Finance Manager

Overview

This role is a hands-on Finance Manager position responsible for owning the U.S. accounting function end-to-end and supporting the financial backbone of a U.S. government contracting business.

The position involves running the close, strengthening the control environment, partnering with the business on FP&A, and leading finance transformation work, including a planned general ledger (G/L) migration from Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains to NetSuite.

The role operates within a matrixed, international organization with dual reporting structures and multi-entity, cross-border operations.

Responsibilities

Accounting & Controls

• Own the U.S. accounting close end-to-end for monthly, quarterly, and annual periods, including journal entries, accruals, deferred revenue, intercompany AR/AP, and required adjustments.
• Own the balance sheet: build and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations, subledger-to-GL tie-outs, and an auditable trail for every material account.
• Establish and continually strengthen accounting fundamentals, including chart of accounts hygiene, close calendar, reconciliation cadence, documentation standards, and internal controls appropriate to the organization’s size and risk profile.
• Ensure adherence to GAAP and applicable federal and state regulations.
• Lead the annual external audit as the primary point of contact, prepare PBC schedules, and resolve auditor inquiries.

Finance Transformation

• Play a leading role in finance transformation across people, process, and systems.
• Help scope, plan, and execute a G/L migration from Great Plains to NetSuite, including chart of accounts redesign, data migration and validation, cutover, parallel run, and post go-live stabilization.
• Revamp recurring processes (close, reconciliations, intercompany, billing, sales tax) to reduce manual effort and shorten cycle times.
• Identify, document, and operationalize new controls as systems and processes evolve.

FP&A

• Lead month-over-month variance analysis vs. budget and prior period, and explain drivers for non-finance partners.
• Track and report core KPIs including gross margin, operating margin, and net profit margin at both the U.S. entity and contract levels.
• Partner with the Head of Finance on budgeting, reforecasting, and ad-hoc decision support.
• Build executive-ready reporting connecting accounting results to operating performance.

Cash, AR/AP, and Reporting

• Monitor and forecast cash flow; provide disbursement guidance to leadership; ensure timely vendor payments; and escalate aged customer balances (60+ days).
• Produce and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for accuracy (balance sheet, P&L, cash flow, AR/AP aging, etc.).
• Oversee timely completion of AP, AR, and month-end close processes.
• Deliver ad-hoc reporting and analysis as requested by U.S. and global leadership.

Tax & Compliance Operations

• Manage sales tax and corporate tax compliance.
• Own the Avalara platform, including coordination with the Avalara team and external CPA, customer and sales item maintenance, exemption certificate management, sales tax region setup, and integration with Great Plains (and, in time, NetSuite).
• Support hosting invoice operations: maintain billing schedules, onboard new customers, process schedule changes (increases, decreases, decommissions), generate monthly invoices, and act as the finance point of contact for customer billing questions.
• Create payment links for customer credit card payments and resolve payment exceptions.

People & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Hire, mentor, and conduct performance reviews for U.S. finance staff; manage workload distribution across the team.
• Serve as the finance liaison across the U.S. business to confirm sales commission calculations, validate sales invoicing, and answer departmental finance questions.
• Operate effectively in a matrixed environment.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen residing within the United States.
• Ability to operate within a security-controlled environment subject to DCSA, SSA, or classified contracting requirements, including any FOCI-related restrictions on information flow and reporting.
• Familiarity with federal compliance and audit frameworks such as FAR, NIST 800-171, CMMC, DCAA, or related government contracting requirements.

Qualifications

• Active CPA (U.S.) designation in good standing.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with at least 2–3 years leading or owning a close end-to-end.
• Demonstrated experience operating in a matrixed environment with dual reporting lines (solid line to a local/business leader and dotted line to a functional finance leader).
• Experience supporting organizations with business units in multiple countries, including intercompany accounting, multi-entity consolidation, and cross-border coordination.
• Hands-on experience building accounting fundamentals and controls in a growing or evolving organization, including balance sheet reconciliations, subledger tie-outs, intercompany, and close discipline.
• Finance transformation experience across people, process, and systems, ideally including direct involvement in a G/L migration (Great Plains to NetSuite strongly preferred).
• Comfort with FP&A, including building variance analyses, KPI reporting, and executive-ready commentary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience at a federal systems integrator, government contractor, or other FOCI-mitigated entity.
• NetSuite implementation or administration experience.
• Experience with Avalara, sales & use tax automation, and multi-state nexus management.
• Experience supporting managed services / hosting revenue models (recurring billing, deferred revenue).

Compensation & Benefits

• $100,000 - $140,000 a year

Location

• United States (U.S. citizen residing in the United States required)