Regional Finance Director

Baker Construction Enterprises - Houston, TX

Full-time - Senior

Houston, TX

Specialty Trade Contractors

About the position

The Regional Finance Director at Baker Construction Enterprises Inc. is a senior finance leader responsible for providing financial management, insights, and decision support to the Regional President and leadership team. This role involves delivering financial analysis, maintaining a deep understanding of project results, and supporting operations leadership in strategic initiatives. The position requires collaboration across diverse teams and is integral to achieving the company's financial objectives and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Delivers financial analysis with actionable insights across markets, customers, segments, resource planning, and cost structure.
• Leverages CRM analysis to support goal setting.
• Maintains in-depth financial understanding of project results, customer/segment performance trends, and spending to partner with Operations Leadership on commercial initiatives.
• Leads investment analysis to ensure strategic fit, ROI, and optimal capital allocation.
• Ensures financial understanding by Operations Leadership regarding P&L structure, financial flows, and policies.
• Supports Operations Leadership on competitive analysis, identifying insights to influence strategy and operations.
• Leads management financial reporting vs budget and prior periods with actionable insights at a department level.
• Ensures cost code accuracy to facilitate quality analysis/reporting and follows GAAP standards.
• Supports month-end closing cycle, ensuring tie-out to Project Manager projections and evaluating accrued costs.
• Maintains deep understanding of Vista and Power BI systems as Region superuser to support functions and optimize analysis and reporting.
• Provides financial insights on pricing, project selections, and cash curves as needed.
• Ensures financial targets and in-process project performance measures are effective.
• Participates in the Project Transition process to ensure successful transition from Estimating to Operations.
• Manages the SGA Hourly Rate update process for appropriate cost recovery and GAAP accuracy.
• Ensures appropriate internal controls and reporting of various job-related expenses.
• Supports Project Managers in tracking and adjusting critical project activities.
• Reviews estimate revisions to ensure job measures and financials are updated.
• Supports Operations in identifying and mitigating risks before they impact safety, schedule, quality, or production.
• Monitors project cash flow and over/under billings to ensure compliance with company guidelines.
• Partners with Operations Manager on Project Engage & Review Audit process to understand performance progress.
• Supports Operations Manager on the Post Project Lesson Learned process to identify areas for improvement.
• Establishes and oversees implementation of accounting controls and procedures on a regional basis.
• Acts as liaison between corporate accounting and operating regions.
• Helps implement corporate change initiatives.
• Develops procedures for efficient administration of projects.
• Conducts administrative functions of the department in accordance with company policies and regulations.
• Approves field checks and admin expense invoices.
• Monitors Project Manager's performance of productivity.
• Coaches and mentors co-workers, evaluates role performance, and rewards professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or construction management from a four-year college or university.
• At least 10 years' experience with 5 years at a project-driven business including cost accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• ERP experience is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Working knowledge of accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Understands job cost and construction accounting principles and processes.
• CPA, MBA, and/or other advanced certification (CCFIP) is a plus.
• Experience with creating and distributing Power BI reports utilizing multiple data sources is a plus.
• Experience with scheduling software such as Primavera P6, MS Project, etc. is a plus.
• Must possess strong oral and written communication skills to present complex financial concepts clearly.

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of the Vista System is a plus but not required.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development