Finance Operations Manager
Leads FP&A, forecasting, profitability, cash-flow analysis, reporting automation, and operational decision support while managing a finance team. Requires a bachelor's degree, 5+ years of progressive finance experience, and direct people-management experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting and recurring forecasting across company, business-unit, customer, contract, and project levels.
- Develop revenue forecasts using contract funding, deployed staff, bill rates, and utilization.
- Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, identify variance root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor customer, contract, and project performance, including margin, funding, and burn rates.
- Analyze bill rates, pay rates, fringe, and overhead to support staffing and compensation decisions.
- Track backlog and contract funding, identifying potential exhaustion dates and operational risks.
- Develop short- and medium-term cash-flow forecasts and monitor accounts receivable and DSO trends.
- Create recurring reporting on revenue, margin, backlog, and cash flow, communicating changes, causes, and recommendations.
- Partner with leadership and Operations to model opportunities, pricing, and staffing scenarios.
- Automate recurring reports and models, build dashboards, and establish consistent KPI definitions.
- Lead and develop the finance team, including staffing, workload balancing, performance reviews, coaching, retention, and succession planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial operations, or business finance.
- At least 3 years of direct management or supervisory experience.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear business recommendations.
- Track record of implementing automation to streamline financial processes.
Nice-to-haves
- Government contracting experience, including contract economics, funding, backlog, and burn rates.
- Workforce and labor economics experience in a professional-services environment.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or CMA.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base compensation: $130,000–$150,000 USD annually.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees.
- Educational benefits, paid time off including holidays, employee referral bonus, 401(k) matching, and flexible spending accounts.
Skills
Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Variance Analysis, Advanced Excel, Revenue Forecasting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Government Contracting, Dashboarding, Kpi Management, Process Automation
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