Group Finance Manager

Description

• Provides financial management guidance to the pursuit, project management, and finance teams to ensure appropriate setup and delivery of contractual business obligations in the areas of contracting, cash management, subcontract management, change management, cost management, and financial controls.
• Provides financial oversight/guidance for projects of varying complexity in the assigned service line or portfolio, overseeing processes like budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and reporting.
• Champions office cash management goals, ensuring effective cash collections and timely resolution of delinquent billings. Offers financial forecasting, modeling, and analysis to guide office and project teams in adhering to standardized business processes for financial discipline throughout the client/project lifecycle. Acts as an office liaison with the cash management organization to achieve collaborative and positive results.
• Hires, supervises, manages, trains, and mentors project finance staff. Responsible for assigning tasks and duties. Manages all aspects of the Career Planning and Development process, including goal setting, coaching, and performance and compensation evaluation.
• Leads office month-end reporting and revenue recognition activities for a designated service line or project portfolio that adheres to the revenue recognition policy. Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the financial data that results in accurate reporting and projecting of our financial results. Consults with project managers, delivery, and project finance team to provide an accurate representation of project performance by maintaining current and accurate project backlog, reserve reviews, reporting, and revenue projections.
• Partners with the Office Finance Manager to create and maintain budgets for a designated service line or project portfolio. Monitors monthly results, analyzes variances, and recommends solutions to support goal achievement.
• Manages a team, efficiently allocating resources to projects for a designated service line or project portfolio. Serves as the escalation point for the project finance team and fosters cross-functional planning and collaboration.
• Participates in the pursuit process to position HNTB for successful project delivery. Utilizes knowledge of contract terms to influence favorable proposals that will optimize the project’s cash and profitability outcomes.
• Ensures adherence to internal processes and procedures, fostering efficient and compliant financial operations within the service line and/or portfolio of projects. Continuously improves processes for better efficiency.

Requirements

• Knowledge of project financial management/cost controls
• Project Management certification, other contracting/project management certifications
• Master's degree in business or engineering
• Knowledge of accounting/financial principles and practices
• 2 years of project and/or people management/mentoring experience
• In lieu of education, 11 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related work experience
• Knowledge of A/E industry
• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience
• Bachelor's degree in relevant Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance