Senior Strategic Finance Manager II

ICON
Austin, TX
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in government contracting and managing full P&Ls.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7 to 10 years of FP&A experience in high-growth companies
    — “7 to 10 years in FP&A, strategic finance, operations finance, or management consulting.”
  • Individuals who have built financial models for project-based services
    — “Strong driver-based modeling skills, including COGS, gross margin, project profitability, headcount-driven capacity, and sensitivity analysis.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high degree of autonomy in a fast-changing environment
    — “Ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment with limited established process.”
  • The position is embedded with leadership teams and involves direct financial oversight
    — “This role will serve as the dedicated finance partner to the leadership of ICON's construction businesses, including our government and defense work, with full P&L oversight across go-to-market, delivery, and operations.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to build and implement financial planning processes from scratch
    — “Experience building planning processes or tools from the ground up.”
  • Emphasize your background in translating financial analysis into actionable business recommendations
    — “Proven business partnering experience as a trusted advisor to senior operating leaders, with the ability to influence decisions and translate financial analysis into clear recommendations.”
  • Showcase your experience in forecasting and tracking project-level profitability and gross margin
    — “Forecast and track project-level profitability and gross margin.”
  • Demonstrate your capacity to manage full P&Ls and operate with autonomy
    — “with full P&L oversight across go-to-market, delivery, and operations.”
  • Position yourself as someone who can establish and run monthly operating cadences effectively
    — “Establish and run the monthly operating cadence, including forecast updates, budget-vs-actuals reviews with business leadership.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • establishes and runs monthly operating cadence
  • owns revenue forecast and project-level profitability
  • defines and tracks operating metrics
Typical background
7 to 10 years in FP&A, strategic finance, operations finance, or management consulting

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial ModelingForecastingBudget ManagementOperational Metrics Tracking

Preferred

Construction Industry ExperiencePipeline And Sales Capacity PlanningBuilding Planning Processes

Stack & domain

FP&AStrategic FinanceOperations FinanceManagement ConsultingDriver-based ModelingCOGSGross MarginProject ProfitabilityHeadcount-driven CapacitySensitivity AnalysisForecastingBudgetingP&L OversightOperating MetricsUtilizationPrint ProductivityUnit CostsInvestment CasesScenario AnalysisBusiness PartneringInfluenceDecision-makingFinancial AnalysisRecommendationsExecutionAdaptabilityIndependenceLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingMBACPAFinanceConstructionReal Estate DevelopmentGovernment ContractingProject-based ServicesPhysical ProductService Business

About the role

Original posting from ICON via Greenhouse

ICON develops advanced construction technology, combining robotics, software, and advanced materials to transform how the world builds. We construct homes and multi-story buildings for commercial and government customers.

This role will serve as the dedicated finance partner to the leadership of ICON's construction businesses, including our government and defense work, with full P&L oversight across go-to-market, delivery, and operations. You will establish the planning and review cadence these businesses run on. You will report to the VP of Finance and operate as an embedded individual contributor with a high degree of autonomy.

Responsibilities:

Own the annual budget, long-range plan, and underlying financial models.

Establish and run the monthly operating cadence, including forecast updates, budget-vs-actuals reviews with business leadership, and a standard review package that explains key drivers and recommended actions.

Own the revenue forecast end to end, translating pipeline, win rates, and project timing into a reliable view of bookings and revenue.

Forecast and track project-level profitability and gross margin.

Build capacity and operations forecasts that translate revenue targets into staffing needs, print and delivery output, utilization, and the mix of billable and non-billable time.

Define and track operating metrics such as utilization, print productivity, and unit costs.

Advise business leadership on operating and investment decisions through investment cases and scenario analysis.

What we are looking for

7 to 10 years in FP&A, strategic finance, operations finance, or management consulting.

Proven business partnering experience as a trusted advisor to senior operating leaders, with the ability to influence decisions and translate financial analysis into clear recommendations.

Experience supporting a full P&L, including revenue, delivery costs, and operating expenses.

Strong driver-based modeling skills, including COGS, gross margin, project profitability, headcount-driven capacity, and sensitivity analysis.

Ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment with limited established process.

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.

Nice to have

Experience in construction, real estate development, government contracting, project-based services, or

another physical product or service business.

Pipeline and sales-capacity planning for a go-to-market organization.

Experience building planning processes or tools from the ground up.

Experience at both established companies and high-growth, earlier-stage companies.

MBA or CPA

ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.

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Source: ICON careers (Greenhouse)

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