Financial Reporting Manager

Who We Are

Burns McDonnell is a family of companies bringing together an unmatched team of engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists, and scientists to design and build our critical infrastructure. With an integrated construction and design mindset, we offer full-service capabilities with more than 60 offices globally. Founded in 1898, Burns McDonnell is 100% employee-owned.

What We Do

As the Financial Reporting Manager, you will lead a team within the Corporate Accounting and Finance department responsible for the accounting of operating expenses and other income as well as the consolidation and reporting of our monthly financial statements. Your team will also oversee the company’s annual budgeting and fourth-quarter forecasting processes, prepare and analyze monthly financial statements and provide insightful variance analyses. Additionally, your team will prepare annual financial statements and disclosures, working closely with auditors to meet critical deadlines.

This role offers broad exposure to senior leadership, including our executive team. You’ll play a key role in company-wide and department-wide initiatives, leveraging your technical expertise and deep understanding of our business to evaluate and solve complex challenges, driving lasting value for the company.

Key Responsibilities:

· Ensure transactions are accurately accounted for in the general ledger and appropriately presented in the monthly financial statements.

· Research and provide guidance on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and related requirements.

· Review journal entries, reconciliations, overhead analyses and other ad hoc reports prepared by the financial reporting team.

· Ensure the month-end close process and reporting deliverables are completed on time.

· Review and validate financial statement analyses and budget-to-actual variance explanations prepared by the team.

· Evaluate new disclosure requirements for annual financial reports and ensure compliance.

· Coordinate audit deliverables to ensure accuracy and timeliness during year-end financial statement audits.

· Oversee the company’s budgeting and forecasting processes, recommending and implementing process improvements and efficiencies.

· Ensure the budgeting and forecasting processes are running smoothly, the budgeting software is functioning appropriately and internal clients are well supported throughout the budgeting process.

· Supervise staff, ensuring adequate coverage for critical tasks; provide training over processes and process changes.

· Guide and mentor team members through recruiting, development, career pathing, and retention efforts.

· Identify and drive process improvements, including leveraging automation opportunities and expanding the team’s partnership with our India office.

· Perform other duties as assigned.