Finance Manager, Business Partner Operations in Calabasas, California at AmaWaterways, LLC

• Serve as the primary finance partner for Operations leadership, providing financial guidance, reporting, and analysis to support business decisions.
• Embed with the Operations team to understand operational workflows, cost drivers, approval needs, system requirements, and business priorities.
• Partner with Operations leadership to evaluate financial impacts of operational decisions, process changes, vendor needs, and business initiatives.
• Provide clear, practical financial insights and recommendations to support cost management, accountability, and operational efficiency.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders while helping keep discussions focused, productive, and aligned to business objectives.

Cost Management, Budgeting, and Forecasting:

• Support the annual budget, forecast, and planning processes for Operations-related expenses and initiatives.
• Prepare, analyze, and maintain financial forecasts related to operating costs, departmental spend, vendor costs, headcount, and other key cost drivers.
• Monitor expenses against budget and forecast, identify variances, and communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to leadership.
• Partner with department leaders to improve cost visibility, spending discipline, and timely review of operational financial performance.
• Assist with scenario planning and financial modeling to support cost management and strategic decision-making.

Systems, Data, and Back-End Support:

• Play a key role in supporting back-end systems, reporting structure, and implementation needs that enable accurate cost tracking and business visibility.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, IT, and other stakeholders to identify system gaps, data needs, workflow issues, and reporting requirements.
• Support the development and improvement of financial reports, dashboards, and tools needed to appropriately manage costs and approvals.
• Ensure financial and operational data is accurate, consistent, and structured in a way that supports timely decision-making.
• Assist with testing, implementation support, documentation, and user adoption for system and process improvements.

• Help evaluate, document, and strengthen approval delegation processes to support appropriate financial controls and accountability.
• Map current-state and future-state processes to identify gaps, bottlenecks, duplicate work, and opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with stakeholders to clarify roles, responsibilities, approval workflows, and escalation points.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance efficiency, transparency, compliance, and cost management.
• Support the creation of procedures, process documentation, and training materials to improve consistency across the Operations team.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports related to Operations performance, cost trends, spending activity, and key business metrics.
• Analyze financial results and provide clear explanations of variances, trends, cost drivers, and operational impacts.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Operations, IT, Procurement, and other teams to support financial processes, month-end close activities, accruals, and reporting needs.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure compliance with company policies, approval requirements, and financial procedures.
• Support special projects, business cases, and leadership requests, as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

• This position may have no direct supervisory responsibilities.
• May provide guidance, support, and training to junior finance team members or cross-functional partners, as needed.
• Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field required.
• Five or more years of related finance, financial planning and analysis, business partnering, accounting, or operations finance experience preferred.
• Experience supporting Operations, cost management, process improvement, systems implementation, or business operations functions preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, cost analysis, and variance analysis skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; experience with financial systems, ERP systems, reporting tools, workflow systems, and Microsoft Office Suite preferred.
• Strong ability to map processes, document workflows, identify gaps, and recommend practical improvements.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to keep conversations on task and guide stakeholders through complex or detailed discussions.
• Patient, collaborative, and professional approach when working through process, data, or system challenges with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial and operational data, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, manage multiple priorities, and maintain confidentiality.
• Strong business acumen and ability to build effective working relationships with Operations and cross-functional partners.

• Continually required to sit.
• Frequently required to use hands and fingers for computer work.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• 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 and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.