Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (Req #: 506) - Military veterans preferred

Why Join Our Team

At Advanced Integration & Controls., a subsidiary of Lyles Construction Group, we take pride in our employee and client-centric culture. Our employees and customers are at the forefront of everything we do and how we operate our business. Safety is our top priority and we work hard to ensure everyone goes home to their loved ones each day.

We are looking for ambitious individuals to join our team, who are passionate about their performance and who will continue to execute and believe in our core values of:

1. Teamwork: We recognize our primary asset is our people. Mutual respect provides the foundation for our success.
2. Integrity: Our work is performed with high standards of service, quality, and integrity and because of this, we have had the privilege to lead some of the most innovative projects in California.
3. Commitment: We understand that lasting relationships are the lifeline of our business so we pay personal attention to our clients by focusing on them as collaborative partners.

If you are looking for a company who will value you and provide you with great employee benefits, training and development opportunities, career growth and the opportunity to be a part of something bigger, then Advanced Integration & Controls is right for you!

Job Purpose

The FP&A Manager supports Advanced Integration & Controls (AIC) by leading budgeting, forecasting, financial performance analysis, and financial reporting. This role works directly with the President and leadership team to deliver insights that improve project profitability, resource planning, and business decision-making. The position also oversees key accounting functions including project-level financial tracking, job costing, and revenue recognition to ensure accurate reporting and compliance with GAAP. The ideal candidate thrives in a project-based environment and excels at translating financial data into strategic insight.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential duties and other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Lead and manage AIC’s annual budgeting and multi-year financial planning processes, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational capacity.
2. Oversee the development of detailed financial models for forecasting revenue, cost drivers, labor utilization, backlog conversion, and margin performance.
3. Serve as a key financial advisor to the President and executive leadership team by delivering actionable insights that drive business performance and resource allocation decisions.
4. Conduct strategic financial analysis to support pricing strategies, bid competitiveness, capital investments, and new service line initiatives.
5. Develop and continuously improve reporting frameworks, dashboards, and financial KPIs for use by executives, project managers, and department leads.
6. Translate complex financial data into presentations and briefings for internal stakeholders, including variance analysis, trend summaries, and forward-looking recommendations.
7. Partner with Project Management, Engineering, Field Services, and Procurement to support project-level profitability analysis and identify opportunities for cost optimization or margin improvement.
8. Support long-range planning by modeling growth scenarios, market opportunities, and capacity constraints.
9. Identify process improvement opportunities in forecasting, data integrity, and financial planning tools; lead implementation in coordination with other departments and systems teams.
10. Act as liaison to Corporate CFO and central accounting teams for GL, AR/AP, payroll, audits, and close cycles.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education and Experience

1. Strong financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting skills.
2. Advanced knowledge of GAAP including accounting policies and procedures.
3. Proven ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
4. Effective collaboration skills with experience supporting cross-functional operational teams.
5. Proficient in Microsoft Excel and reporting/visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
6. Comfortable operating in a project-based, engineering, or technical business environment.
7. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA or CPA preferred.
8. 10+ years of experience in accounting or financial planning & analysis.
9. Minimum of 3 years in a senior-level or leadership Accounting or FP&A role.
10. Prior experience in construction, engineering, manufacturing, or technical services industries preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

1. A valid California Driver’s License

Competencies

To perform this job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Effective Communication

Ensures that regular, consistent, and effective communication takes place. Ensures that important information is shared with others, on a timely basis as appropriate, in their organizational unit. Proactive in keeping their manager informed, on a regular basis, about progress and problems to avoid surprises.

Analytical Thinking

Approaches problems using a logical or sequential approach, systematically comparing two or more alternatives. Notices discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information. Identifies parameters and considerations needed to analyze situations and make decisions. Conducts decision-based cost/benefit or risk/success analyses. Prioritizes tasks.

Leadership: Collect resources (people, materials, and support) to get things done. Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment. Sought out by others for advice and solutions, leads by example. Anticipates problems and adapts well to changing priorities. Willing to take action, even under pressure, criticism or tight deadlines. Treats others equitably and fairly. Contributes to talented teams externally and internally, creates work environment that fosters strong morale, and spirit in their team. Takes ownership of problems and shares success.

Collaboration

Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with others inside or outside of the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support. Recognizes and appreciates the business concerns and perspectives of others. Provides valuable and needed assistance and support to others.

Initiative

Identifies what needs to be done and takes action before being asked or required. Does more than what is normally required in a situation. Seeks out others involved, in a situation, to learn their perspectives.

Thoroughness

Monitors the quality of one’s own work. Acts to verify information and checks the accuracy of own work. Develops and uses systems to organize and keep track of information or work progress. Organizes information or materials for others. Carefully reviews and checks the accuracy of information in work reports provided to management and others.

Conflict Management

Functions effectively when under pressure and/or while experiencing rapidly changing or uncertain conditions. Maintains self-control and composure in the face of stress, opposition, or provocation. Effectively handles a variety of complex and difficult problems or tasks at once. Maintains a positive attitude under difficult circumstances. Quickly adapts and constructively reacts to unforeseen circumstances and setbacks, reducing their severity.

Personal Integrity

Develops and practices the highest ethical standards.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Office - The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters if you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email HumanResources@lylessc.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail HumanResources@lylessc.com or call toll-free 559-441-1900.

This email and phone number is created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.

Notice to Staffing Agencies

The Company will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to the Company, including via mailing address, fax machine, email, or directly to employees, will be considered the property of the Company. The Company will not pay any fee for placements resulting from unsolicited resumes. The Company will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agencies must receive advance written approval from the Company’s recruiting representative before submitting resumes, and only in conjunction with a valid, fully executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. The Company will not pay fees to any Agency without such an agreement in place. Agency agreements must be in writing and signed by the Human Resources Representative or their designee; no other Company employee is authorized to enter into agreements regarding candidate placements on behalf of the Company. Please send any questions or concern to HumanResources@lylessc.com.