Acuity Brands, Inc

Finance Manager

Acuity Brands, Inc • $100K — $120K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience
  • Ability to manage multiple deliverables with limited oversight
  • Experience presenting financial results to senior leadership
  • Track record of implementing process improvements
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong PowerPoint skills
  • Familiarity with Oracle ERP systems and experience with OneStream preferred
  • Ownership mindset and strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain financial models for analysis and investment decisions
  • Prepare executive presentations for VP and SVP audiences
  • Lead analysis for ad hoc financial requests and deliver clear findings
  • Oversee the monthly rolling forecast process for supported functions
  • Manage the annual Target Setting process, ensuring accuracy and completeness
  • Provide timely and accurate financial reporting as the primary Finance contact
  • Drive process improvements and leverage technology to streamline reporting

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 3 days onsite in Atlanta
  • Opportunities for continuous process improvement
  • Culture of collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Access to advanced financial tools and technology
  • Involvement in high-level financial decision-making processes
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Finance Manager serves as the dedicated Finance business partner for assigned corporate functions at Acuity Inc. This role owns the full FP&A cycle for the functions it supports, including monthly close, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and business case analysis. Beyond delivering end-to-end financial support, the role is expected to continuously improve Finance processes and leverage technology to reduce manual work.

This is a hybrid role working 3 days/week onsite in our Atlanta office.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Analysis & Business Partnership
  • Build and maintain financial models to support business case analysis, investment decisions, and scenario planning
  • Prepare and deliver clear, executive-ready presentations (e.g., MBR materials, budget reviews) for VP and SVP audiences
  • Develop deep familiarity with the spending structure of supported corporate functions, including vendor contracts and headcount costs, to provide proactive and value-added insight
  • Lead analysis for ad hoc financial requests from functional leaders, Finance leadership, and senior executives, delivering clear findings and recommendations


Forecasting & Target Setting
  • Lead the monthly rolling forecast process for all supported functions, ensuring inputs are collected, reviewed, and submitted accurately and on time
  • Own the annual Target Setting process end-to-end for supported functions, coordinating submissions from functional leaders, consolidating assumptions, and delivering a complete and defensible budget package
  • Proactively identify and communicate forecast risks and opportunities to Finance leadership and functional partners; recommend actions to close gaps
  • Maintain and improve forecast models, headcount trackers, and budget management tools to support accuracy and efficiency


Reporting & Close
  • Serve as the primary Finance contact for assigned corporate functions, providing timely and accurate financial reporting each period
  • Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for supported functions; communicate performance drivers and variances clearly to business partners and Finance leadership
  • Partner with Accounting to ensure period-end accruals, journal entries, and other close activities reflect accurate results; review and approve capital and expense requests in support of spending controls
  • Own recurring budget management activities for supported functions, including tracking actuals against plan, understanding and explaining variances to functional leaders, and partnering to keep spend aligned with targets


Process & Systems
  • Leverage OneStream and connected Finance systems for forecasting and reporting activities, ensuring data inputs are accurate and outputs are reliable
  • Identify and drive process improvement opportunities across the Finance cadence; document current-state workflows and implement changes that reduce manual effort and improve reliability
  • Leverage Power Query, Power BI, Excel-based automation, and other data analysis and automation tools to streamline recurring reporting, improve data quality, and deliver scalable solutions that reduce manual effort.
  • Ensure compliance with US GAAP and all Corporate Finance policies; escalate issues as appropriate


Skills and Minimum Experience Required

  • 5+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deliverables against competing deadlines with limited oversight
  • Track record of presenting financial results and analysis to senior leadership
  • Experience identifying and implementing process improvements that reduced manual effort or improved reporting accuracy
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, including Power Query; strong PowerPoint skills required
  • Experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools a plus
  • Familiarity with Oracle or similar ERP systems preferred
  • Experience with OneStream preferred
  • Ownership Mindset: Takes full accountability for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of deliverables, proactively identifies issues, develops solutions, and drives work to completion with limited oversight
  • Continuous Improvement: Challenges existing processes and identifies opportunities to simplify workflows, improve reporting quality, and reduce manual effort through process improvements and technology
  • Sense of Urgency: Responds to requests quickly, keeps deliverables moving, and doesn't let open items age
  • Analytical Rigor: Structures problems well, builds clean, auditable models, and translates financial results into clear recommendations
  • Executive Presence: Comfortable preparing executive-ready materials and presenting financial results and recommendations to functional leaders and Finance leadership.
  • Collaboration: Builds trust quickly with cross-functional partners; navigates a matrixed environment effectively
  • Detail Orientation: Produces accurate, well-reviewed work; applies consistent review standards before outputs leave Finance
  • Accounting Foundation: Solid working knowledge of US GAAP; comfortable with accruals, journal entry review, and period-end close activities

About Acuity Brands, Inc

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a lighting and building management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. It currently has about 12,000 employees and recorded net sales of $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2020. The company designs, produces, and distributes lighting fixtures, controls, and related products and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. Its lighting and building management solutions are marketed under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, and others. Acuity Brands is committed to sustainability and energy efficiency, and offers a range of products that meet or exceed industry standards for energy efficiency and environmental performance.
Learn more about Acuity Brands, Inc
Size
13,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$250.9 million
Founded
1898
5 Year Trend
+2.7%
Revenue
$3.2 billion
NASDAQ
AYI
* Ladders Estimates

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