finance manager
Robert Half Finance & Accounting
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The Finance Manager supports informed decision-making through analysis, planning, and financial insight. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the role partners with business leaders to evaluate performance, identify trends, and strengthen financial visibility. The ideal candidate brings analytical judgment, practical modeling skills, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
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Full job description
Description We are looking for a Finance Manager to support informed decision-making through thoughtful analysis, forward-looking planning, and clear financial insight. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this role partners with business leaders to evaluate performance, identify trends, and strengthen financial visibility across key areas. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, a practical approach to modeling, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
Responsibilities:
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Develop financial models and forecasting tools that support planning, budgeting, and strategic evaluation.
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Analyze operating results and investigate variances between actual performance and financial expectations.
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Produce ad hoc analyses that help leadership assess business questions, risks, and opportunities.
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Interpret large data sets using data mining techniques to uncover patterns, trends, and performance drivers.
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Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver financial insight that supports business decisions and operational priorities.
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Prepare clear summaries and presentations that communicate findings, assumptions, and recommendations to leadership.
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Monitor key financial metrics and recommend actions to improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall performance. Requirements • Proven experience in financial analysis within a corporate finance, FP& A, or related environment.
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Strong capability in building and maintaining financial models for planning and decision support.
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Demonstrated ability to perform ad hoc analysis and translate findings into practical business recommendations.
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Experience conducting variance analysis and identifying underlying drivers of financial performance.
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Proficiency in working with large data sets and applying data mining techniques to generate insight.
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Advanced analytical skills with strong attention to detail and sound business judgment.
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Effective communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to stakeholders.
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,980 open Finance Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Massachusetts median$110–173K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$50–72/hr22 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Finance Manager jobs in Massachusetts and 1,980 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Amazon4 open
- Robert Half (this employer)4 open
- RTX Corporation3 open
- Experience
- Finance Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 7 years (1,802 postings).
- Education
- 1,213 of the 1,980 open Finance Manager jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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