support in policy development for clients where gaps have been identified

Supervise quality and pace of the activities and tasks performed by Consultants under your direction

Conduct research on regulatory guidance, current industry standards and trends, new legislation and requirements and summarize for public release

Manage the collection of client data and information to document clients\' business and financial processes, risks and controls

Perform root cause analysis, providing data and information that will inform recommendations and solutions

Work independently with clients and on team projects and manage deadlines

Draft memos and other reports to explain team findings and observations

Monitor project progress and risks, ensuring engagement leads are updated on progress and expected outcomes

Lead the creation and/or completion of deliverabl