Architecture Finance Director

Overview

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can shape a career that’s both meaningful and impactful, supporting architecture that shapes memorable, human-centered spaces and connects communities. As our practice grows across sports, aviation, and transit, we’re designing public environments that redefine what’s possible. It’s an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners and contribute to work that blends creativity, precision, and purpose. We’re seeking an Architecture Finance Director to partner with the Office Leader and Management Team in driving financial strategy, performance, and operational excellence across our studios. This role leads budgeting, forecasting, revenue recognition, and financial analysis, ensuring clarity and accountability as we pursue bold design ambitions. The position may oversee multiple studios and carries both operational and fiduciary responsibility. This role supports the people and processes behind purposeful design, contributing to spaces that shape daily life and bring people together in meaningful ways.

What You’ll Do

• Partners with office leadership in the preparation of strategic planning and operating budget (and quarterly updates) and plays an active role in the evaluation and implementation of strategic initiatives. Monitors monthly results, conducts financial analysis, and provides recommendations for improved performance.
• As a member of the Office Management Team (OMT), responsible for initiating or supporting solutions, profitability enhancements and process improvements to meet the office goals. Coordinates reporting of performance variances to contribution, earnings, and cash.
• Organizes and leads a highly effective project finance team with the resources, skills, and abilities to best serve the office’s needs. Recruits, hires, onboards, develops, and retains staff. Responsible for all aspects of Career Planning and Development process consisting of goal setting, coaching, performance evaluation, and compensation review.
• Leads office month-end reporting and revenue recognition activities that adhere to the revenue recognition policy. Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the financial data that results in accurate reporting and projecting of our financial results through quality assurance and cost control methods. Consults with office leadership, project managers, delivery, and project finance team to provide an accurate representation of the earnings on our projects by maintaining current and accurate project backlog, reserve reviews, reporting, and revenue projections.
• Provides financial management guidance to the pursuit, project management, and finance teams to ensure appropriate setup and delivery of contractual business obligations in the areas of contracting, cash management, subcontract management, change management, cost management, and financial controls.
• Engages in the pursuit process to advantageously position HNTB for successful project delivery. Utilizes knowledge of contract terms to influence favorable proposals that will optimize the project’s cash and profitability outcomes. Provides analysis, strategic planning, and supporting resources to execute HNTB's Sophisticated Approach to Cash during the discovery and planning phases, including strategies for assessing and optimizing client profitability performance.
• Participates in the office's contract review and negotiations process in accordance with firm processes and policies. Drives successful contract outcomes and contributes to contracting strategies that improve profitability. Champions gross margin performance analysis, and payment and compensation term reviews to make recommendations that maximize our cash performance.
• Champions office cash management goals, ensuring effective cash collections and timely resolution of delinquent billings. Offers financial forecasting, modeling, and analysis to guide office and project teams in adhering to standardized business processes for financial discipline throughout the client/project lifecycle. Acts as an office liaison with the cash management organization to achieve collaborative and positive results.
• Collaborates with office leadership in achieving budgeted overhead expenses. Analyzes budgeted adherence of non-labor overhead and advises office management on new strategies or initiatives to manage overhead expenses and maintain sound business practices more effectively.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience
• 2 years of people management experience
• 8 or more direct and indirect line finance reports, Administration positions are excluded
• In lieu of education, 14 years of relevant experience and 2 years of people management experience

What We Prefer

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Finance, Accounting, Business, Architecture, or related field.

Additional Information

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Locations

Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA (Figueroa Street); Miami, FL; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA (Pennsylvania); Seattle, WA (Downtown)

Pay Ranges

The approximate pay range for New York is $146,829.42 - $293,182.12. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation depends on factors including qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for the Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $168,853.83 - $269,727.55. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation depends on factors including qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for the Greater Seattle, WA Metro Area is $168,853.83 - $269,727.55. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation depends on factors including qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for Colorado is $161,512.36 - $258,000.27. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation depends on factors including qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

The anticipated last day to apply is 11/27/2025. The job may be unposted prior to this date if the job is filled or no longer needed.

The approximate pay range for Illinois is $161,512.36 - $258,000.27. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation depends on factors including qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

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