Job Details

Job Location
New York - New York, NY

Salary Range
$105,000.00 - $120,000.00 Salary/year

Business Manager

Job Title: Business Manager

Department: Vertical Transportation

Job Summary:

Lerch Bates is looking for an organized and experienced professional to join our team as a Business Manager. The Business Manager ensures that the operations support teams are aligned in processes and working toward the same objectives for organizational and area performance success. The Business Manager will work closely with the Area Vice President to develop budgets, goals, processes, and KPIs. We are seeking individuals with proven success in KPI management, budget setting, and process improvement.

Company Insight:

Lerch Bates is the global multidisciplinary technical consultancy, saving time and money for those designing, modernizing, investigating, or managing buildings. From risk to ROI, schedule to sustainability, Lerch Bates' suite of services helps you plan the future of your building at every phase of the building lifecycle. As your partner in finding the best technical outcomes for your project, we ensure functionality, safety, and value work together.

We simplify the path to the best technical expertise for the built environment anywhere in the world. Lerch Bates offers integrated specialties, including vertical transportation, logistics, enclosures & structures, forensics, and multidisciplinary building lifecycle services that optimize performance from design, construction, and management to forensic investigation, repair, and modernization.

What You'll Do:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed in this position. They are not intended to prescribe or restrict the assignments that management may make.

• Assist the Area Vice President in setting the budget and strategic priorities. The budget and strategic priorities are to meet the organizational and area short-term and long-term financial objectives.
• Oversee financial reporting and provide detailed financial analysis to Area VPs.
• Align with other Business Managers and administrative departments across the organization to standardize processes in all operations support functions.
• Implement agreed-upon processes and direct the operations support team to achieve organization and area objectives.
• Track performance metrics and success toward area objectives and, based upon analysis, make adjustments to process and team.
• Provide reports to senior management regarding the team's performance.
• Completes other project work as assigned by the Area Vice President.
• Manage and provide leadership to the operations support team, including hiring, performance management, and feedback, coaching, ensuring the team has the tools needed to do their jobs and development.

What You'll Bring:

• High school diploma required; secondary degree preferred.
• 3-5 years of prior experience in budget planning, KPI management, and process implementation is required.
• Additional training in business administration and leadership is preferred.

• Strong business and management acumen, including financial analysis and the ability to make decisions and manage the work performance of others.

• Strong leadership skills, including coaching and counseling, enabling others to act, and developing a service and team-focused culture amongst reports.
• The ability to gather, interpret, and report data.
• The ability to develop action plans based on the interpretation of data.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment, juggling multiple projects and priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Deltek, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and PowerPoint.

Why work with Lerch Bates?

• Competitive Compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership program!
• Generous PTO
• Incentive compensation bonus
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match!
• FSA and HSA
• Charitable paid time off
• Birthday Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development
  • An entire internal department dedicated to your learning and career development!
• Exceptional company culture
  • Employee resource groups
  • Team building and networking activities
• And more!

Be more than just an employee...

Lerch Bates is 100% employee-owned! Our employee-owners bring a distinct "we own what we do" brand of technical consulting to every project and partnership. When you work with us, you join a company with an ownership mindset. Expect responsibility, service, and performance in everything we do. So, what does that mean for you? After a certain service time, you are eligible for stock ownership, which essentially works as an additional wealth accumulation and/or retirement account!

CORE Values: Ownership . Community . Integrity . Respect . Optimism

Lerch Bates is a federal contractor, which requires us to conduct a pre-employment background check and drug test.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.