Financial Services Consulting Senior Manager

The Weaver Experience

Weaver is a full-service national accounting, advisory and consulting firm with opportunities for professionals in many different fields. We seek to bring a human element to the world of accounting, which includes creating a diverse, collaborative, and entrepreneurial workplace culture. Our leaders truly care about the well-being of all our employees and encourage them to pursue their ambitions.

While our business is based in numbers, our success is truly based on people. It’s why we commit to supporting our people not just in their professional growth, but also in their ability to lead balanced, integrated lives. At the foundation of that commitment are our core values. Weaver’s core values were created specifically to empower our people to deliver extraordinary service and be their best selves. Our goal is to balance high development with high performance in order to meet the long-term goals of each individual, team, and our firm.

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Position Profile

Weaver seeks a Senior Manager or Director to help launch and lead our growing Financial Services Consulting practice. This person will have the opportunity to be an integral part of expanding Weaver's service offerings to investment advisers, asset managers, fund sponsors, broker-dealers and other financial services organizations navigating an increasingly complex regulatory, operational and data landscape. Our Financial Services team provides services specifically developed to meet the evolving needs of our investment management clients and helps them navigate their ever-changing regulatory, technology, data and reporting requirements.

The ideal candidate is a dynamic consulting or industry professional with a passion for the financial services and investment management sectors. We are looking for someone with significant experience advising registered investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity, private credit, registered investment companies and other alternative investment vehicles across regulatory compliance, data and analytics, and operational transformation. This role combines regulatory advisory experience spanning the SEC, CFTC, NFA, the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and other relevant U.S. financial services regulatory regimes with balanced data-enabled advisory delivery across data governance, regulatory reporting, analytics, dashboards, tooling and transformation. This role will provide an opportunity to lead client-facing engagements, build and mentor a high-performing team, drive practice growth and offer your valuable expertise to a variety of clients. Some travel is expected with this role.

Education and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics or a related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred
• Relevant professional certifications preferred, including CPA, CFA, CAIA, FRM, CIPM or IACCP
• 8+ years of industry or consulting experience advising investment advisers, asset managers, fund sponsors or other financial services organizations, with progressive leadership responsibility
• Demonstrated expertise across multiple financial services regulatory regimes, including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, SEC rules (including the Marketing Rule, Custody Rule, Form ADV, Form PF and Forms 13F/13H), CFTC and NFA requirements, and other applicable U.S. regulatory frameworks
• Experience advising across the full spectrum of investment fund types, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate funds, registered investment companies (mutual funds, ETFs, BDCs), funds of funds and other alternative investment vehicles
• Working knowledge of complex fund structures, including master-feeder, multi-class, parallel and offshore vehicles (including Cayman-domiciled funds)
• Practical understanding of compliance program design and execution, including Form ADV preparation, written policies and procedures (Rule 206(4)-7), marketing and advertising reviews, electronic communications surveillance, Code of Ethics monitoring and annual compliance reviews
• Experience supporting clients through regulatory examinations and inquiries from the SEC, FINRA, NFA and other regulatory bodies
• Familiarity with core investment and trading platforms, including transaction capture and order management systems, IBOR and ABOR architectures, portfolio accounting, reconciliation workflows, and downstream data flows supporting risk, compliance, regulatory reporting, and investor reporting.
• Balanced data and analytics capability spanning:
• Data governance frameworks supporting regulatory and investor reporting
• Regulatory reporting design and automation (e.g., Form PF, Schedule of Investments, AIFMD-aligned reporting)
• Analytics and dashboards supporting compliance monitoring, exposure, performance and risk
• Technology and tooling assessment for compliance, risk and operations platforms including familiarity with emerging AI tools
• Data transformation initiatives supporting target operating model design and post-merger integration
• Demonstrated ability to lead client-facing advisory engagements from sales through delivery, including scoping, work plan development, team leadership, deliverable quality and executive presentation
• Practice-building experience preferred: developing service offerings, thought leadership, go-to-market materials, alliances and client pipelines
• Strong people leadership skills: hiring, developing, mentoring and retaining high-performing advisory professionals
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and data topics into actionable insight for C-suite, GP/LP audiences, boards and audit/compliance committees

Compensation and Benefits: At Weaver, our most valuable resource is our people. We take the time to evaluate our employees' wants and needs and invest our resources accordingly. A reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this position is $155,000 to $265,000. Actual compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. In addition to compensation packages, Weaver offers competitive health benefits, such as medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.  Further, we support our employees by offering flexible scheduled time off (STO), minimum of 56 hours of sick and safe leave, 11 holidays, and 2 scheduled recharge days! Learn more here - Weaver benefits.

We also offer in-house CPE and learning opportunities through our internal Learning & Development department. Our multi-faceted internal learning program including technical improvement, practice development, management/leadership training, and whole-life growth. Our goal is to balance both high development with high performance to meet the long-term goals of each individual, team, and our firm. 

WeaverLEAD We are committed to investing in the strength of our team. That is why we have created an internal leadership coaching program to train leaders to support other leaders at every level of the organization. The goal of WeaverLEAD is to inspire the growth and development of our leaders by:

Leaning into the experience of exploring new ideas for each individual’s growth as a leader. 

Engaging the coaching mindset at work with new ways of thinking about challenges and opportunities. 

Adapting to the transformation that takes place as a result of participating in the program. 

Developing yourself and others with coaching competencies to create a firm-wide culture of coaching.

People are our formula! At Weaver, we recognize that everyone brings different strengths, backgrounds, and working styles to our team. We cultivate a safe and inclusive work environment that celebrates each individual’s unique qualities through visibility, progression, advocacy, and support. We are proudly an equal opportunity employer.

What’s next? Interested applicants should apply directly to the job posting. You may apply to multiple roles. Be sure to upload your most recent resume and ensure that it is attached to your application. By registering, you are only activating an account and creating a presence. Please apply directly to a position of interest. You will receive a confirmation email after completing an application for a role. After reviewing your application, a friendly Weaver Recruiter will contact you soon and walk you through the hiring process. Thank you for exploring a career with us. We look forward to meeting you!  

Currently, we are not accepting resume submissions from third-party staffing agencies for this role. This role is Employee Referral Program eligible.