Food and Beverage Industry Leader

Are you a builder? Are you excited by the idea of architecting a New York City area industry niche while using a national practice as your platform?

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of Strength^SM in today's modern business landscape.Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.

Withum is currently looking for an exceptional professional to build out and Lead a CP Services Practice with an emphasis on Food & Beverage within the NYC area. This individual will serve as a strategic and tactical leader, contributing to the local and national go-to-market strategy of the group. This professional will be directly responsible for developing the local team, executing on strategy, representing the Firm's brand in local markets, overseeing quality of practice and integrating the local team into the national group. This includes collaborating with local office, region, industry and national leadership for successful NYC market penetration ensuring the NYC CP ecosystem is aware of the full suite of services our firm has to offer.

This will be a high-profile leadership level role within the Firm. This individual will coordinate with numerous firm resources to develop and execute their geographic/market specific contribution to the national growth strategy. This is a leadership role first and a technical discipline role second.

We seek a thoughtful professional that is driven, has high EQ, as well as IQ, and knows the appropriate services to offer our clients and prospects in the CP market regardless of what stage in their life cycle they are in.

How You'll Spend Your Time:

• Achieving associated growth goals in revenue, team head count and key ecosystem relationships
• Being a focal point for collaboration, coordination and communication with your team and the national practice
• Identifying and leading a coordinated, cross functional team to pursue CP growth opportunities within the NYC marketplace
• Overseeing and evaluating all key organizational sponsorships and affiliations
• Actively participating in strategy sessions, marketing calls and events with the National technology team
• Working with industry, service line engagement teams to ensure appropriate resources and deliverables are provided to our CP clients
• Ensuring you are ever aware of our clients' position, personnel, activity, issues and challenges in order to provide support
• Providing thought leadership to the NYC CP market
• Actively participating in and contributing to the industry and service line leadership providing perspective and commentary on areas of opportunity and challenge presented to Withum in the CP marketplace

The Kind of People We Want to Talk to Have Many of The Following:

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance from an accredited institution, is required. An MBA is a plus
• CPA required
• Minimum of 8+ years of professional services experience required
• Minimum 5 years industry knowledge within the CP sector required
• Experience with Food & Beverage Multi-unit "stores" preferred
• Tax experience is a plus
• Partner / Senior Manager from a Top 50 CPA Firm is a plus
• Demonstrated strategic leadership. Defining market opportunities, creating a strategic plan, process and deployment capabilities
• Demonstrated process creation. Adept at developing and deploying best of breed business development and relationship management practices
• Outstanding multitasking skills and organization
• Strong verbal, writing and presentation skills a must.
• Strong leadership skills. Demonstrate ability to set strategy and lead a team of professionals in a variety of capacities and different position responsibilities
• Project management. Must demonstrate ability to manage time, multi-task, and meet deadlines for themselves and their firm team members
• Tangible and demonstrated experience in formal sales process deployment, use and training
• Ability to adhere to an environment of accountability and responsibility - no excuses
• Ability to constructively monitor, formally (CRM) and informally (personal interaction) personal and client account performance
• Creative problem solving & conflict resolution
• Attentiveness to detail
• Outgoing personality and self-starter
• Outstanding relationship management skills and personal networking skills are essential

Who You Will Report to and the Compensation:

• Reports directly to the National Consumer Products Leader
• Reports indirectly to the NYO Partner - in - Charge

The compensation for this position ranges from $155,000 - $215,000. In addition to the base compensation, Withum offers a competitive benefits package and bonus program (for eligible roles) based on individual and firm performance. Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role, hiring location, as well as the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. For additional information on our benefits, visit our website at https://www.withum.com/careers/.

Withum will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran.

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