Finance Manager - Construction

At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 85 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 11 offices nationwide.

Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
• 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
• The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

Shawmut is seeking a motivated, analytical, and highly detailed Finance Manager to join the Los Angeles based finance team. The Finance Manager is responsible for driving financial focus within the Region or Sector and maintaining the financial controls and compliance to meet the profit goals in line with the business group’s strategic plan.

• Produces and interprets financial Information; identifies potential opportunities, risks, and trends to make sound business decisions.
• Provides P&L and WIP on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Responsible for business modeling and forecasting.
• Assesses risk to ensure Shawmut, client and vendor exposure to risk is limited.
• Researches and reports factors influencing business performance both externally and internally (i.e. understanding the strategy of our clients and our industries to align our goals with their development plans).
• Supervises performance and efficiency through internal meetings and financial reviews (cost to complete) on a per project basis.
• Provides budgeting forecast analysis. Based on performance and trends, develops and implements efficient processes and technology solutions to assist in risk mitigation and maintain profitability.
• Assesses performance and trends to make sound business decisions. Prepares and presents results to upper management.
• Performs JCR analysis (i.e. labor burden, job starts, internal budgets, costs, allocations, etc.) and G&A analysis.
• In partnership with the Director of Group Finance, supports the development, implementation and monitoring of strategic planning.
• Establishes annual performance goals for each direct report. Monitors the work of staff, ensuring that they are meeting their goals and quality requirements.  Inspires, educates and coaches team to deliver superior client service, profitably.

• Experience: 7+ years of experience in Finance with a minimum of 2 years of people management experience.
• Experience with AIA billing/reporting and WIP. 
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting or commensurate experience

We look forward to hearing from you!

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Base Salary Range: $115,000 to $145,000 The range stated is specific to Los Angeles. Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, project size capability (for Con & Field roles), and internal company equity.