Operational Finance Director - Buildings

About the position

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA degree
• Public accounting experience