Regional Finance Manager

Overview and Summary

We are Automotive Business Scientists. We empower our clients to turn overwhelming industry data into discovery, action and measured success. We are unique market leaders because we find and examine possibilities through the clarity of a scientific lens. To solve the toughest client challenges, we need curious, creative and dedicated people to join our team.

We search out individuals who align with our core values and who adhere to the highest standards of integrity and ethics in everything they do. Our company is filled with the brightest minds and the biggest hearts at every level. We recognize that personal success takes on many different forms of the course of our lives – both professional and personally – so we provide a myriad of benefits and programs focused on Wellbeing, Growth, Community and Recognition.

One size does not fit all, so we encourage every Urban Scientist to discover their own formula for success. If this sounds like the kind of company you would like to work with, Apply Now!

Position Overview:

This Regional Finance Manager opportunity will support Urban Science business objectives by providing accurate and timely consultation, expert analytical support, and the oversight of effective adherence to finance processes using tools and reports provided by corporate finance. The successful candidate will employ best practices and leverage them to identify opportunities for greater efficiency and productivity. In addition, this position will be responsible for ensuring consistency in reporting, and analytical approached and timely business decisions.

In this role, the Regional Finance Manager will serve as a consultant to regional leaders on all finance related issues.

This role has current Hybrid Workplace flexibility local to our Detroit, MI office. Candidate must be available and willing to work in-person two to three days per week.

URBAN SCIENCE DOES NOT AND WILL NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

• Act as a liaison between the regional offices and corporate finance.
• Provide corporate finance with recommendations that will enable the offices to more effectively manage their business.
• Oversee proper adherence to all corporate finance policies, required activities and requests for information.
• Participate in the proposal process and ensure accurate pricing, forecasting of profit, etc.
• Provide expert recommendations regarding ability to deliver work profitably – by identifying and implementing tighter controls on our financials and assisting the business in understanding how consistency in planning and actuals.
• Maintain an effective level of business literacy regarding the region’s financial position, strategic planning, and overall business objectives.
• Monitor and analyze financial data which summarize and forecast business activity for use in making business decisions.
• Interact with client purchasing departments, corporate finance, auditor, etc.
• Provide both regional and corporate finance management with timely and detailed information.

• Assist management in understanding the content of standard monthly reports and provide guidance use in monitoring business performance.
• Use the monthly financial statements, variance reports and other standard monthly, weekly or daily reports to analyze financial and operating results in support of regional business management.

• In conjunction with the corporate finance function, design and develop processes, procedures, tools, resources, and methodologies of leading the regional finance function.
• Working closely with corporate finance, track and evaluate the effectiveness of proposal pricing, identifying and analyzing variances in order to ensure profitability objectives are met.
• Support the implementation of a new corporate financial system.

• Assist with monthly close procedures.
• Prepare monthly revenue journal entries.
• Assist with timely invoicing for the region.
• Assist with timely accounts receivable collections for the region.
• Compile and coordinate monthly, financial reports, statements…