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Wood · 1 week ago

Finance Manager - US Onshore Maintenance

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. The Finance Manager will be responsible for all financial matters, including reporting, budgeting, and ensuring compliance with financial controls while partnering with operational leadership to enhance financial performance.

ConsultingDeliveryEnergyEnvironmental ConsultingInfrastructure

Responsibilities

Full responsibility for all financial matters including accurate and timely completion of monthly reporting, optimizing financial performance

Report on the financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis

Ownership for annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts in conjunction with senior management, including validation/challenge over backlog, inputs from BD and operations

Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast v monthly actual result process

Responsible for driving sustainable working capital improvements and/or maintaining performance working with operational management, project managers, supply chain and other relevant areas to optimize cash collection and minimize DSO, including customer relationships and reporting

Ownership of implementation and financial adherence with the finance operating model

Assisting during client audits and dispute management

Engagement with commercial team on the pre-award phase in terms of bids, rates, and relevant analysis and a key contact and team participant for such, including input to financial terms contained in contracts and bids where appropriate

Engagement with commercial team on post contract award phase in terms of margin analysis looking for opportunities to drive improvements and commercial efficiencies, and attending key project reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate

Engagement with external and internal auditors to successfully complete relevant audits

Ensure that an effective control environment exists through compliance with all Group control frameworks, policies and procedures as relevant

Responsibility for relevant project accounting, including monthly reviews, analysis and project set up, accounting judgements and provisioning while working with relevant functions such as Commercial, Legal and Tax

Work with Operations and serve as a conduit between the business and Legal, Tax and Treasury, IT, Shared Services and Supply Chain

Qualification

Commercial finance expertiseProject accountingWorking capital managementFinancial reporting automationProfessional accounting qualificationERP systems proficiencyData analytics toolsPeople managementPeople skillsDeadline drivenExceptional communication skills

Required

Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting and commercial finance experience, with at least 5 years in a senior finance role, preferably in a multi-line maintenance business environment

Extensive commercial finance expertise, including advanced understanding of cost modeling, project accounting, working capital management, and margin analysis across multiple business lines

Previous experience of managing and developing teams

Track record in people management

Advanced IT and systems proficiency, including ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, Viewpoint, Sage, or similar), data analytics tools, and financial reporting automation

Demonstrated success as a business partner to operational leadership — with measurable impact on profitability, cost control, and working capital efficiency

Exceptional communication skills, with ability to influence at executive and operational levels