Financial Performance Manager – Operational Accounting and Finance

Job Description

Finance Manager – Buildings + Places (UK&I) | AECOM

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at AECOM, with a hybrid work model in the UK & Ireland. AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services across a wide array of sectors including transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment. The company partners with clients to solve complex challenges and build sustainable legacies for future generations. In this integral position, you will join an operational accounting and finance team, working side-by-side with Business Leadership. Your role as a Finance Manager will be crucial in managing the financial performance of the Buildings & Places organization in UK & Ireland, ensuring compliance, driving growth, and acting as a trusted advisor to achieve strategic financial plans.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – UK & Ireland

• Team: Integral role within the operational accounting and finance team, working side by side with Business Leadership, with potential line management responsibilities.
• Mission: Responsible for financial performance within an area of the Buildings & Places organisation in UK & Ireland, ensuring accurate financial accounting and reports, and acting as a trusted advisor to achieve the financial plan.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Business Partnering: Partner strategically with the business in all aspects of finance management, including reporting, planning, and forecasting, to drive sustainable growth and achieve financial targets.
• Project Financial Management: Oversee the project portfolio, ensuring accurate project budget submissions, proper revenue recognition, and timely compliance with the SOX project review process, while reviewing bid submissions for financial viability.
• Financial Performance Analysis & Reporting: Analyze trend variances in financial results across P&L, working capital, and sales pipeline, interpreting and communicating these results to the management team to drive business performance through regular finance activities.
• Cash Management & Controls: Drive prompt billing and collection of cash across all projects through monthly work-in-progress (WIP) and accounts receivable (AR) review calls, and ensure compliance with prescribed internal controls, including Sarbanes Oxley documentation and sub-Delegation of Authority.
• Team Leadership & Interdepartmental Liaison: Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to project accountants and potential direct reports, and act as the primary finance contact point for key projects and business performance issues with wider finance teams.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Managerial level in finance, with relevant experience within an operational, commercial, controllership, or financial planning and analysis (FP&A) environment. Strong working knowledge of Revenue Recognition and Project Accounting is essential.
• Experience: Demonstrated ability to manage, train, and develop staff in a respectful and effective manner, along with relevant experience in a finance management capacity.
• Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; excellent written and verbal communication skills tailored to different audiences; ability to prioritize and manage multiple duties independently and as part of a high-performing team; strong time management capability.
• Bonus: Professional Finance Qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or Overseas Equivalent).