Group Finance Manager

What We're Looking ForAt HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for managing the financial aspects of an assigned service line and/or portfolio of projects within an office. This role reports directly to the Office Finance Manager and may lead the operating budget and forecasting process for the assigned service line and/or portfolio of projects or subset of office(s). The Group Finance Manager focuses on strategic financial planning while ensuring adherence to internal processes and procedures, fostering efficient and compliant financial operations within the service line and/or portfolio of projects.What You'll Do: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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Performs other duties as assigned.What You'll Need:Bachelor's degree and 7 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience2 years of project and/or people management/mentoring experienceIn lieu of education, 11 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related work experienceWhat We Prefer:Project Management certification, other contracting/project management certificationsBachelor's degree in relevant Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related fieldMaster's degree in business or engineeringKnowledge of project financial management/cost controlsKnowledge of accounting/financial principles and practicesKnowledge of A/E industryAdditional InformationClick here for benefits information: HNTB Total RewardsClick here to learn more about EOE including disability and vetVisa sponsorship is not available for this position.#DG #FinanceAccounting.Locations:New York, NY.The approximate pay range for New York is $120,833.65 - $236,245.27. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state..........NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.SummaryLocation: New York, NYType: Full time