Finance Manager

Role Overview:

CLA Search has been retained by a well-established, growth-oriented organization in the environmental services and infrastructure sector to identify a Finance Manager for its Greater Boston operations.

This highly visible role will partner closely with executive and operational leadership to support financial performance, enhance reporting and analytics, and contribute to strategic growth initiatives. The Finance Manager will serve as a key business partner, providing financial insights that drive operational efficiency, profitability, and long-term value creation.

The successful candidate will oversee financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and operational finance activities within a complex, asset-intensive environment. This position requires a strong understanding of business performance drivers, cost management, capital investment analysis, and financial decision support.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical finance and accounting capabilities with the ability to translate operational and financial data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial statements, management reports, and key performance metrics.
• Develop profitability reporting by business line, customer, project, and operational unit.
• Monitor and analyze key cost drivers, including labor, fuel, equipment, materials, and overhead.
• Provide financial modeling and analytical support to executive leadership and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with operational leadership to identify opportunities for performance improvement and cost optimization.
• Analyze utilization, productivity, pricing, margins, and overall operational effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Support customer profitability analysis and pricing strategy development.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance profitability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Support month-end close and financial reporting activities.
• Ensure accuracy of billing, revenue recognition, accruals, and cost allocations.
• Maintain strong internal controls and assist with audits, lender reporting, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with accounting and operational teams to drive financial accuracy and accountability.
• Evaluate capital expenditure requests and strategic investment opportunities.
• Analyze returns on fleet, equipment, facility, and infrastructure investments.
• Support long-term capital planning and asset replacement strategies.
• Assist with acquisitions, integrations, expansion initiatives, and strategic planning efforts.
• Participate in financial due diligence and investment analysis.
• Prepare executive, board, and ownership-level reporting as required.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, accounting, or operational finance.
• Demonstrated expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and financial modeling.
• Experience supporting asset-intensive industries such as environmental services, transportation, logistics, infrastructure, industrial services, construction, manufacturing, or related sectors.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis capabilities.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with both finance and operations leadership teams.

Preferred

• CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience within a private equity-backed or growth-oriented organization.
• Exposure to ERP systems, business intelligence tools, and operational reporting platforms.