Region Finance Director

About the role

Achieve more in your career with the nation’s leading specialty concrete contractor. At Baker Construction, you’ll be part of a team that prioritizes people, invests in their development, and offers unparalleled opportunities for professional growth. In this role, you’ll be integral to building the future of our country and our company. You’ll collaborate across diverse teams, have a hand in significant projects, and dive headfirst into complex challenges with the best in the industry.

Responsibilities

Finance Leader for the Regional President and leadership team, providing financial management, insights, and decision support to deliver the strategy and objectives. Reports to the CFO. Can be located in the Cincinnati, OH or the Houston, TX office.

• Financial Planning: Leads the annual financial planning process, performs scenario planning, manages quarterly forecast updates, and works with project management team to assess project progress and results.
• Financial Analysis: Maintains in-depth financial understanding of project results/forecasts, customer/segment performance trends, and spending to partner with Operations Leadership on improvement plans.
• Project Financial Leadership: Provides financial insights on pricing, project selection, and cash curve, ensures financial targets and in-process project performance measures are effective, and manages the SGA Hourly Rate update process.
• Reporting: Leads management financial reporting against budget and prior periods, providing actionable insights at the department level.
• Admin Financial Leadership: Establishes and oversees implementation of accounting controls and procedures on a regional basis, assists in implementing corporate change initiatives, and conducts administrative functions of the department.
• Oversees Staff: Supervises direct reports, evaluates role performance, and rewards professional development to encourage continuous learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or construction management from an accredited four-year college or university.
• At least 10 years’ experience with 5 years at a project-driven business, including understanding of percentage of completion accounting.
• Experience supporting multiple locations and operating effectively within a matrix reporting structure.
• ERP system experience required; working knowledge of the Vista System is a plus but not required.
• Experience creating, analyzing, and distributing Power BI reports utilizing multiple data sources preferred.
• Working knowledge of accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) including job cost and construction accounting principles & processes.
• CPA, MBA, and/or other advanced certification (CCFIP) a plus.

Skills

• Ability to lead, coach, and develop a team.
• Ability to communicate simply in both written and oral form sometimes complex financial concepts and data.
• Ability to challenge others when needed with judgement to know when to adjust.
• Ability to evaluate and prioritize tasks, understands the time sensitive environment we operate in.
• Experience with Power BI reports utilizing multiple data sources is a plus.