Finance Manager

Elevate Your Career: Join Our Team as a Finance Manager

Join our dynamic and growing team at Principle Services, committed to excellence and innovation. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Finance Manager to contribute to our continued success. If you are a highly detail-oriented professional with a strong background in accounting and a passion for accuracy, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Why Us

• Expert Team: Join a team of seasoned professionals dedicated to delivering quality, integrity, efficiency, and safety in infrastructure projects.
• Respectful and Supportive Culture: Join a workplace that prioritizes respect, integrity, and professionalism, fostering a culture where employees are treated with honor and dignity.
• Alignment with Core Values: Be part of a team that values and embodies core principles such as Integrity, Grit, Agility, Innovation, and Respect in every aspect of business and project execution.
• Personal and Professional Growth: Thrive in an environment that not only serves clients but also actively supports and empowers employees, promoting continuous learning, adaptation, and the transformation of ideas into action.
  
  

What Sets You Apart

• Target-oriented dedication: Driven to achieve success, your motivation stems from meeting goals, with a strong emphasis on precision and accuracy.
• Outcome-oriented commitment: Driven to excel and meet objectives, your motivation is fueled by a direct and factual communication style, always striving for precision.
• Methodical Approach: Driven to achieve technical excellence, goals serve as your momentum, and you're highly motivated to excel with a methodical and structured approach, embodying the characteristics of a systematic thinker who values structure in the technical domain.
  
  

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Purpose Driven Mission: Experience the fulfillment of contributing to a mission focused on building and empowering a high-performing team dedicated to adding substantial value to clients.
• Autonomy & Support: Experience a shared commitment to building and empowering a great workforce. We give our employees the freedom to make impactful decisions and take ownership of tasks.
• Purpose-Driven Culture: Engage in a workplace culture supported by three pillars—Corporate Giving, Employee Connection, and Community Engagement—where success is not only measured by business achievements but also by the positive impact on others and the communities in which we operate.
  
  

Role Description

The Finance Manager plays a critical role in driving data-informed decision-making across the organization and leading the finance and accounting team. This position is responsible for overseeing financial planning, analysis, reporting, and core accounting activities, while consolidating and interpreting financial results for senior leadership. The Finance Manager serves as a strategic finance partner to operational leaders, translating financial insights into actionable guidance that supports operational excellence and strong financial performance. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with sound judgment, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to develop a high-performing team in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

Duties

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Execute, lead and oversee financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and strategic project support for senior leadership.
• Own the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Partner with operational and business leaders to identify opportunities to improve financial performance, margins, and operational efficiency.
• Review and explain budget-to-actual variances, proactively identifying risks, trends, and corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and oversee financial models at the business unit and consolidated levels to support decision-making, pricing, and growth initiatives.
• Coordinate and consolidate financial inputs for proposals, bids, and strategic initiatives, ensuring consistency and financial rigor.
• Lead annual billable rate analyses for existing and prospective customers, providing recommendations to support profitability and competitiveness.
• Accounting Oversight
• Manage and review monthly financial activity, supporting accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audit requests, ensuring compliance and timely responses.
• Oversee intercompany transactions between corporate and subsidiary entities, ensuring accuracy and proper eliminations.
• Reporting & Analytics
• Design, implement, and continuously improve planning tools, dashboards, and models to support evolving business needs.
• Oversee data gathering and financial validation to support accurate and timely invoicing.
• Prepare and present clear, executive-level financial materials for leadership meetings, proposals, and board-level discussions.
• Develop, track, and interpret key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor business health and performance trends.
• Team Leadership
• Oversee internal finance and accounting team members by supporting staffing decisions, conducting performance management, and providing coaching and training
• Build scalable financial processes, controls, and reporting mechanisms that enhance visibility, discipline, and planning effectiveness as the organization grows.
• Act as a finance business partner across departments, translating financial insights into actionable guidance.

Qualifications

Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive finance or accounting experience; prior experience in energy services or project-based environments preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of financial statements, general ledger activity, and accounting systems.
• Experience with QuickBooks or similar accounting platforms preferred.
• Prior experience mentoring or guiding finance/accounting staff is a plus.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Advanced Excel proficiency required, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and financial model development.
• Experience with Power Query and Power BI strongly preferred.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial results to operational drivers.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to operate at both strategic and transactional levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Clear and confident verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level presentations.
• Highly motivated, self-directed, and adaptable in a fast-paced, growing organization.
  
  

Disclaimers

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and general nature of the work performed. It is not exhaustive and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of job duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties as necessary to meet business needs.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.

This job description is not a contract of employment, implied or otherwise. Employment with the company is at-will, meaning the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice.