Regional Financial Manager

Req
Travel: Up to 25%
Number of Openings:1

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.

If you are driven to do more and have the grit to follow through, you’ll have everything you need to define your career on your terms.

Make a meaningful impact with a team that values ambition and rewards initiative. Apply today and be more with Baker.

The Region Finance Manager leads all regional financial operations - partnering with project teams and Business Leaders to evaluate project performance, manage forecasts and budgets, drive critical financial activities, and deliver clear, actionable insights through regular analysis and reviews. This includes ensuring forecast accuracy, identifying risks and opportunities, and aligning financial targets with strategic and operational goals.

The Region Finance Manager will perform the following duties in a safe, productive, and effective manner:

• Leads development of the annual financial plan including targets and key drivers, partnering with Region Executive team to ensure linked to strategic and operating plans. Includes recommendations that support the company’s financial goals and objectives
• Manages quarterly forecast updates to deliver insights into changes, R&O, and gap closing plans. Ensures appropriate forecast accuracy.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Delivers financial analysis with actionable insights across the markets, customers, segments, resource planning, and cost structure. Leverages CRM analysis to support goal setting.
• Ensures cost code accuracy to facilitate quality analysis/reporting as well as follow GAAP Cogs vs SGA standards
• Leads management financial reporting vs budget and prior periods with actionable insights at a department level. This includes ensuring clarity of performance trends and recommendations to improve results
• Provides financial insights on pricing, project selection, and cash curve
• Ensures financial targets and in-process project performance measures are effective and enabling optimal results
• Establishes and oversees implementation of accounting controls and procedures on a regional basis. Acts as liaison between corporate accounting and operating regions

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; and 8 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

MBA and/or other advanced certification (CCIFP) a plus.

• Experience with creating and distributing Power BI reports utilizing multiple data sources is a plus.
• Experience with Scheduling software such as Primavera P6, MS Project, etc. a plus.

The following competencies are needed to successfully perform this job:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret Accounting Technical Pronouncements, business-related periodicals, journals, and government regulations

Knowledgeable in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), specifically as pertains to construction contractors

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

Ability to communicate complex financial concepts and data in both written and oral form

Must possess oral and written communication skills commensurate with the task of presenting complex financial concepts and data in a clear and concise manner to senior management groups of managers, clients, customers, and co-workers

Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions…