Senior Associate, Nonprofit Consulting

Marcum LLP offers a great career with exceptional benefits.

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to launching your accounting career. At Marcum, we offer you a world of opportunity, a highly competitive salary, exceptional benefits, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.

At Marcum, eligible associates receive a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and transit benefits, as well as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and a profit sharing plan.

Marcum's Nonprofit Search, Transition and Planning finds, supports and guides nonprofit leaders, both executives and boards, to build and sustain effective, vital organizations. Our practice focuses on a range of consulting for nonprofit leadership: leadership continuity planning, executive transition planning, executive search for nonprofit C-Suite and CEO positions, organization planning, and staffing structure assessments (including compensation studies). In our consulting work, we take into consideration each client’s organizational priorities and culture, as well as the impact of changes in strategic direction, to ensure the work supports the organization’s future success.

Marcum is currently seeking a strategic minded, detail oriented, and customer service focused Senior Associate – Nonprofit Consulting to join the team through full cycle of executive search, transition, and planning consulting engagements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Understand Mission & Leadership Consulting Needs:

• Confer with lead consultants and clients to understand the client’s mission and the scope of consulting work to be implemented.
• Work with team members to ensure project management requirements (document request, client meetings, survey administration, etc.) are implemented successfully throughout the engagement. 
• Review key documents to understand each client’s strategy/business model, leadership, resources, and culture.

Consulting Engagement Implementation:

• Establish work plan with key activities, timeline, deliverables, and team assignments in collaboration with lead consultant
• Develop, implement, and review data gathering tools to inform the work: surveys, information interviews, focus groups, research, outreach and recruiting plans, etc.
• Leverage data gathering activities to implement engagement consulting activities (tools to support executive search, such as screening frameworks, interview questions, etc.; succession planning; organization assessment & planning; compensation benchmarking; etc.)
• Support drafts of client deliverables, ensuring deliverables align with Marcum’s standards of excellence and meet client expectations.

Communication & Customer Service:

• Superior written products (position announcement, compensation benchmarking report, organization planning deliverables, summaries from data gathering activities, etc.) Respond to clients and team members via telephone and e-mail within a reasonable period of time
• Build relationships with team members that foster trust, respect, and seamless team integration.
• Provide the highest level of customer service to clients, STP team members, and Marcum colleagues.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 4+ years of consulting experience in executive search, human resources/workforce data gathering & analysis, and/or organization planning. 
• Experience working in/with nonprofit organizations is strongly preferred
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Able to build a rapport with experienced, highly accomplished nonprofit leaders
• Ability to define problems, gather data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to listen effectively and to gain the trust and confidence of clients, management, and candidates
• Ability to work well in ambiguous situations
• Personal qualities of integrity, confidence, commitment to personal leadership development
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Benefits:

Marcum works hard to keep our compensation and benefit programs competitive with today’s market.

At Marcum, you'll find a competitive salary, benefits and 401(k) retirement savings plan. We care about our employees' mental and physical health, well-being, and quality of life. Therefore, the firm offers a comprehensive employee benefits package that in part, includes:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance & AD&D Coverage
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Employee assistance program (counseling)
• Firm-paid parking (for managers and partners)
• Smart Benefits program (WMATA)
• Education assistance
• Firm-paid training
• Various health and wellness programs

Marcum LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Marcum LLP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, national origin, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification under the law.

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Compensation Range

Salary: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00