Director, FP&A - AMA Group

Title:     Director, FP&A

Trade:   Accounting/Finance       

Position Overview:

AMA Group is seeking a Director of FP&A to join the Accounting and Finance team in our New York office. The Director of FP&A will report directly to the Controller and work closely with the broader accounting and finance team to lead and oversee the organization's financial planning, forecasting, and analysis activities, ensuring alignment with business strategy and making data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.

Role Responsibilities:

As the Director of FP&A, you will be responsible for:

• Preparing and issuing monthly management and business unit financial packages, including internal management financial statements.
• Managing the monthly revenue recognition process in accordance with U.S. GAAP percentage of completion (POC) standards and maintaining project POC/WIP schedules.
• Preparing key monthly, quarterly, and year-to-date analytics and trends, including actual vs budget and current vs prior period results.
• Maintaining and tracking KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Driving the annual budgeting process, monthly forecasts, and long-range financial planning cycles, and maintaining budget and financial models.
• Analyzing operating results and trends to deliver actionable insights and strategic recommendations.
• Assisting senior leadership in the development of strategic plans, and monitoring progress towards achieving goals/targets.
• Partnering with business unit leaders to understand cost drivers, revenue streams, and project profitability.
• Monitoring and evaluating the impact of business initiatives, market trends, and competitive forces.
• Building and enhancing financial systems, tools, and reporting infrastructure.
• Collaborating closely with the Accounting team to align planning with actuals and reporting standards.
• Assisting with special projects and year end audit requests as needed.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA/CMA preferred.

Experience: 

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including at least 3 years in a senior FP&A leadership role.
• Experience in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry or professional services preferred.
• Proven experience working in a Private Equity-backed environment.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; working knowledge of Deltek, Power BI, and/or Adaptive Insights a plus.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, financial statement analysis, and operational finance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic initiatives and drive financial performance.

Who We Are?

AMA Group is considered an industry leader in the design of MEP/FP building systems for media, broadcast, and production facilities, including sound stage campuses, having a portfolio of over 1000 such completed projects, as well as a diverse array of corporate, financial, education and residential mixed-use, and high-rise clients. AMA Group employs 200+ dedicated and talented professionals with 40+ licensed professional engineers and many others holding a variety of technology, energy, and sustainability-related certifications. Founded in 2000 in New York City, we’ve grown to provide a comprehensive suite of services across national offices in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Texas.

The Employee Experience

At AMA, people are at the heart of everything we are and what we do. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where all our employees flourish, individually as a team; with employee experience at our focal point, we are dedicated to ensuring employees’ development, wellness, and overall experiences are satisfying and rewarding. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package to our team members and provide an open, honest, and fun work environment. We were voted a 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022 Best Medium Company to Work for by Best Companies Group.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but is not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

To all recruitment agencies: AMA Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of AMA Group without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of AMA Group. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Our company is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis [” protected characteristics’] including, but not limited to race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, the age for individuals over forty years of age, sexual orientation, the military and veteran status of any person, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.