Senior Manager - Fractional Accounting & Advisory Services - Indianapolis, IN

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients, serving as the primary point of contact for outsourced accounting, controller, and CFO advisory services.
• Build trusted advisor relationships by understanding the client’s business(es) deeply and delivering proactive, strategic guidance alongside day-to-day support.
• Support the onboarding of new clients, establishing workflows and ensuring a smooth, high-quality experience from the start.
• Maintain client satisfaction and retention through consistent communication, responsiveness, and quality deliverables.
• Develop and nurture a professional network, including but not limited to, bankers, attorneys, financial advisors, and business owners, to generate referrals and new client opportunities.
• Represent Barnes Dennig at local events, industry associations, and community organizations building market presence.
• Contribute to thought leadership through LinkedIn, webinars, and content positioning the practice as a trusted resource.
• Collaborate with the firm’s internal marketing group to identify opportunities and support campaigns aligned with growth goals for the practice.
• Serve as a direct supervisor to other fractional advisors and associates, providing regular feedback, performance guidance, and professional development support.
• Conduct periodic check-ins and performance conversations to help direct reports grow in their roles, build confidence with clients, and develop toward greater responsibility.
• Identify individual strengths and development gaps within team members and work with other Sr. Managers to create meaningful career growth paths.
• Actively participate in recruiting efforts by helping identify talent, engaging candidates, and contributing to a strong hiring process reflective of the firm’s culture.
• Support onboarding and integration of new hires, ensuring they are set up for success from day one with tools, context, and relationships they’ll need.
• Foster a team environment where people feel accountable, supported, and motivated to do their best work, modeling standards expected of the broader service line.
• Contribute to capacity planning and workload management across direct reports, escalating concerns to the Director as needed to maintain team health and service quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, or related field; CPA or CPA track background preferred
• Relevant work experience such as: 7+ years of progressive experience as a CFO, Controller, Accounting Manager or similar
• Comfortable in a client-facing or stakeholder-facing environment, with the ability to communicate clearly, build rapport naturally, and can translate financial complexity into plain language easily
• An interest in business development, with a willingness to network, engage with others, and cultivate relationships over time is preferred—no prior sales experience required
• Prior leadership experience managing teams (formally or informally) and balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong understanding of GAAP, accounting operations, and financial reporting/analysis
• Ability to: work in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset, while interacting with all levels inside and outside the organization, taking initiative, anticipating problems and formulating resolutions, exercising good judgment/decision making, prioritizing and multi-tasking, working independently, etc.