Role:

　　Commercial Alliance Manager, Financial Close

　　Location:

　　Clearsulting is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with additional offices located in; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX; and Denver, CO. Other cities are welcomed remotely.

　　Summary:

　　As the Commercial Manager within Financial Close, you will serve as an integral member of Clearsulting. You will serve as an advisor and champion strategic alliance activities. Our Financial Close practice will be your internal customer. You will help bring our business strategies to life by working with our teams to execute our alliance strategies and plans. This role will support our existing alliance within our Financial Close practice.

　　At Clearsulting we firmly believe in our culture and follow our five Core Values: GRIT, Growth Mindset, Joy, Accountability, and Teamwork. We have been nationally recognized for our culture, firm leadership, and innovation, and we are honored to have received the following awards and recognition:

　　Fortune's Best Workplaces in Consulting (2022, 2023)

　　'Great Place to Work' Certified (2022-2024)

　　'Consulting's Fastest Growing Firms' - Consulting Magazine (2022)

　　Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America (2020-2023)

　　#4 “Fastest Growing Consulting Firm” – Consulting Magazine (2020)

　　Qualifications & Desired Skills:

　　5+ years of Strategic Alliances experience (professional services strongly preferred)

　　Understanding of Strategic Alliance leading practices and ability to identify opportunities and implement initiatives to drive sustainable change

　　Highly proficient at researching, organization, and communication with internal and external stakeholders

　　Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) technology providers and overall market and related strategies to grow relationships with those providers (BlackLine preferred)

　　Demonstrated ability to team and collaborate across business units and functions to achieve common goals

　　Bachelor's Degree in business-related field of study

　　Ability to manage people, develop teams, and coach more junior team members

　　Ability to maintain and enhance the Clearsulting culture – build meaningful relationships with alliances and colleagues, demonstrate the Clearsulting Core Values each day

　　Eligibility to work in the United States

　　Willingness and ability to travel, as needed

　　Responsibilities:

　　Own consistent, continual improvement of the Clearsulting Alliance Management framework and establish standard tools and enablers for the Financial Close Practice to adopt and grow Strategic Alliance partner relationships.

　　Partner with Financial Close Practice leadership and commercial teams to integrate alliance strategy into annual and long-term planning.

　　Collaborate with Financial Close Practice commercial teams on tactical alliance marketing plans and execution.

　　Work with Financial Close Practice teams to understand progress against plans and identify and resolve challenges.

　　Develop relationships with Alliance leadership and sales teams to grow Clearsulting brand, pipeline and overall capability awareness.

　　Support, coach on and directly manage alliance escalations as well as help Practices navigate any Alliance conflict.

　　Engage with our Client Relationship, Practice Commercial, and Consulting teams to support account expansion.

　　Benefits: 

　　We want to cultivate a thriving culture and company—and we know that your health and well-being matter. We offer a benefits package and perks for our team members that include: 

　　Medical, dental, and vision coverage

　　Unlimited PTO

　　Paid parental leave

　　Retirement plans

　　Flexible work environment

　　Cell phone reimbursement

　　Access to mental health apps

　　Life insurance and disability coverage

　　Opportunities for ad hoc bonuses

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