Platform Finance Business Partner

CECO Environmental•Addison, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future. The Platform Finance Leader (PFL) will provide financial leadership for a multi-functional business platform leadership team consisting of a VP/GM plus commercial, technical, operational/project management, product management, and supply chain professionals and/or managers. You will be responsible for driving execution of the financial planning, analysis and forecasting processes for the platform(s) ensuring speed, accuracy, quality and efficiency with a focus on budgeting, forecasting, project and product plans and variance analysis, reporting of business results and capital and resource allocation. You will play a key platform leadership role in managing financial performance and implementing finance strategies to achieve committed business performance. The PFL will partner with the business line leader(s), Business Group Finance Director and the CECO FP&A team and deploy financial management initiatives and policies within the platform(s). You will also identify trends and developments in business performance and present findings and recommendations to platform and executive management. This position will report directly to the Business Group Finance Director, and collaborate with its peers in platform financial positions in other regions and platforms, with platform management team, and with the CECO VP, FP&A.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BS ) in Finance, Accounting, or Economics (MBA preferred).
A minimum of 10 years of experience in finance planning and analysis or finance leadership role within a diverse global organization in an industrial B2B operating environment
Knowledge of Percentage of Completion (POC) project revenue and cost recognition methods and processes.
Leadership and mentoring of junior staff.
Liaison with Internal Audit and Accounting Services and Shared Services teams.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and IFRS
Strong knowledge of ASC606 and CECO revenue recognition policies. Solid computer skill in MS products, including Excel and PowerPoint, supporting planning, modeling, and analysis.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Develop a strong business and financial management partnership with the platform leader and leadership team, platform finance peers, and global accounting services and shared services teams.
Drive robust financial planning, forecast and execution.
Direct the implementation of 80/20 and Lean frameworks with the business lines
Communicate business line plans that deliver against financial targets, including contingency and countermeasure plans with Root Cause analyses. .
Develop and communicate financial projections and forecasts for Revenue, Orders, Expense, Income and Cash Flow results.
Support period-end closing activities to ensure revenue recognition is properly documented.
Drive working capital management and efficiency projects.
Provide analysis to easily understand Revenue and Margin changes and associated cash flow impact period over period and as compared to forecast.
Model, measure and report on productivity initiatives.
Lead preparation and management of platform/business line operational and functional expenditure budgets to ensure cost containment and spend management.
Prepare, present and deploy platform Annual Operating Plan and team budgets.
Prepare and manage annual Capital and Operating Expense budgets and spending.
Prepare and present platform Monthly Business Review (MBR) and Quarterly Operating Review (QOR) materials.
Support the formulation of platform long/short term strategies and associated Strategic Agenda items and initiatives.
Develop models and associated projections to assess and confirm planned growth and financial targets are achieved. Communicate and receive buy-in of these models with the platform leadership team.
Assist and co-lead M&A platform projects as needed.
Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.