Growth Support Specialist

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You'll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There's no one like you and that's why there's nowhere like RSM.

The Growth Support Specialist is responsible for collaborating with engagement leaders, local market development teams, and business development professionals to support all aspects of line of business and industry growth activities.

They are responsible for coordinating and mastering growth platform tools to support marketing and business development initiatives, including but not limited to go-to-market, targeted account teams, market-facing sponsorship and events, campaign support, maintenance of data quality, and preparation of proposals and pursuit deliverables. They are responsible for maintaining the integrity of team growth dashboards, CRM management and reporting, database management and analytics, local events, assisting as needed with sponsorships, and participation in industry and trade membership activities.

The Growth Support Specialist will collaborate with engagement leaders to produce brand and risk compliant marketing and pursuit deliverables. They may collaborate with the Pursuit B proposal team (PBPT) to develop proposal skills and create pursuit deliverables.

Essential Duties:

• Coordinate growth strategy with geography-based growth teams, leaders, business developers, and other internal market development teams.
• Actively engaged in multi-faceted and high-value pursuit management and team support
• Support location and market growth meeting coordination, documentation, and follow-through.
• Actively engage with CRM platform to monitor growth and relationship activity tracking and due dates
• Elevated CRM skill set to create and provide relationship insights and reporting
• Perform research to provide individual account, industry, or line of business insights
• Maintain database of marketing collateral, proposals, and presentations
• Create and coordinate delivery of pursuit deliverables
• Support local market development manager initiatives for geography-based teams, events, and/or campaigns
• Serve as liaison and point of contact between geography-based growth teams and market development managers
• Coordinate activities and manage relationships with various trade and industry groups
• Maintain working knowledge of systems, tools, and resources that may be beneficial to client servers (i.e. collateral, white papers, sales pipeline reports, etc.)
• Provide ad hoc reporting on target activities and marketing activities as requested
• Review pursuit deliverables to monitor brand and risk compliance and quality assurance standards while ensuring adherence to firm risk and branding guidelines.
• Ensure effective support of relationship development and growth strategy by collaborating with ESS growth team leaders, engagement leaders, business developers and geography growth teams
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION

• Associates degree or equivalent experience in related field

TECHNICAL/SOFT SKILLS (Required)

• Demonstrates a comprehensive working knowledge of tools, resources, and technology required with assigned responsibilities
• Proficient with customer relationship management software
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to learn other platforms (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics)
• Strong grammar and proofreading knowledge
• Strong organization, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail

EXPERIENCE

• 2 years relevant experience in a related field or area
• 1 year prior experience managing multiple projects
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects of low to moderate risk
• Ability to interact with multiple levels of leadership

LEADERSHIP SKILLS (Required)

• Cultivates a safe environment to ask questions, share innovative ideas and make suggestions
• Provides peer-to-peer collaboration and guidance
• Helps build a diverse and inclusive culture in the workplace

The firm offers competitive benefits package, base compensation, and an employee bonus program for eligible roles based on individual and firm performance per program guidelines. Base compensation range is inclusive of all employees in this role and is dependent on geography and experience and actual offer will vary based upon these criteria

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We support and inspire you to prioritize your wellbeing by delivering personalized, holistic programming for your physical, emotional, financial and community wellbeing. RSM has a generous time off policy with at least 14 paid holidays, wellbeing days and associate and above access to self-managed time off. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life's demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits .

RSM is proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are proud to provide our employees with tools to assist them in being successful in achieving both personal and professional goals. We welcome and support all our employees to thrive in an environment free of discrimination and harassment. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer all applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected] .

RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders). However, those candidates who may be recent U.S. college / university graduates possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience, excluding internships, in the U.S. or his/her home country would be eligible for hire as an experienced candidate and thus eligible for sponsorship.

Compensation Range: $42,800 - $73,600