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Description We are looking for a Finance Business Unit Lead to oversee and drive financial operations for engineering and development projects. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong financial expertise to ensure accurate project financial statements, timely billing, and effective collaboration with project managers and operational leaders. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in influencing business processes, training teams, and ensuring profitability across projects.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project managers and engineering teams to ensure accurate documentation of customer purchase orders and project scope agreements.

• Drive the creation and timely availability of monthly Estimate-to-Complete metrics, implementing process improvements as needed.

• Forecast resource requirements in enterprise systems to maintain reliable revenue backlog and support project estimates.

• Develop action plans with project managers for projects requiring overtime or scope adjustments, ensuring customer approvals and gross margin maintenance.

• Validate weekly project time entries against the ledger and resolve discrepancies promptly.

• Assist with the preparation of client updates and scope change presentations on a regular schedule.

• Partner with finance and accounting teams to ensure invoices align with customer requirements and are accurately reflected in project financials.

• Prepare and reconcile monthly financial summaries, ensuring alignment with the ledger.

• Monitor project revenue, costs, and invoices by phase, addressing inaccuracies in collaboration with relevant teams. Requirements • A minimum of 7 to 10 years of relevant financial experience.

• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and understanding profit and loss components.

• Advanced proficiency in Power BI and Excel, along with the full Microsoft Office suite.

• Operational experience in project-based work, preferably within the manufacturing sector.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities effectively.

• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies and their application.

• Exceptional interpersonal communication, presentation skills, and emotional intelligence.

• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and collaboration across organizational levels.

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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