Finance Manager

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Job Description

·       Provide oversight and review of project and operational forecasts, evaluating key assumptions, material changes, risks, and opportunities to support forecast integrity.

·       Support annual planning and AOP activities by providing financial insights, reviewing key assumptions and inputs, and evaluating impacts to account financial performance.

·       Review financial results and provide guidance on material variances, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.

·       Review CAPEX and OPEX variance analysis and commentary for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with financial results.

·       Provide financial insights and recommendations that support account and project decision-making. 

·       Oversee recurring financial reporting, reconciliations, and assigned month-end financial activities to ensure timely and accurate deliverables.

·       Provide oversight of applicable accounts receivable, invoicing, payments, recoveries, and other applicable recurring financial activities.

·       Review and approve applicable financial submissions, payment workflows, and system transactions.

·       Maintain effective financial controls, documentation, and approval processes in accordance with client and company requirements.

·       Resolve or escalate significant discrepancies, aging items, payment exceptions, and control issues.

·       Oversee project financial data integrity, including coding, CAPEX/OPEX classification, forecasting, and cost-center alignment, and related financial data.

·       Partner with Project Managers to improve forecast accuracy, financial discipline, and accountability. 

·       Lead project financial reviews and provide oversight of purchase order analysis, audits, tax inquiries, fee analyses, and related financial matters.

·       Identify financial risks and issues across the project portfolio and partner with appropriate stakeholders on resolution.

·       Serve as a strategic finance partner to account leadership, Project Management, PMO, client Finance, and corporate Finance.

·       Lead financial reviews and provide training and process guidance to Project Managers and account stakeholders.

·       Set priorities, review work products, and coach assigned finance team members. 

·       Promote accountability, cross-training, knowledge sharing, and continuity across critical finance processes. 

·       Help establish strategic priorities for finance-process improvement and automation based on business need, risk, and impact.

·       Define desired outcomes, business requirements, governance expectations, and financial control standards for process and technology improvements.

·       Partner with the Finance Analyst, Operations, and technology resources to design, test, implement, and adopt scalable finance solutions.

·       Evaluate finance processes, reporting practices, and automated solutions to identify opportunities to simplify workflows, strengthen controls, improve data quality, and reduce manual effort.

·       Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. 

·       7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, accounting, project finance, or a related field. 

·       Experience with financial planning and forecasting, reporting, month-end financial activities, financial controls, and business partnership.

·       Experience leading or mentoring finance professionals and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders. 

·       Project-based finance, CAPEX/OPEX reporting, construction, or corporate real estate experience preferred. 

·       Experience leading finance-process automation or continuous-improvement initiatives preferred. 

·       Strong knowledge of accrual accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, and financial controls. 

·       Experience with ERP, accounting, forecasting, and project-financial-management systems; Yardi or Power BI experience preferred. 

·       Strong financial judgment, communication, stakeholder-management, and people-leadership skills. 

·       CPA, CMA, FPAC, CFA, or a comparable finance certification preferred but not required. 

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