Plante Moran is one of the largest audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms in the United States according to Inside Public Accounting’s list of the “Top 100” firms. The firm employs more than 3,800 people and has 23 offices in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, Mexico, India, Japan, and China.
Business Analytics Consultant – Entry Level (2025)
Make your mark. Our management consulting team focuses on our clients’ critical business needs. From strategy to implementation and everything in between, our integrated solutions approach is designed to help enable and manage growth, leverage resources, and mitigate costs and risks. At Plante Moran, we have the honor of serving clients and providing consultative services as they face challenges and seek new opportunities.
Your role.
You’ll help instill confidence in organizations large and small by assuring the integrity behind the data analytics. We’ll give you the flexibility to craft business solutions, not just spreadsheets. We are looking for candidates who are proactive learners, creative thinkers and collaborative problem solvers. Your work will include, but not be limited to:
- Meeting with clients to understand their business issues, develop impactful data-driven solutions and instill confidence by assuring the integrity of the data being used to make decisions.
- Developing and applying a working knowledge of data management and business intelligence best-practices and training on common solutions and tools utilized to solve client needs.
- Leveraging your education to synthesize complex data into actionable recommendations and express results in a business context; and
- Delivering solutions in cross-functional engagement teams who serve clients across multiple industries, technology platforms and geographies.
The qualifications.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in business analytics, computer science or a related field.
- Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0).
- Detail-oriented leader with strong problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills.
- Interest or experience in cloud technologies.
- Willingness to adapt to new technologies and ability to learn quickly.
- Experience with data visualizations and reporting platforms OR data Integration technologies with a focus on database architecture, data quality and MDM solutions preferred.
- General database knowledge; strong SQL skills preferred.
- Education or experience with market leading data management and business analytics tools preferred.
- Education or experience with scripting such as Python, PowerShell, Java, XML desired.
What makes us different?
On the surface, we’re one of the nation’s largest audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll see what makes us different: we’re a relatively jerk-free firm (hey, nobody ‘s perfect) with a world-class culture, consistent recognition as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and an endless array of opportunities. At Plante Moran, diversity, equity and inclusion means that all staff members have equitable and fair opportunities to succeed, in an inclusive environment, with their individual, unique identities. So, what are you waiting for? Apply now.
This is an exempt position that may require some local, national, and occasional international travel.
Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.
Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace. We strive to create a culture where each person feels accepted and valued. We believe that each person’s ultimate potential begins with first acknowledging their inherent dignity. When we can recognize — and celebrate — our many human differences, we’re able to create a workplace where all staff feel a sense of belonging and an opportunity to succeed. This allows us to attract and retain the best talent, serve clients through diverse thinking, and better represent and support the various communities in which we live and work. Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.
Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of interest in our positions, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Plante Moran.
The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.
Resource Management Consultant – Southeast Michigan
Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.
Your role.
Your work will include, but not be limited to:
- Initiate and facilitate regular assessments with managers to discuss upcoming assignments, scheduling needs, or capacity, including evaluation of budgets in comparison of scheduling needs and historical actuals
- Manage the staffing/scheduling process for the office/region and department
- Collaborate with office leadership to achieve office utilization goals of staff and meet recommended industry group mix requirements for staff roles
- Update data in scheduling system as required to ensure that system schedules agree to assignments communicated by managers
- Create scheduling system reports on a regular basis to help in making decisions about allocating resources across the office and/or regions
- Assist Talent Deployment Manager in reporting on and evaluating tax/assurance utilization (firmwide)
- Closely monitor assurance/tax staff hours and schedules
- Assist Talent Deployment Manager and firm leadership to achieve utilization goals across all practice roles.
- Proactively address utilization matters with office and firm leadership
- Mediate conflicts and resolve resource needs that develop in office and/or region
- Proactively communicate potential staffing issues and provide information to allow for the effective deployment of resources
- Assign staff to engagements to ensure that resources are effectively deployed and staff workloads are balanced
- Promote and monitor the sharing of resources region-wide as well as firm-wide
- Participate/Lead office, region and firmwide scheduling meetings
The qualifications.
- Position requires 1-3 years experience in a professional services/public accounting firm in either tax, audit, or scheduling role
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or other business related field highly preferred
- Ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, performing a variety of complicated tasks
- Project management skills necessary to:
- Meet project milestones
- Make decisions when required
- Monitor databases
- Communicate clear objectives
- Maintain and develop relationships with staff, Partners, and internal clients
- Perform against tight deadlines
- Must be detail oriented and able to multitask effectively
- Strong self-motivation balanced with a desire to achieve team goals
- Expert level skills with MS Office (especially Power Point and Excel)
- Ability to coordinate information flow with multiple sources (Management, Partnership, team, staff, etc.)
- Strong technical aptitude with a desire to understand system infrastructure, challenge and streamline existing processes, and create new processes
- Strong supervision abilities
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills required to:
- Promote positive working relationships with diverse personalities/roles at all levels in the firm
- Contribute to a positive team attitude
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; demonstrate effective time management skills by completing assignments within calendar schedules
- Role requires regional travel to other offices
Marketing – Pursuit Strategy & Proposal Team – Intern (2025)
Your role.
Plante Moran is looking for a qualified intern to join our marketing department on the pursuit strategy & proposal team. This team collaborates with firm partners and other subject matter experts to match customers with our professional services solutions for audit, tax, and consulting. To give Plante Moran the best chance at winning new business, we develop written proposals, create presentations, prepare materials for external prospect meetings, analyze data, and employ fresh, creative approaches to build trust with for-profit and not-for-profit decision-makers. If you are energized by competitive situations, project deadlines, creating persuasive communications, and collaborating closely with others to achieve a common goal – this is the internship for you!
The intern should be prepared to work in a team environment and will finish the internship having gained broad experience in various aspects of marketing, with a strong focus on the following: the sales enablement function within marketing, the stages of a pursuit process to capture new business opportunities, marketing technology data that informs the pursuit process, and persuasive content development. The intern will lead projects, but they will also have opportunities to shadow (observe) internal experts who lead our most strategic pursuits. Your work will include, but not be limited to:
- Contribute to the development and delivery of sales proposals and Request for Proposal (RFP) responses by working with various team members as an observer or hands-on contributor.
- Help prepare materials for pursuit meetings and presentations
- Review, edit, and proofread draft proposals to ensure content is accurate and conveys a strong, positive impression of the pursuit team and the firm
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously through effective project and time management, balancing client needs, and prioritizing tasks
- Learn Qorus (proposal technology tool) to complete scope of assigned duties
- Understand the basics driving a pursuit/proposal pipeline of work, from intake through win/loss stages
- Perform analysis of marketing and sales data in CRM and other marketing technologies (martech) to aid in development of pursuit win strategies
- Contribute to a positive, collaborative team atmosphere on a daily basis
- All work assignments and priorities will be made in consideration of the intern’s individual goals, skills, and needs
The qualifications.
- Completion of three years of study in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communications, journalism, or related degree
- Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0)
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Interest in and enthusiasm for working with others to win new business opportunities for the firm
- Technology experience that will translate into building competency with Qorus software and Dynamics CRM is a plus
- Competency in using MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)
- Ability to project coordinate/manage information flow between multiple sources (e.g. supervisors, marketing team, practice staff)
- Proficiency with graphics software (i.e. Adobe InDesign) is a plus
Realpoint Project Analyst – Intern (2025)
Your role.
As a project analyst, you’ll support all aspects of real estate investment advisory services including portfolio strategy, asset management, capital markets and acquisition/disposition. Your work will include, but not be limited to:
- Monitoring market and industry trends, proactively identifying trends that could impact real estate holdings.
- Supporting the project team to analyze and underwrite potential new investment opportunities.
- Preparing detailed financial models utilizing Argus and Excel to support client engagements.
- Assisting in the preparation of period investment reporting to clients.
- Working with team members to develop annual property budgets and provide ongoing monitoring.
- Preparing materials and presentations to prospective new clients.
- Communicating with third-party service providers, including property managers, leasing brokers, lenders, etc.
- Assisting in the procurement of debt and equity to support acquisitions and recapitalizations.
- Enhancing client relationships through award-winning service, follow-up and successful project completion.
- Ensuring implementation and compliance of PM and PM REIA policies and procedures on projects.
The qualifications.
- Detail-oriented leader with interpersonal, problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills.
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in architecture, construction, real estate development finance or related field.
- Experience with assisting in development or construction projects is preferred.
- Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0).
