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About Meaden & Moore:

Meaden & Moore is a leading accounting, tax, advisory, and business consulting firm serving middle-market businesses, insurance carriers, law firms, and other organizations across the United States. The firm provides a broad range of services including forensic accounting, litigation support, risk advisory, tax, assurance, and business consulting solutions.

Having recently partnered with Unity Partners, Meaden & Moore is entering an exciting new phase of growth. The company is executing a strategy focused on organic expansion, operational excellence, and strategic acquisitions, creating significant opportunities for team members to help shape the future of a rapidly growing firm. As the business continues to grow, Meaden & Moore is investing in talent, technology, and infrastructure to support its next chapter.

About Unity Partners:

Unity Partners is a private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas that invests in founder- and family-owned business services companies across North America. The firm partners with management teams to accelerate growth through operational improvements, technology enablement, talent development, and strategic M&A.

Unlike traditional financial investors, Unity takes a collaborative approach to value creation, working closely alongside management teams to build market-leading platforms. The firm focuses on long-term partnership, operational excellence, and creating sustainable growth for employees, customers, and shareholders.

Responsibilities:

Project/Program Delivery & Governance

• Lead full project lifecycle management for IT and firm-wide initiatives, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, charters, risk registers, issue logs, and status reports.
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, and success criteria in alignment with firm strategy and client expectations.
• Apply appropriate project management methodologies (waterfall, Agile, or hybrid) based on project complexity and stakeholder needs.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, escalating critical issues to the CIO with recommended resolution paths.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, including firm leadership, department heads, clients, and external vendors.
• Facilitate regular project status meetings, steering committee updates, and executive briefings, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable plans for non-technical audiences.
• Manage client expectations in engagements where technology projects intersect with professional services delivery.

Resource & Budget Management

• Coordinate with cross-functional project teams, including internal staff, contractors, and third-party vendors.
• Develop project budgets, track actuals against forecasts, and provide regular financial reporting to the CIO.
• Optimize resource allocation across concurrent projects to ensure delivery commitments are met.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party deliverables, including contract compliance and performance monitoring.

Process Improvement & Documentation

• Establish and continuously improve project management standards, templates, and best practices across the IT function.
• Maintain thorough project documentation and lessons-learned repositories to support organizational knowledge management.
• Contribute to the development of IT roadmap planning and annual project portfolio prioritization.
• Must be able to support change management activities to ensure successful adoption of new systems and processes by firm staff.

Qualifications:

Required

• 3 to 5 years of progressive project management experience, with a demonstrated record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Prior experience in a professional services environment (public accounting, consulting, legal, or advisory services strongly preferred).
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong command of the Microsoft 365 suite, including Teams, SharePoint, and Project for the Web.
• Proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects with competing deadlines and varying levels of complexity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present confidently to executive leadership and clients.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across all levels of an organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.

Preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Experience with ERP, CRM, or practice management system implementations.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, compliance, or data governance projects in a regulated industry.
• Experience supporting or managing projects involving cloud migrations or SaaS platform deployments.
• Agile or Scrum certification (CSM, PMI-ACP, or equivalent).

Work Environment & Flexibility

• Hybrid work options available; occasional travel to company sites may be required.
• Ability to lift and move equipment as needed.
• Willingness to adapt to changing business needs, including extended hours during peak periods.

Benefits, Perks, Culture, and Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievements as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Benefits/Compensation:

Determining actual compensation relies on many factors including individual candidate experience, qualifications, and comparable benchmarks. Base compensation for this role typically ranges between $100,000 and $130,000. Additionally, we offer discretionary year-end bonuses to supplement your compensation package.

In addition to compensation and bonus opportunities, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees professionally and personally. Our offerings include:

Benefits & Offerings:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Generous PTO and paid holidays

• 401(k) matching and profit sharing

• Professional development support

• Professional certification support and reimbursement

• Employee referral and new business bonus opportunities

• Wellness and employee assistance resources

• Long-term career growth and advancement opportunities

• Parental bonding time and compensation continuance

• Flexible and hybrid work opportunities, where applicable

Culture & Perks:

• Team outings, firm events, and holiday celebrations

• Busy season appreciation and stress-relief programs

• Wellness initiatives and incentives

• Technology, retailer, and event discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Strong commitment to community involvement, volunteerism, and charitable giving

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