Operational Finance Director - Buildings

The Opportunity:

RS&H is currently seeking an Operational Finance Director.  This position can be remote-based or available to work hybrid from one of our RS&H Office Locations.

Job Summary:

The Director of Operational Finance partners with the operations teams to drive business performance and achieve planned outcomes. This person is responsible for financial and operational analysis, monthly reporting and forecasting, leading the annual budget process, and analyzing strategic investments. This person is a collaborative business partner and will also do ad-hoc analysis to support investment requests, pricing decisions, and drive informed decision making.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare monthly financial reporting package. Analyze and report on current financial status, key trends, and forecast implications
• Analyze all aspects of operational workflow including pipeline opportunities, sales, backlog, resource planning, and cash flow.
• Conduct project performance analysis to understand/minimize variances and improve margins. Evaluate projects across multiple dimensions including Market, Service Group, Geography, and Revenue Type.
• Monitor weekly dashboards and KPIs, and collaborate with operations to address issues and drive decision-making
• Support new investment or staffing requests through analysis of utilization and project backlog
• Support pricing optimization efforts through the evaluation of project costs and overhead rates. Evaluate the reasonableness of proposed project costs and prices, review proposals, and identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Lead annual budget process and monthly rolling forecast efforts
• Analyze and communicate financial information to management in a concise and effective manner to help drive fiscally sound financial decisions; be proactive in communicating current financial status, key trends, and financial implications.
• Develop ad-hoc financial models, and conduct scenario analysis.
• Partner with Accounting team to perform monthly accounting functions required to maintain the general ledger (including accruals, expense tracking). Help ensure monthly financials are in-line with GAAP standards

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10-15+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in finance or a related specialty, MBA or related advanced degree preferred
• 5-7+ years of leadership/management experience with increasing responsibility.
• Must demonstrate a deep familiarity with financial accounting, modeling, and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills and even better listening skills to get the “voice of the internal customer” and to understand the company culture.
• The successful candidate will bring with them curiosity and courage to challenge the status quo to stir innovative approaches to existing processes and operations.
• Hands-on financial modeling and forecasting expertise.
• Experience in preparation and review of flash report / dashboards and management review packs
• Experience of working on advanced Excel and PowerPoint required
• Knowledge of streamlining/visualization tools like python, VBA, SQL, MS Access, Power BI or Tableau will be an added advantage
• Hands-on, roll-up the sleeves work ethic in supporting a growing company while developing the function.
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment with a high degree of self-direction.
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA degree
• Public accounting experience 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Please note: no agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Candidates should apply directly to this role to be considered. It is the responsibility of all third-party recruiting and employment agencies to know and adhere to our recruiting policy.

Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms whose associates work hard every day to create a more connected future where everyone can thrive. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to an unwavering commitment to our core values of: integrity, caring, forward-thinking, creativity, inclusivity, and ownership.