Finance Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking a Finance Manager to support the finance group. This role offers flexibility to work from offices within the Eastern or Central time zones.

As a key member of the Regional Leadership Team, the Finance Manager provides financial and commercial leadership to the Region leadership, Business Group Leads, and Project Managers to improve overall business performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an active member of the Region Leadership Team, contributing to leadership and delivery of business plan objectives and aligning operations with corporate strategy.
• Provide advice on key commercial and financial factors to support informed business decisions.
• Proactively monitor and identify key business risks; recommend and implement actions to mitigate these risks to optimize business and financial performance.
• Deliver insights and improvement options through delivery, review, and analysis of financial reports and KPIs for key stakeholders.
• Present results and performance against KPIs in a variety of forms and forums, including insight into impacts on results and improvement opportunities for stakeholders.
• Recommend required actions to improve project and Region financial performance and take corrective actions as needed.
• Monitor long- and short-term business trends, identify business improvement opportunities, and lead innovative recommendations.
• Provide analytical review and strategic input on business matters to ensure informed decision making, including commercial guidance for major bids, panels, and projects (including—when required—negotiation, processes, and reporting).
• Drive target levels of working capital by overseeing timely invoicing and effective oversight of debt collection in conjunction with the Collections Team.
• Support half-year and fiscal year-end audits related to revenue recognition.
• Compile annual Region financial budgets, KPI targets, and requested reforecasts in partnership with the business.
• Increase commercial awareness with leaders, leadership teams, Business Group Leads, and Project Managers, independently and in collaboration with Project Management Office leads.
• Support business development activities through pricing and commercial reviews, generally as part of the tender review/approval process.
• Provide other financial assistance to the General Manager, the Americas CFO, and/or other stakeholders as needed.
• Supervise client billing procedures for the Region.
• Manage performance and hiring for employees within the client billing department.
• Assist Business Group Leads and Project Managers to identify cost overruns so variations may be requested and invoiced in a timely manner.
• Support the General Manager and Americas Facilities Leader for property and other leasing arrangements, including review and communication of financial impacts to decision makers.
• Provide analysis for due diligences on potential mergers and acquisitions and assist in integration planning and systems transfer as required.
• Participate as a member of the Americas Finance Leadership Team to support Americas-wide initiatives and knowledge sharing with Finance Managers of other Regions.
• Ensure compliance with the organization’s financial procedures.
• Provide leadership and direction for the Finance team, including identifying and managing performance measures.
• Lead, train, develop, and motivate the Finance team to partner with stakeholders and provide financial support, guidance, and advice understandable to non-financial professionals.
• Identify and, as appropriate, lead the implementation and improvement of finance processes and initiatives.

Performance Indicators

• Achieve strategic and financial performance objectives of the Region.
• Support commercial health of the Region.
• Produce accurate monthly financial results.
• Identify, recommend, and implement actions to improve project financial performance.
• Maintain strong management of working capital and cash flows.
• Manage business outcomes through planning and prioritization.
• Support effective team development and succession planning.
• Maintain positive stakeholder feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or an equivalent number of years of experience, plus 15+ years of accounting/business operations experience.
• CPA designation or MBA.
• Demonstrated success in a finance leadership role, including proven leadership with financial systems and analytics and delivery of commercial outcomes.
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking with strong financial acumen and the ability to challenge.
• Strong communication and analytical skills, including the ability to articulate financial data in a non-technical manner (and vice versa), and experience as a liaison between functional and strategic communities.
• Strong presentation skills and comfort presenting to groups at all levels.
• Ability to influence others and strong negotiating skills.
• Customer service focus with ability to connect with operational staff to demonstrate the value of finance partnerships.
• Results-oriented with ability to manage business outcomes through planning and prioritizing workload.
• Excellent project management, analytics, and consulting skills, including ability to interpret data and tell a story.
• High ethical standards and a lead-by-example style that promotes a positive, team-based environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the A/E professional services sector.
• Experience with BST (project accounting system).
• Fluency in French or Spanish (for future development opportunities).

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation and benefits details were not provided in the job description.

Location

• Offices within the Eastern or Central time zones.