FP&A Manager

CA
Full Time
Mid Level
Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust:  We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect:  We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork:  We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun:  We take our work seriously…not ourselves.
Well-Being:  We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work!  Our cultural programs include:
  • DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
  • DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
  • eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
  • DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.
At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm. Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek’s work community more inclusive. We proudly support our 4 Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s):
  • Women at Dudek
  • Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
  • Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
  • Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)
Learn more about our culture.

About The Job
The FP&A Manager will take on a variety of strategic, operational, and analytical projects to drive growth for Dudek. In this position, you’ll have the chance to lead mission-critical projects end to end—from working on strategic planning and analyses to presenting your recommendations to the leadership team. This role will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with our operations, systems team, HR and marketing, and accounting team on key initiatives. This is a great opportunity to join an employee-owned growing company in the AEC industry, within an impactful team that will play a critical role in shaping the future growth of Dudek. This is an individual contributor role with direct reports in the future and will be primarily remote.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.

Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below): 
  • Prepare monthly dashboards and detailed reports for senior management, comparing actual results to forecasts/budgets
  • Lead financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning
  • Develop and maintain FP&A processes, methodologies, and data structure
  • Analyze revenue, expenses, and KPIs to improve financial forecasts
  • Provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management
  • Make recommendations on profit enhancement based on financial data analysis
  • Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives
  • Drive process improvements and policy development in finance
  • Collaborate with IT and Financial Systems teams to define KPIs and dashboards for real-time performance monitoring
  • Partner with Accounting on month-end close to ensure accurate reporting and stakeholder accountability
  • Oversee financial process improvements to align with corporate objectives, ensure efficiency and accuracy
  • Create financial reports and presentations for senior executives and the Board
  • Support ERP projects focused on reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
  • Schedule and participate in project performance reviews, offering financial commentary
  • Drive business improvement initiatives through financial insights and risk management
  • Collaborate with business leadership to develop strategic investments and business cases that align with the company’s strategy and value goals
  • Contribute to developing and refining Performance Improvement methods, tools, and capabilities
  • Provide change management leadership to sustain performance goals
  • Benchmark and incorporate “Best Practices” across the business and lead leadership sessions
  • Train teams on financial reporting risks and controls
  • Analyze data to identify control weaknesses and areas of risk

Minimum Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in FP&A or equivalent
  • Strong familiarity with developing business models and operational metrics
  • In-depth knowledge of financial processes, data structures, and systems.
  • Ability to think across multiple dimensions of a business (business development, operations, marketing, etc.) and work cross-functionally to deliver results
  • Proficient in deciphering complex business drivers, delivering high-quality analytics, and communicating effectively
  • Exceptional skill at building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders, managing multiple competing priorities, and driving projects to completion
  • Doesn’t hesitate to get in the weeds and work at the lowest level of detail but is just as comfortable thinking about big picture and long-term
  • Desire to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Bonus Experience: MS Power BI, SQL, Deltek, VantagePoint
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.

Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:
  • This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
  • This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
  • This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
  • This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proposed Salary Range: $115,000-$165,000 annually*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work–life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides generous Paid Time Off (PTO) packages for both salaried and hourly employees. If you’re tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.
 
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