Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis – Design Entities

Description

• Review overhead cost trends and investigate unusual trends.
• Prepare draft financials, attend monthly project review meetings, finalize monthly financial package and submit to DPR Enterprise F&A.
• Lead Finance initiatives supporting process improvements within accounting.
• Stay current with trends and opportunities to be able to provide insights into the future.
• Follow up with project teams on timeliness of invoices and collections.
• Report timely and accurate monthly financial information along with an evaluation of risks and opportunities for projects to GPLA, IDtBS and DPR Enterprise F&A.
• Be a strategic business partner to GPLA and IDtBS Leadership and core team members.
• Monitor utilization rates for direct labor and overhead. Update overhead and labor rates and participate in annual reviews.
• Review financial details of new projects and contracts to ensure accuracy with terms sold prior to adding to the monthly financial report.
• Cash Flow – Analyze internal cash flow capacity and forecast future cash needs to support decisions undertaken.
• Assist in preparing backlog data, based on booked and unbooked work and backlog, CRM opportunities and market projections.
• Direct GPLA & IDtBS day-to-day operational accounting.
• Support Design Entities strategies, ensuring alignment with long term company objectives.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, local regulations, and internal controls.
• Review of all monthly balance sheet reconciliations prepared by Accountant.
• Generate monthly MDAs for Design Entities leadership review and alignment.
• Assist in driving best practices for accounting and the Enterprise.
• Responsible for assisting and supporting the financial and accounting results at GPLA and IDtBS. This includes both GPLA West (Santa Clara, CA) and East (Baltimore, MD), IDtBS West (San Francisco, CA) and IDtBS East (Raleigh, NC) locations with projects in multiple states.
• Support the business with the annual Business Planning process.
• Manage and update the WIP schedule monthly for Leadership review, including evaluating health of projects.
• Provide analysis of financial position to help drive strategic decisions.
• Support ad hoc analysis as requested.
• Perform forward looking business scenario analysis to inform the leadership teams of potential opportunities, risks, and operational needs.
• Ensure the function is organized to scale for growth, including identifying and implementing process improvements, and effectively using data and technology.
• Customize financial reports in the system based on requirements needed from operations team.
• Attend Leadership meetings and inform on financials, and any other information as requested.
• Provide regular and thorough communication with leaders.

Requirements

• Demonstrates strong organizational skills, plans and manages time efficiently.
• Able to get further upstream (proactive about identifying trends, issues, troubleshooting, etc.,).
• Construction or design industry experience is preferred.
• Able to lead in a shared leadership environment achieving positive results more through a culture of positive influence over command and control.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to identify opportunities and solutions for improvement and efficiency.
• ERP management, which includes reports, general ledger, processes, chart of accounts set-up, financial statement mapping.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with little oversight or direction.
• 10+ years practicing accounting and/or finance support.
• Understand key owner contract provisions which affect accounting, i.e., billing terms, rates, incentives, penalties, contingency use, audit provisions, etc.
• EPM/Oracle, ERP (Ajera experience is a plus).
• Proficiency with accounting software applications.
• Understand POC accounting and BIE/CIE issues. Identify issues that need to be communicated with project teams and Leadership.
• BS in Accounting or related field (finance, audit, tax).
• Critical thinkers with problem solving skills using research & analytics.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance