Senior Finance & Accounting Manager

DPR Construction; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking general contractor known for complex, sustainable projects across technology, healthcare and commercial markets. This Finance Leader role supports multiple business units, partners with regional leaders, and directs project accounting resources to ensure timely, accurate reporting.

You will oversee monthly results, forecasts, and variance analyses, drive planning processes, manage staff, ensure internal controls and audit readiness, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
• 9+ years of accounting/finance experience and multi-project reporting experience.
• Experience in construction, manufacturing, extraction, or related industry preferred.
• 2-4 years in a managerial capacity.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews monthly financial results, forecasts, and variance analyses for assigned projects and business units.
• Partners with regional leadership to evaluate financial performance, including risks, reserves, and profitability drivers.
• Manages and develops project accounting staff, including coordination of work and support for performance development.
• Reviews project cost reports, backlog, billing positions, and cash flow to identify variances, risks, and unreported exposures.
• Leads business planning processes, including development of forecasts and analysis of key financial assumptions.
• Monitors labor productivity, overhead trends, and insurance-related costs to assess financial performance.
• Ensures compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls, including participation in audits, and supports implementation of financial reporting and forecasting practices across multiple projects and business units.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Accounting leadership

Auditing

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Job description

Job Description

At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization.

As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.

Job Summary

Supports financial and accounting activities for assigned business units and ensures timely and accurate reporting of financial results. Partners with regional leadership to analyze financial performance and identify risks and opportunities. Oversees project-level financial processes and supports business planning activities. Manages project accounting resources and reviews financial outputs across multiple projects. Contributes to financial decision-making through analysis and reporting. Provides financial leadership across multiple business units or operational segments and partners with senior leadership to align financial performance with strategic business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews monthly financial results, forecasts, and variance analyses for assigned projects and business units.
• Partners with regional leadership to evaluate financial performance, including risks, reserves, and profitability drivers.
• Manages and develops project accounting staff, including coordination of work and support for performance development.
• Reviews project cost reports, backlog, billing positions, and cash flow to identify variances, risks, and unreported exposures.
• Leads business planning processes, including development of forecasts and analysis of key financial assumptions.
• Monitors labor productivity, overhead trends, and insurance-related costs to assess financial performance.
• Ensures compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls, including participation in audits, and supports implementation of financial reporting and forecasting practices across multiple projects and business units.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience

• 9+ years of experience in accounting, finance, financial planning and analysis, or a related field required.
• Experience supporting multiple projects or business units with consolidated financial reporting required.
• Experience in construction, manufacturing, extraction, or a related industry required.
• Experience leading financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting activities across multiple business units, programs, or operational segments required.
• 2-4 years of experience in a managerial capacity required.

Certifications And Licenses

• Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional (CCIFP) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you’ll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together - by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers.