Senior Financial Manager

Senior Financial Manager

Cedar Rapids, IA  | On-site

A locally owned shared service company in Eastern Iowa is supporting a growing group of 30+ independently owned construction, manufacturing and industrial companies with strategic and financial solutions.  They are seeking a motivated financial professional to join their finance team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as a Senior Financial Manager . This is a newly created position to serve as the CFO’s right hand in the field as an execution-focused financial systems expert and operational fixer.

This is not a traditional accounting role centered on month-end close.  You’ll  serve as an execution-focused partner to the CFO,  to diagnose financial and operational issues, improve systems and processes, and turn analysis into action .    You  won't  always walk into clean data, standardized processes, or perfectly configured systems .    Technology is a tool in this role, not the end goal —  you'll  start with the business problem and work backward to the right financial, process, data, or technology solution .    Part of the job is figuring out what is  actually happening , creating structure, and getting the right people aligned around a solution.

The financial team is growing an interest  in M&A as  they  evaluate additional companies to bring into the shared-services model, and this person will be pulled into that work as it develops — assessing the financials of prospective add-ons and supporting integration once they join .

This is initially an individual- contributor  leadership role with  significant influence  across portfolio companies; team leadership opportunities may develop as the platform grows.

What You'll Own

- Serve as the CFO's right hand  — taking ownership of delegated projects, financial analysis, and initiatives across the portfolio, with increasing autonomy as you build trust

- Drive project-level profitability analysis  — digging into job profitability, gain/fade, margins, WIP, and other operational drivers to help leadership understand not just what the numbers are, but why

- Work directly with portfolio companies  to diagnose the root cause of financial and operational issues and help implement solutions, including on-site support when needed

- Evaluate financial and operational processes end to end  — understanding how operations, processes, systems, data, and accounting  ultimately flow  through to financial results rather than fixing one piece in isolation

- Support ERP and financial system implementations, conversions, and integrations  across portfolio companies — from requirements and data validation through testing, transition, and user adoption

- Translate business problems into practical financial, process, and systems solutions , partnering with company leadership and users to ensure improvements  actually work  in the field

- Improve the quality and usability of financial data and reporting  by  identifying  gaps in processes, system configuration, workflows, and underlying data

- Identify  and drive process improvements  across the portfolio, including opportunities to use automation, better reporting tools, and emerging AI capabilities to reduce manual work and improve decision-making

- Support M&A activity  —  assisting  with financial due diligence on prospective add-on companies and post-close integration into the shared-services model

What We're Looking For

Required

- 6+  years in accounting or financial analysis, with real exposure to root-cause problem solving  and   financial systems  work – not just reporting

- A track record  of taking ambiguous, delegated projects and running them to completion with minimal oversight

- Comfortable being trusted with sensitive information and  operating  as a genuine partner to a senior finance leader

- A strong communicator with high EQ — equally comfortable in an office setting or working directly with portfolio company leadership and their teams

- Travel to portfolio companies as needed ,  approximately 10 –15%

Preferred

- Experience translating financial or operational needs into system, reporting, workflow, or process improvements

- Experience  with  hands-on  ERP implementations or integrations ( Epicor, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, or similar industrial platforms), along with advanced data/reporting skills

- Exposure to WIP accounting, job costing, or plant inventory in construction or manufacturing environments

- M&A due diligence or post-acquisition integration experience

- Experience in multi-entity or small-business environments

Compensation & Perks

- $ 1 00 ,000–$1 20 ,000 , dependent on experience

- Annual p erformance bonus, tied to systems execution and  portfolio  performance

- C omprehensive benefits and 401(k) match

- Direct partnership with and exposure to the CFO and executive leadership team

Why This Role

You'd be working alongside a CFO who is actively  building out  a growing platform, with direct exposure to how a multi-entity operation actually runs — real variety, real ownership, and a front-row seat to the M&A side of the business as it develops. If  you're  the kind of person who gets more energy from solving a problem than closing a book, this is built for you.