Position: Finance Manager Department: Finance / Accounting

Reporting: Director of Finance, VP Finance, CFO, or equivalent senior finance leader

Employment: Full-time, permanent remote

Role Purpose The Finance Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day financial management, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, controls, and analysis to support sound business decisions and effective operational performance. The role partners closely with business leaders and senior finance leadership to provide accurate financial insight, strengthen financial processes, and ensure strong governance, compliance, and accountability.

Key Objectives

- Deliver accurate, timely, and actionable financial reporting for leadership and operational stakeholders.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to support planning and performance management.
- Strengthen internal controls, accounting processes, and compliance with applicable standards and policies.
- Provide financial insight supporting strategic decisions, cost management, and business growth.
- Develop and support the finance team through coaching, prioritization, process discipline, and accountability.

Primary Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Accounting

- Own or support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, reviews, and reporting packages.
- Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, dashboards, and analysis for senior leadership.
- Monitor general ledger accuracy, account reconciliations, intercompany activity, revenue recognition, expense coding, and accounting policy compliance.
- Identify reporting risks, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain documentation for accounting judgments, financial reporting processes, and audit support.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis

- Lead or coordinate annual budgeting, in-year forecasting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning inputs.
- Analyze revenue, margin, labor, operating expenses, capital expenditures, cash flow, working capital, and business-unit performance.
- Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
- Track actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, providing clear explanations and recommended actions.
- Partner with leaders to improve forecast discipline, cost visibility, and financial accountability.

Controls, Compliance & Audit

- Maintain and improve internal controls over financial reporting, approvals, reconciliations, policies, and segregation of duties.
- Support external/internal audits, tax filings, statutory reporting,



and compliance reviews as required.
- Ensure financial processes comply with applicable accounting standards, tax rules, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Identify control gaps and implement practical process improvements to reduce risk and improve efficiency.

Leadership & Business Partnership

- Serve as a trusted finance partner to operational leaders, translating financial results into business insight.
- Lead, coach, and develop finance or accounting team members, where applicable.
- Set priorities, review work quality, provide feedback, and support professional development.
- Communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders and influence action through data-backed recommendations.
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives, system improvements, policy development, and process redesign.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Commerce, or a related field.
- Progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, controllership, audit, or corporate finance.
- Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and internal control practices.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
- Experience using ERP, accounting, or financial planning systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial information to non-finance audiences.
- High attention to detail, sound judgment, and ability to manage confidential information appropriately.

Preferred Qualifications

- CPA, CA, CMA, ACCA, CGA, or equivalent professional accounting/finance designation, completed or in progress.
- Prior people leadership experience or demonstrated ability to lead projects, coach peers, and review others' work.
- Experience improving close timelines, reporting processes, dashboards, controls, billing, collections, procurement, or financial systems.
- Experience supporting executive leadership, board reporting, investor reporting, lenders, auditors, or external advisors.




- Experience building management reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and forward-looking business analysis.

Core Competencies

- Financial acumen: Applies solid accounting, reporting, planning, and analytical judgment to produce accurate and useful financial insight.
- Business partnership: Works effectively with operational leaders, explains financial drivers clearly, and helps stakeholders make better decisions.
- Leadership: Sets priorities, develops people, manages workload, creates accountability, and supports a high-integrity finance culture.
- Problem solving: Identifies root causes, evaluates options, and recommends practical improvements based on evidence and business impact.
- Communication: Presents financial information clearly, concisely, and appropriately for the audience.
- Process improvement: Standardizes, simplifies, and strengthens financial processes, reporting, controls, and systems use.

Success Measures

- Monthly close and management reporting delivered accurately and on schedule.
- Forecasts and budgets completed with clear assumptions, documented risks, and stakeholder alignment.
- Budget-to-actual variances identified, explained, and actioned with business owners.
- Audit and compliance requirements completed with minimal adjustments or significant findings.
- Finance processes, reconciliations, controls, and reporting tools improved to reduce manual work and strengthen accuracy.
- Finance team members and stakeholders receive clear direction, timely support, and high-quality financial guidance.

Working Relationships

- Senior finance leadership: Align priorities, reporting expectations, controls, financial strategy, and escalation items.
- Finance/accounting team: Coordinate close activities, reconciliations, reporting, analysis, controls, and process improvements.
- Department leaders: Support budgets, forecasts, variance explanations, cost management, and operational decision-making.
- External auditors/advisors: Provide audit support, documentation, responses, and compliance coordination.
- HR/payroll/operations/procurement: Support cross-functional financial processes such as payroll, billing, purchasing, projects, and reporting inputs.

Candidate Profile An effective Finance Manager candidate will combine strong accounting discipline, analytical capability, business partnering skills, and practical leadership. The candidate should be comfortable moving between detailed financial review and executive-level communication, with the judgment to identify risks, explain performance, improve controls, and help leaders make informed decisions.

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