- Company: CDM Smith
- Location: Cloverdale, Shelby County
- Work type: Hybrid
- Hybrid
- Full Time
- Cloverdale, Shelby County
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CDM Smith at a glance
cdmsmith.com- Founded 1947
SEC filings mentioning "CDM Smith": 56 — search EDGAR
Federal funding recipient: largest known award $47.6M from the Department of Defense (started Jun 21, 2010) — via USAspending.gov
P-113 mcbcp
6,016 employees covered under a retirement plan (2023 filing) — via DOL Form 5500 / EFAST2
Registered as a global legal entity (LEI 549300OC4TZBNAGG8A17, US) — via GLEIF
OSHA safety record: 4 confirmed violations across 2 inspections — via OSHA Establishment Search
CDM Smith is an employee-owned U.S. engineering and construction firm founded in 1947 and based in Boston. It delivers design, consulting, and program management across water, environment, transportation, energy, and facilities for public and private clients, with focus areas such as PFAS, water reuse, and digital solutions (cdmsmith.com).
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CDM Smith seeks a Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis for a full-time position in our Cloverdale, Shelby County office to lead financial strategy and analysis initiatives for our growing organization.
About the Role
This senior leadership position offers the opportunity to drive financial planning processes, oversee budgeting cycles, and deliver actionable insights that shape strategic business decisions. You'll manage a dedicated team focused on financial forecasting, variance analysis, and performance reporting across the organization.
What You'll Do
- Develop and refine annual and long-term financial plans, partnering with department leaders to align budgets with organizational priorities
- Lead forecasting initiatives, analyzing financial trends and delivering monthly and quarterly performance reviews to senior management
- Manage the financial planning and analysis team, supporting professional development and maintaining rigorous analytical standards
- Build financial models and analytical dashboards that translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Oversee month-end and year-end close processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting
- Identify cost optimization opportunities and support operational efficiency initiatives across the company
- Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, operations, and project teams to understand business drivers and improve performance
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of progressive experience in financial planning, analysis, and management, including at least 5 years in a leadership capacity
- Demonstrated proficiency with financial modeling, forecasting methodologies, and business intelligence platforms
- Strong expertise in budgeting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and hands-on experience with accounting or enterprise resource planning systems
- Excellent ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders and executives
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related discipline; MBA or professional certifications such as CPA or CFA preferred
- Strategic orientation with proven ability to identify trends and translate financial insights into business recommendations
About CDM Smith
CDM Smith is a leading professional services firm committed to delivering innovative solutions across engineering, consulting, and construction management.
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Working in Cloverdale, Shelby County
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The role is listed in Cloverdale, Shelby County, Alabama. Alabama sits in the Southeast, bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and the Gulf, and Mississippi—useful context if you relocate or commute in the Birmingham–Shelby metro area.
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.
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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Minimum wage in Alabama: $7.25/hr — via FRED
Real GDP per capita in Alabama: $50,191 — via FRED
Home prices in Alabama (year over year): +4.2% — via FRED
Most recent FEMA-declared disaster in Shelby County: Hurricane Helene (Hurricane), Sep 2024 — via FEMA
Average commute time in Shelby County: 30 min — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Most common commute in Shelby County: Drove Alone (75%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Households with home internet in Shelby County: 95% — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Typical climate: average high 76°F / low 51°F year-round (summers around 90°F, winters around 35°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Least walkable (2.5/20) — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $1,155/mo (1BR) · $1,266/mo (2BR) — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 136m (446 ft)
Source: Wikipedia (state)
About this role & career path
Senior FP&A management in a large professional-services firm often leads toward finance director, controller-track, or broader commercial leadership over multi-practice P&Ls—especially valuable experience in project-based, employee-owned environments.
Build the skills for this role
Strengthen FP&A storytelling, project-cost literacy, and stakeholder leadership. Free options: Saylor Academy Business & Management (free); Google Project Management intro resources (free).
Free & low-cost learning resources
- Walk through a forecast you owned under project or cost uncertainty.
- Explain how you partner with non-finance leaders on budgets.
- Ask how CDM Smith runs hybrid FP&A cadences for multi-office delivery.
Watch & learn
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Strong fit if you lead FP&A for complex, project-driven businesses and want hybrid flexibility with an employee-owned engineering firm—not a pure remote finance shop.
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Listing facts
- Role Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (Hybrid Work Option)
- Employer CDM Smith
- Location Cloverdale, Shelby County
- Type Full Time
- Posted June 26, 2026
- Apply by 2026-08-01
- Country context US
- Overview Full original description on this page (320 words; rewritten for clarity, not a teaser paste)
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- Dev.to — The Myth of the Post-Documentation Era
- Dev.to — I Finally Built the Dev Opportunity Radar Website ❤️
- Dev.to — Porting Gemma-4 (2B / 4B / 12B) to AWS Inferentia2
- Dev.to — A lot of good points here https://antirez.com/news/169
- Dev.to — Building an Agentic FinOps Platform — Development Environment Setup, Google Antigravity, MCPs and Skills, and ADK Bootst…
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