Strategic Finance Manager - Budgets, Forecasts & Assets

Filetwigbay; Lawrence (KS); On-site; USD 101,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

InnovateCore Corp in Lawrence, KS seeks a Finance Manager to lead financial operations, budgeting, and forecasting. The role supports close processes, manages expenses, receivables, and capital expenditure tracking, while partnering with department heads to ensure accurate budgets.

The ideal candidate offers leadership experience, strong stakeholder relations, and a demonstrable portfolio of strategic finance outcomes, enabling ownership and impact in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Must have leadership experience guiding manager-level initiatives.
• Experience in finance leadership roles at a corporate level.
• Strong stakeholder management and budgeting skills.

Responsibilities

• Stand in for the Lawrence controller when close cannot wait.
• Surface the three expense lines quietly eating the finance margin.
• Resolve billing disputes and escalate aged receivables for collection.
• Partner with department heads across Lawrence, KS to keep budgets honest.
• Build the manager analyst's first reconciliation checklist from scratch.
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for InnovateCore Corp.
• Manage fixed-asset schedules, depreciation, and capital expenditure tracking.

Skills

Leadership experience

Rapport-building

Cultural awareness

Portfolio-driven

Job description

InnovateCore Corp in Lawrence, KS seeks a Finance Manager to lead financial operations, budgeting, and forecasting. The role supports close processes, manages expenses, receivables, and capital expenditure tracking, while partnering with department heads to ensure accurate budgets.

The ideal candidate offers leadership experience, strong stakeholder relations, and a demonstrable portfolio of strategic finance outcomes, enabling ownership and impact in a high-growth environment.