The Global Community Finance Manager will be the key finance partner for BRG’s Global practices and their community leaders with respect to a wide variety of accounting, planning and financial management topics associated with Global matters.
The Manager will be part of BRG’s finance organization with direct accountability to the Director of Practice and Community Finance with dotted line reporting to the Global community leaders. The Finance Manager will provide close support to the leaders of individual practice groups in the Global community and to other key experts charged with practice financial management. The position location can work remotely across the US.
Responsibilities
The Finance Manager will either take the lead on or be heavily involved in all the following:
Pricing (or providing practice or corporate review of the pricing) of non-standard and complex matters, particularly fixed fee, or other complex engagements.
Helping identify non-standard or complex matters at inception to ensure appropriate setup.
Tracking matter status to support the operational management of the matter by the practice unit and engagement team, including the use of independent contractors.
Creating tracking tools, analytics, and dashboards to support practice and community management from practice, community, and corporate perspectives.
Regularly maintaining tracking tools, including continuing training of and contact with engagement leaders to foster broad and consistent use of tools.
Regular meetings and review with engagement leadership to discuss progress and document barriers for proactive management and revenue prediction.
Revenue recognition for non-standard and complex matters.
Regularly refreshing revenue and other financial projections as needed by practices, FP&A and Controllers.
Computing monthly and year-to-date available utilization of staff and report to service line leads.
Supporting practice profitability calculations as utilized in compensation processes.
Support budgeting, both operational and corporate.
Qualifications
The Finance Manager will require sophisticated abilities to work in a matrix. The Finance Manager must earn and retain the confidence and respect of practice leaders while working closely and transparently with corporate units to deliver centralized services to the Global community, ensure the firm discharges its compliance obligations and to support effective and efficient management of the firm.
Minimum of 3-5 years of professional financial experience grounded in operationally focused financial management, which could include planning, analysis, strategy and budgeting roles, business division financial controller experience, or other roles providing close financial support for leadership with P&L responsibilities.
Experience in a matrixed environment and/or professional services business (or other project-oriented business reliant on significant revenue-generating individuals) is a significant positive, but not required. Exposure to and understanding of the various components of the U.S. healthcare industry would be helpful, but less directly relevant.
Willingness and ability to build complex models and analyses.
Excellent communication and written/verbal presentation skills. Able to participate actively in business decisions speaking from an analytical, data-driven, and accountability-oriented vantage point.
Experience with and solid understanding of US GAAP.
Experience must include participation in, understanding of and respect for enterprise control and governance processes.
Able to juggle multiple projects and competing requirements, often under deadlines.
BRG requires vaccination for COVID and its variants.
Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship. BRG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.#
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