Finance Manager, Engineering & Consulting

Lead FP&A for engineering and consulting; drive financial insights, strategy, and performance in a remote role with travel and sector impact.

About Legence
Legence (Nasdaq: LGN) is a leading provider of engineering, consulting, installation, and maintenance services for mission-critical systems in buildings. The company specializes in designing, fabricating, and installing complex HVAC, process piping, and other mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems—enhancing energy efficiency, reliability, and sustainability in new and existing facilities. Legence also delivers long-term performance through strategic upgrades and holistic solutions. Serving some of the world’s most technically demanding sectors, Legence counts over 60% of the Nasdaq-100 Index among its clients.

Finance Manager, Engineering & Consulting
Location: Remote (United States). 15% travel

Position Summary
As the FP&A Finance Manager for Legence’s Engineering & Consulting Segment, you will lead all financial planning and analysis activities across a multi-business-unit portfolio that includes project-based operations, energy consulting, and engineering services. You will be a trusted strategic partner to segment and business unit leadership – driving insight into performance, shaping investment decisions, and ensuring alignment with Legence’s growth and profitability objectives.

This role requires strong analytical rigor, business acumen, and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights. You will play a key role in forecasting, long-range planning, segment performance reviews, and M&A support and integration, while ensuring consistency and accuracy across financial systems and reporting frameworks.

This role will partner closely with Finance and segment leadership, Business Unit Controllers, Project Accounting, and Operations, to ensure transparency and accountability across financial performance metrics.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership
- Lead the full FP&A cycle for the Engineering & Consulting segment—annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and long-range plans—while ensuring alignment with corporate financial targets and operating strategies
- Partner with business unit leaders to provide strategic financial insights on project mix, backlog conversion, utilization, and margin performance
- Serve as the segment’s financial liaison for Legence corporate, lenders, and investors, providing thoughtful analysis and commentary on financial results and forecast trends
- Develop forward-looking KPIs that link operational performance with financial outcomes, including productivity, revenue per head, EBITDA margin, and cash flow conversion
Performance Management & Analysis
- Lead monthly performance reviews with segment and BU leaders, identifying revenue and cost trends, risks, and opportunities
- Provide detailed variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior year, translating findings into actionable recommendations for leadership
- Oversee the creation of dynamic dashboards and reports (Power BI / OneStream) to drive transparency and real-time visibility into project performance
- Model financial impact of business initiatives, revenue and cost strategies, and capital investments
Forecasting & Predictive Analytics
- Build robust driver-based forecasting models tied to project pipelines, backlog, and labor utilization
- Conduct scenario modeling and sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of changing market, pricing, and operational assumptions
- Identify leading indicators for performance improvement and proactively recommend corrective actions to achieve financial targets
M&A Integration & System Optimization
- Lead FP&A onboarding for newly acquired companies within the segment—standardizing financial reporting, forecasting cadence, and KPI alignment
- Collaborate with Corporate Finance and IT on ERP and Business Intelligence system deployments; ensure data accuracy, integrity, and comparability across systems
- Champion continuous process improvement to enhance forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and data transparency

Critical Competencies

Strategic Partnering: Ability to build trust and influence decisions across finance, operations, and executive leadership
Technical Mastery: Strong understanding of US GAAP, project-based revenue, and financial modeling best practices
Analytical Excellence: Highly skilled in identifying performance drivers and translating financial data into business insights
Operational Mindset: Deep understanding of professional services or engineering project economics, including labor efficiency, backlog management, and utilization
Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with multiple stakeholders and evolving priorities

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required.
Experience: 7+ years of progressive FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Consulting experience
Strong command of financial systems (OneStream, Power BI, or equivalent ERP/BI tools).
Advanced Excel modeling skills and experience creating dynamic dashboards and management reports
Demonstrated success in leading teams through M&A integration, budgeting cycles, and system implementations
Exceptional communication and presentation skills

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Benefits Overview
Health & Welfare: Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits, company-paid short term and long term disability, basic group life and AD&D, and mental wellness support through Spring Health
Time Off Benefits: Paid vacation, company-paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
Financial Benefits: 401(k) retirement savings plan

Reasonable Accommodations
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Third-Party Recruiting Disclaimer
Legence and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies; any such submissions without a prior signed agreement authorized by Legence Holdings LLC's CHRO or Director of Talent Acquisition will not incur fees and are considered property of Legence.

Pay Disclosure & Considerations
Where pay ranges are indicated, please note that a successful candidate’s exact pay will be determined based relevant job-related factors, including any of the following: candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as geographic and market considerations. We are committed to ensuring fair and competitive compensation for all employees and comply with all applicable salary transparency laws.

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