Financial Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Finance Manager

Location: Roanoke, VA

Pay: $125k - $145k
Hire Type: Direct Hire / Full-Time
Travel: Less than 5%, including occasional international travel

Position Summary

Sterling Engineering is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to support a complex, international business unit operating across multiple entities and currencies. This position will lead financial planning, forecasting, modeling, KPI reporting, and business performance analysis while partnering closely with business unit and executive leadership.

This is a highly visible finance leadership position with the opportunity to influence business strategy, improve financial processes, and partner directly with business unit and executive leadership. You'll work within a complex international organization while leading financial planning, performance analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings strong FP&A, financial modeling, ERP, and leadership experience and is comfortable supporting a project-driven business with international operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead short-, mid-, and long-term financial planning and forecasting for the business unit
• Prepare monthly forecasts and mid-range financial plans
• Build complex financial models to analyze performance, strategic initiatives, and business opportunities
• Develop KPI dashboards and provide actionable financial insights to leadership
• Analyze financial performance across multiple entities and currencies
• Partner with business leaders to identify risks, opportunities, cost savings, and productivity improvements
• Advise commercial teams on financial risks and review bid calculations as needed
• Support project teams with financial analysis throughout project execution
• Identify opportunities to improve cash flow and working capital
• Lead finance process improvements and financial systems initiatives
• Partner with leadership on strategic and operational decision-making
• Build, lead, coach, and develop the finance team
• Drive continuous improvement across financial processes, reporting, and controls

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of finance/accounting experience
• Strong financial planning, forecasting, and modeling experience
• Experience analyzing multi-entity and multi-currency transactions
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, graphs, and financial modeling; VBA experience preferred
• Experience developing and tracking KPIs and performance dashboards
• Strong understanding of financial process improvement
• Experience working with an ERP financial module
• Strong business partnering, leadership, communication, and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively with internal leadership, customers, suppliers, and international teams
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally less than 5%

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of team management experience
• CPA certification
• Experience in a project-based business
• Experience working for a foreign-owned or international organization
• Experience with a Japanese-owned company is a plus

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.