Finance Manager

Finance Manager - ( 230002H9 )

**Description**

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works behind the scenes to support operational excellence. Our functional services teams (FSTs) provide services to 26,000 employees in over 400 locations across 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Financial Services.

**Your Opportunity**

As Finance Manager, you will be a key member of the Financial Services team and a Business Partner to operations. You will bring financial expertise, along with a strong commercial and operating mindset to the pertinent Business Line with whom you partner. You should have strong collaboration, communication, leadership and organizational skills. To be successful, you will be an operationally and commercially minded finance and accounting professional with extensive experience in a professional services (ideally engineering consulting) environment. A proactive mindset, and ability to communicate clearly and frequently across all levels of the company are essential. You will be strategic, change orientated, innovative, and always seeking to improve. You will be someone who will thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment, working with high energy and resilience. This is a unique opportunity to play a key leadership role in driving change and delivering continued profitable growth of the company.

**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Act as a finance business partner to Operations Leadership including Regional Leaders (RLs) and Business Center Operations Leaders (BCOLs) and be an active member of the operating management team. Also provide ongoing financial support to Project Managers and Project Controllers
- Coordinate and manage all aspects of financial operations for the Business Centers, including Financial Statement Review & Analysis, Reconciliations, Days Sales Outstanding, WIP and Billings Management.
- Prepare Monthly, Quarterly and YTD Executive Summaries for leaders to assist them in making sound strategic and operational decisions, including concise commentaries and variance analysis on operating financial performance.
- Facilitate and coordinate the preparation of financial plans, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts, working closely with operations.
- Develop price and costing models and strategies to support operations on large and complex project bids, including those with KPI bonuses and joint ventures/arrangements.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, practices, procedures, and protocols.
- Ensure key controls for financial reporting related to Stantec’s SOX and internal control program are effective and operational.
- Collaborate with Project Accountants (PAs) and assist with coordination of their monthly project review cycle; also work with PAs to analyze project financial performance to identify challenges and solutions
- Coordinate with other Financial Mangers and Controllers across the business to plan and implement continuous business process improvements and best practices.
- Maintain a strong understanding of key contractual agreements with clients.
- Work collaboratively with both internal and external auditors.
- Provide support as required on potential new acquisitions and integration of project financial data.

**Qualifications**

**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
- Demonstrated excellence in building strong relationships with Business Leaders, Project Managers and Project Controllers.
- A track record of helping leaders clearly understand the relevant financial aspects of projects they lead and the business centers and business lines they manage.
- A proactive approach to effective financial management.
- An ability to determine how systems and processes may best be applied to streamline administrative practices.
- Skilled at leading teams and working collaboratively within team environments.
- Very strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Self-motivation with the ability to prioritize and multi-task.

**Education and Experience**

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business or Commerce or a related field.

Minimum of ten years of directly related financial management experience.

A professional accounting designation such as a CPA is a plus.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
- This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice._

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each others’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.