Senior Operations Finance Manager

Wanzek Construction, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MasTec Power Delivery seeks a Senior Operations Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership across large programs and business units. The role owns financial planning, forecasting, project controls, and governance, and advises senior operations leaders to drive corrective action when needed.

You will develop managers and analysts, lead cross-functional teams across operations, accounting, and procurement, and ensure revenue recognition and performance reporting align with company

Qualifications

• Broad leadership across operations finance, project accounting, forecasting, and business performance.
• Executive judgment to translate operational issues into financial decisions.
• Experience leading managers and building high-performing finance teams.
• Knowledge of construction/EPC economics, controls, revenue recognition, and cash management.
• Ability to establish governance and drive adoption across multiple projects.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and influence skills.
• Advanced analytical, scenario modeling, and strategic planning capability.
• Proven change leadership in high-growth or transforming organizations.

Responsibilities

• Direct operations finance activities across a major program or project, business unit area, or complex portfolio, or multiple operating groups.
• Own integrated financial outlooks and ensure alignment among operational plans, project forecasts, consolidated reporting, cash flow, and earnings expectations.
• Lead senior-level project and portfolio reviews focused on execution, forecast credibility, risk, opportunity, and corrective actions.
• Advise business leaders on financial tradeoffs, resource deployment, contract performance, change recovery, investment decisions, and strategic priorities.
• Ensure consistent application of revenue recognition, project accounting, forecasting, risk, and internal control requirements.
• Identify systemic performance trends and lead cross-functional responses with operations, project controls, accounting, commercial, procurement, and leadership.
• Develop scalable dashboards, decision-support tools, governance routines, and management reporting.
• Lead annual planning, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and business-case development for assigned operations.
• Manage and develop finance managers and senior analysts; build succession depth and consistent capability across the team.
• Sponsor cross-portfolio finance transformation, system implementation, and process standardization initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Forecasting

Strategic planning

Communication

Project controls

Revenue recognition

Change leadership

Finance management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business/Engineering

CPA/CMA/MBA or relevant professional certification

Job description

Overview

As one of the nation's leading electric transmission line construction companies, MasTec Power Delivery companies engineer and construct efficient and reliable electrical transmission, distribution, and substation & switchyard systems. Our extensive workforce includes both union and nonunion teams, which, combined with our specialized equipment fleet, allows us to effectively meet our clients' needs for power delivery, emergency restoration, and ongoing maintenance. We've been involved in some of the most challenging and recognizable electric projects across the U.S. From the electric plant to the end users, MasTec's experienced managers and crews consistently deliver transmission, distribution, and substation & switchyard services with an unfailing commitment to safety, integrity, and sustainable practices.

The Senior Operations Finance Manager provides strategic and financial leadership across a major program or project, business unit area/region, or complex portfolio. The role owns the quality and consistency of financial planning, forecasting, project controls integration, compliance, and performance reporting; advises senior operations leaders; and drives corrective action where execution and financial expectations diverge. This position develops managers and analysts and leads scalable improvements across processes, systems, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Direct operations finance activities across a major program or project, business unit area, or complex portfolio, or multiple operating groups.
• Own integrated financial outlooks and ensure alignment among operational plans, project forecasts, consolidated reporting, cash flow, and earnings expectations.
• Lead senior-level project and portfolio reviews focused on execution, forecast credibility, risk, opportunity, and corrective actions.
• Advise business leaders on financial tradeoffs, resource deployment, contract performance, change recovery, investment decisions, and strategic priorities.
• Ensure consistent application of revenue recognition, project accounting, forecasting, risk, and internal control requirements.
• Identify systemic performance trends and lead cross-functional responses with operations, project controls, accounting, commercial, procurement, and leadership.
• Develop scalable dashboards, decision-support tools, governance routines, and management reporting.
• Lead annual planning, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and business-case development for assigned operations.
• Manage and develop finance managers and senior analysts; build succession depth and consistent capability across the team.
• Sponsor cross-portfolio finance transformation, system implementation, and process standardization initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Broad leadership capability across operations finance, project accounting, forecasting, and business performance.
• Strong executive judgment and ability to translate complex operational issues into financial implications and decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading managers and building high-performing finance teams.
• Expert knowledge of construction or EPC project economics, controls, revenue recognition, and cash management.
• Ability to establish governance and drive adoption across multiple projects or operating groups.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and influence skills.
• Advanced analytical, scenario modeling, and strategic planning capability.
• Proven change leadership in high-growth or transforming organizations.

EDUCATION AND/OR WORK EXPERIENC E

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically ten to fifteen years of progressive finance, project accounting, project controls, or related experience, including significant people leadership.
• Construction, engineering, utilities, or EPC experience required; major project or multi-business experience preferred.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or relevant professional certification preferred.