Finance Manager

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company focused on solving problems in spaces, light, and emerging areas. Through our business segments—Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS)—we design, manufacture, and deliver products and services that create meaningful impact. We drive growth through innovation in lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and audio/video/control platforms, emphasizing customer outcomes and market share expansion.

About the role

The Finance Manager serves as the dedicated Finance business partner for assigned corporate functions at Acuity Inc. This role owns the full FP&A cycle, including monthly close, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and business case analysis. The position focuses on delivering end-to-end financial support while continuously improving processes and leveraging technology to reduce manual work. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week onsite in our Atlanta office.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models to support business case analysis, investment decisions, and scenario planning.
• Prepare and deliver clear, executive-ready presentations (e.g., MBR materials, budget reviews) for VP and SVP audiences.
• Develop deep familiarity with the spending structure of supported corporate functions, including vendor contracts and headcount costs, to provide proactive and value-added insights.
• Lead analysis for ad hoc financial requests from functional leaders, Finance leadership, and senior executives, delivering clear findings and recommendations.
• Lead the monthly rolling forecast process for all supported functions, ensuring inputs are collected, reviewed, and submitted accurately and on time.
• Own the annual Target Setting process end-to-end for supported functions, coordinating submissions, consolidating assumptions, and delivering a complete budget package.
• Proactively identify and communicate forecast risks and opportunities to Finance leadership and functional partners; recommend actions to close gaps.
• Maintain and improve forecast models, headcount trackers, and budget management tools to support accuracy and efficiency.
• Serve as the primary Finance contact for assigned corporate functions, providing timely and accurate financial reporting each period.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for supported functions; communicate performance drivers and variances clearly.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure period-end accruals, journal entries, and other close activities reflect accurate results; review and approve capital and expense requests.
• Own recurring budget management activities, including tracking actuals against plan, explaining variances, and partnering to align spend with targets.
• Leverage OneStream and connected Finance systems for forecasting and reporting, ensuring data inputs are accurate and outputs are reliable.
• Identify and drive process improvement opportunities across the Finance cadence; document workflows and implement changes to reduce manual effort.
• Use Power Query, Power BI, Excel-based automation, and other tools to streamline reporting, improve data quality, and deliver scalable solutions.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and all Corporate Finance policies; escalate issues as appropriate.

Requirements

• 5+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deliverables against competing deadlines with limited oversight.
• Track record of presenting financial results and analysis to senior leadership.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements that reduce manual effort or improve reporting accuracy.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including Power Query; strong PowerPoint skills required.
• Experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with Oracle or similar ERP systems preferred.
• Experience with OneStream preferred.

Skills

• Ownership Mindset: Takes full accountability for deliverables, proactively identifies issues, and drives work to completion with limited oversight.
• Continuous Improvement: Challenges existing processes and identifies opportunities to simplify workflows and improve reporting quality through technology.
• Sense of Urgency: Responds to requests quickly and keeps deliverables moving.
• Analytical Rigor: Structures problems well, builds clean models, and translates financial results into clear recommendations.
• Executive Presence: Comfortable preparing executive-ready materials and presenting to functional and Finance leadership.
• Collaboration: Builds trust with cross-functional partners and navigates a matrixed environment effectively.
• Detail Orientation: Produces accurate, well-reviewed work with consistent standards.
• Accounting Foundation: Solid working knowledge of US GAAP; comfortable with accruals, journal entry review, and period-end close activities.

Schedule

Hybrid role requiring 3 days per week onsite in the Atlanta office.