Finance Leader: Analytics, Controls & Profit Growth

Aramark Correctional Services; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Correctional Services is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead finance operations across locations, ensuring accounting accuracy and strong internal controls. The role emphasizes coaching the team, presenting to management, and delivering insightful analyses to maximize efficiency.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of financial leadership, a finance or accounting degree, and solid experience with budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive financial experience including AP/AR, payroll, and P&L management.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial cost control planning & analysis and monthly reporting experience is a must.
• Demonstrate ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to work under strict deadlines are essential.
• Must be organized, demonstrate initiative and have ability to diagnose current state and achieve process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and elevate finance team and operations management with coaching and training.
• Provide frequent communication with management team and RFD identifying areas in need of improvement that will impact business results and setting priorities for performance.
• Meet or exceed compliance with all accounting and financial reporting requirements of the business.
• Deliver detailed explanations of key variances between targets and actual results.
• Support S&E growth opportunities by assisting with proforma builds and opening new accounts.
• Develop analytical tools to help operators evaluate their business with the aim to achieve or exceed business targets.
• Be accountable and have command of assets and liabilities related to business including but not limited to Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash & Banking, Fixed Assets and Capital Expenditures.
• Assist as needed Regional Finance Directors initiatives and related responsibilities.
• Effectively use deliberate influence strategies to impact, shape or re-direct behavior of other team members without formal authority.
• Lead presentations and provide effectively written business correspondence.
• Articulate the business trends and correlate results against management behaviors.
• Take initiative to identify changes required and effectively implement process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Communication

Internal controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

MBA preferred

Job description

Aramark Correctional Services is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead finance operations across locations, ensuring accounting accuracy and strong internal controls. The role emphasizes coaching the team, presenting to management, and delivering insightful analyses to maximize efficiency.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of financial leadership, a finance or accounting degree, and solid experience with budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting.