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Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices - located in the fastest growing cities in the US - are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities.

Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm. As part of the Elliott Davis team, you will get hands‑on experience working alongside some of the leading experts in the financial and consulting fields, enjoying the autonomy to shape your career while making a positive global impact.

As a CAAS Manager in our Healthcare line, you will be responsible for leading day‑to‑day client engagements related to grant compliance, financial operations, accounting advisory services, and process improvement initiatives. This role serves as the primary engagement manager, coordinating client deliverables, managing project timelines, overseeing staff and senior consultants, and ensuring quality execution of assigned workstreams.

• Client Engagement Management
  • Manage client relationships and serve as the primary contact for assigned engagements.
  • Coordinate projects to ensure accurate, timely deliverables.
  • Lead recurring status meetings, track progress, and elevate risks or resource needs.
• Grant Compliance & Reporting Support
  • Support grant compliance, reporting requirements, and audit readiness.
  • Maintain grant tracking tools, reporting calendars, workplans, and award inventories.
  • Monitor deadlines, deliverables, expenditures, and compliance requirements.
• Accounting & Financial Operations Support
  • Oversee balance sheet reconciliation and account governance engagements.
  • Review financial reports, reconciliations, workpapers, and supporting documentation.
  • Support month-end, year-end, financial reporting, and process improvement efforts.
• Project Management
  • Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, and task assignments.
  • Coordinate work across client and internal teams.
  • Manage competing priorities and drive accountability for deadlines and action items.
• Team Leadership & Development
  • Supervise seniors, consultants, and staff assigned to engagements.
  • Provide coaching, training, technical guidance, and performance feedback.
  • Promote knowledge sharing, quality execution, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• CPA preferred.
• Experience in grant reporting and compliance.
• 5+ years of accounting, financial reporting, consulting, or related client-service experience; healthcare, grant compliance, or federal funding experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, internal controls, and accounting processes.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements, shifting priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with sound judgment.
• Strong project management, organization, follow-up, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation, client updates, and business communications.
• Experience supervising, coaching, training, and reviewing team member work.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, take initiative, anticipate next steps, and build strong relationships.
• Advanced Excel and financial reporting tool proficiency; ability to learn firm services and identify opportunities to support client needs.

• generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• first class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• one on one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• access to Beyond: a one of a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

• Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• Use written and oral communication skills.
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Observe and interpret situations.
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.

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Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices - located in the fastest growing cities in the US - are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. 'Elliott Davis' is the brand name under which Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in North Carolina and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC) and Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC and its subsidiary entities provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with applicable professional standards. Elliott Davis, LLC is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its customers. Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business consulting services to their customers.