Chief People Officer (Charlotte) Job at GreerWalker CPAs and Advisors, Charlotte, NC

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  • GreerWalker CPAs and Advisors
  • Charlotte, NC

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GreerWalker is a prominent accounting and advisory firm serving privately owned middlemarket companies and their owners. Recognized as one of the nations Best of the Best accounting firms by Inside Public Accounting and as an Employer of Choice in the Charlotte market, we combine technical excellence with a peoplefirst culture serving the communities of both Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC. Our philosophy is simple: when our people thrive, our clients thrive. Thats why we are committed to building a workplace where careers grow, communities benefit, and extraordinary experiences are created, for clients and colleagues alike.

Role Overview

The Chief People Officer (CPO) will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for translating firm strategy into a cohesive people strategy that drives growth, performance, and culture. This leader will be both visionary and handson: shaping the employee experience, developing leaders, and building an HR function that is trusted, modern, and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Partner: Serve as advisor to the Managing Partner, COO, and Executive Committee, ensuring people strategy is aligned with firm strategy.
  • Leadership & Culture: Shape and steward the firms talent philosophy and employee experience, embedding GreerWalkers Fundamentals and Competencies into daily practice.
  • Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand: Provide strategic oversight of talent acquisition, ensuring a clear strategy, strong employer brand, and a candidate experience that reflects the firms values.
  • Organizational Effectiveness: Provide strategic oversight of workforce planning, succession management, leadership development, and team effectiveness initiatives.
  • Talent & Performance: Oversee performance management, career development, and learning programs that build capability and engagement.
  • Total Rewards & Compliance: Ensure compensation, benefits, and compliance practices are competitive, fair, and aligned with firm values.
  • DataDriven Decisions: Use people analytics to provide insights and measure the impact of HR programs.
  • Change Leadership: Lead cultural and organizational change with transparency, accountability, and empathy.
  • HR Leadership: Build and mentor a cohesive HR leadership team, ensuring the function is collaborative, clientfocused, and futureready.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with a track record of partnering with senior executives and readiness to step into an enterprise leadership role.
  • Professional services organization experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement enterprisewide people strategies.
  • Executive presence and influence with proven success advising Csuite leaders.
  • Proven ability to build, develop, and lead a highperforming HR team, fostering collaboration and aligning resources to business goals.
  • Track record leading culture initiatives, organizational change, and leadership development.
  • Strong knowledge of talent management, performance systems, compensation, and workforce planning.
  • Datadriven mindset with fluency in HR metrics and analytics.
  • Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Psychology/IndustrialOrganizational Psychology or a related field is required; a Masters degree (e.g., MBA, MHR) is strongly preferred.
  • SHRMSCP, SPHR, or an equivalent strategiclevel HR certification is strongly preferred.

Seniority level

Executive

Employment type

Fulltime

Job function

Human Resources, Strategy/Planning, and Training

Industry: Accounting

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
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Job Tags

Full time,

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