Acquisition Growth Leader

Acquisition Growth Leader

Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance, and tax services to clients. We foster a collaborative environment focused on enabling career growth and continuous professional development. Our team is looking for an Acquisition Growth Leader. The Acquisition Growth Leader will have the opportunity to work remotely from within the United States. The Acquisition Growth Leader serves as a strategic leader within the diligence team, partnering with Corporate Development and various growth functions to assess and plan post-close integration strategies across marketing, sales, industry, and geographic markets. The individual will engage with audit, tax, and advisory service line leaders to identify cross-sell opportunities and evaluate the target firm's go-to-market approach. Post-acquisition, the role leads execution of the growth strategy, ensures operational alignment, tracks performance metrics, and reports monthly milestones.

Role Responsibilities

As the Acquisition Growth Leader, you will :

• Diligence
• Growth organization's key member of diligence team alongside Corp Dev and Growth leadership.
• Primary growth liaison collaborating with various CB growth organizations.
• Develop standardized growth strategy template with applicable 60, 90, 180+ day milestones.
• Review 3rd party (A / B) growth diligence report for SWOT analysis of the target firms Growth Engine.
• Personally engage with Core SLL's (Audit & Tax) to understand target firms GTM approach for these businesses.
• Personally engage with Advisory Leader (domain leaders where applicable) to understand 2-3 high potential cross sell advisory opportunities.
• Collaborate and co-develop with Corp Dev leadership projected organic growth metrics and projected cross sell metrics.
• Post acquisition Role First 12-18 months (Stub Year & next full Calendar Year)
• Lead execution of growth strategy developed in diligence.
• Liaison with Growth operations team to ensure data migration allowing effective marketing and measurable results outputs.
• Personally engage with Core Service line leaders (Audit & Tax) to execute target firm's GTM plan for these businesses.
• Personally engage with Advisory Leader (and appropriate Domain leaders) to execute targets 2-3 high potential cross sell opportunities identified.
• Personally engage with Growth team inclusive of Sales and Marketing to track pipeline, wins and cross-sell saturation.
• Personally engage with applicable RMLs / MLs regarding market growth efforts : Roadshows, targeted client / prospect meetings.
• Engage with Industry Leader and applicable IPLs regarding team member integration : Ensure new personnel are assigned to industries in first 30 days.
• Responsible for monthly milestone report-out.

Qualifications

What you bring to the role :

What You Can Expect From Us

Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect. The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you. A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development. Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing. Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work. Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures.

Benefits Information

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is $138,000 to $200,000. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax, and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.