Lead Finance Operations Specialist

Operational Analyses and Reporting

• Leads internal financial, planning, and analysis projects and initiatives for the business, including budget, forecast, and ad-hoc reporting to management.
• Leads the development of highly complex analyses and reports in order to provide accurate, timely, and actionable financial and/or performance improvement recommendations. This includes utilization analysis, overhead cost control and analysis, P&L analysis, backlog analysis and trending, staff workload analysis, SWOT analysis, Risk and Opportunity Analysis.
• Prepares consolidated findings for management and leadership to provide insights and recommendations into business performance, levers, and opportunities.
• Coordinating with the headquarters accounting function for financial issues.
• Supports management decision-making and leadership with in-depth analysis and assessment of business processes.
• Manages approvals and reporting for hardware, software, cellphones, and capital expenses.

Data Presentation and Reporting

• Prepares presentations to and recommendations for senior management. Performs ad-hoc reporting and analysis including analytical and research support for various corporate and unit/group projects. Recommends and develops financial content for group presentations.

Operational Collaboration

• Serves as the unit's/group's operational primary point of contact by providing coordination, assistance and direction with various corporate functions and other departments or groups within the firm.

Resource and Performance Management Support

• Create monthly backlog reports and facilitates reviews of forward workload strength of plan reviews with management team
• Tracks, calculates and reports on KPIs for SPARS staff and staff that have a role with defined goals and metrics.

Operational and Administrative Support

• Provides operational and administrative guidance to management. Manages approvals for hardware, software, cellphones, and capital expenses. Manages the unit/group award program - budgeting and tracking.

Staff Mentorship

• Provides guidance to more junior staff and mentors staff on projects, initiatives, and financial and business acumen.
• Performs other duties as required.

Bachelor’s degree. 8 years of relevant experience. Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands. Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience with:

• monthly business reviews, and conducting ad hoc financial reporting.
• working for a professional service organization.
• using cloud service for financial reporting (Oracle R12, ePBCS).
• using analytical software (Qlik, PowerBI).
• MS Office suite with an advanced level of MS Excel
• Smartview.

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Demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of financial measures, metrics and trends. Demonstrates the ability to manage ambiguity by operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear. Possesses an excellent understanding of confidentiality and how to exercise diplomacy. Possesses excellent ability to build and maintain productive cross-functional relationships. Demonstrates an excellent process-oriented mindset with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills. Possesses excellent interpersonal, organizational, and collaborative skills, attentive to detail, and the ability to work independently and effectively in a fast- paced and highly dynamic environment. Excellent ability to prepare and deliver insights and recommendations based on analysis. Good ability to lead teams of staff.

We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries (hereafter collectively referred to as “CDM Smith”) reserves the right to require background checks including criminal, employment, education, licensure, etc. as well as credit and motor vehicle when applicable for certain positions. In addition, CDM Smith may conduct drug testing for designated positions. Background checks are conducted after an offer of employment has been made in the United States. The timing of when background checks will be conducted on candidates for positions outside the United States will vary based on country statutory law but in no case, will the background check precede an interview. CDM Smith will conduct interviews of qualified individuals prior to requesting a criminal background check, and no job application submitted prior to such interview shall inquire into an applicant's criminal history. If this position is subject to a background check for any convictions related to its responsibilities and requirements, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify a candidate. In addition, during employment individuals may be required by CDM Smith or a CDM Smith client to successfully complete additional background checks, including motor vehicle record as well as drug testing.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

All vendors must have a signed CDM Smith Placement Agreement from the CDM Smith Recruitment Center Manager to receive payment for your placement. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of the CDM Smith staff will not be considered binding terms. All unsolicited resumes sent to CDM Smith and any resume submitted to any employee outside of CDM Smith Recruiting Center Team (RCT) will be considered property of CDM Smith. CDM Smith will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.

$90,230

$148,886

All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position.

TSU

ISO

Fulltime-Regular

Regular

No - We will not support sponsorship, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position