Financial Business Manager

Position Summary

The Financial Business Manager serves as a strategic finance partner to the business, owning the financial setup, execution, and closeout of jobs while supporting operational leaders in driving financial discipline, profitability, and cash flow. Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role works closely with internal departments and external agencies to ensure accurate financial structures, strong controls, and informed decision-making throughout the job lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial expertise with operational insight, proactively identifying risks and opportunities while enabling the business to operate efficiently and profitably.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

• Act as a primary finance partner to operational and client-facing teams, providing guidance on financial structure, budgeting, and job performance.
• Partner across departments and with external agencies to oversee:
• Vendor setup
• Client setup
• Job setup
• Estimate setup and review
• Ensure financial setups align with contractual terms, operational requirements, and company policies.

Job, Budget & Performance Management

• Own the financial lifecycle of jobs from setup through closure.
• Review and approve estimates and budgets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business objectives.
• Monitor job performance against budgets and forecasts, proactively identifying variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead financial discussions with stakeholders to drive corrective actions where needed.
• Oversee job closure, ensuring all costs, billings, and documentation are complete, accurate, and timely.

Financial Controls & Transaction Oversight

• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of transaction coding across jobs, including expenses, labor, and vendor invoices.
• Establish and enforce financial controls and best practices related to job costing and documentation.
• Partner with Accounting to resolve discrepancies and ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal policies.

Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

• Maintain strong awareness and ownership of cash flow implications across jobs and operations.
• Actively manage and review for assigned portfolio:
• Accounts Receivable (AR) aging
• Accounts Payable (AP) aging
• Partner with internal teams to accelerate billing, manage collections, and optimize payment timing to support healthy cash flow.

Reporting, Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare and present job-level and operational financial reporting to leadership.
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve profitability, efficiency, and cash management.
• Identify, lead, and implement process improvements across finance and operations.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis as required.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide guidance, training, and oversight to junior finance team members as applicable.
• Serve as a role model for financial accountability and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3–6 years of experience working in a job-based, agency, professional services, or project-driven environment preferred.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, job costing, and transaction review.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to partner effectively across departments and with external parties.
• Proficiency with financial systems, job-costing tools, and Excel.
• Adobe Workfront experience is a plus

Key Competencies

• Financial acumen and analytical thinking
• Highly collaborative and team oriented
• Process discipline and documentation
• Proactive problem-solving
• Continuous improvement orientation
• Clear and confident communication