BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER
LEXINGTON, KY
Number of openings: 1
Job Description
The Business Operations Manager position is a full-time role reporting to the firm’s Office Managing Principals. The responsibilities include payroll and vendor payments; invoicing and accounts payable; insurance renewals and management; staff and firm professional license renewals; tax management in cooperation with our accounting consultants; 401K administration; data mining and finance reports for business metrics; new hire protocols and employee benefits administration; travel and supplies purchases; employee handbook administration; and building and tenant management – for an engineering consulting company and our office (property) companies. Manage and oversee business office functions in accounts, billing, insurance, and benefits. Manage, direct, and mentor Executive Assistant in business administration duties.
Qualifications
+ Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration or accounting (preferred)
+ Exhibit initiative and independence; dependability and integrity, and personable demeanor when working with ownership and employees
+ Working knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles
+ Minimum 6 years’ experience in business office management or accounting, in a professional office environment
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and ability to adapt to business software
+ Ability to advise and work cooperatively with Ownership and auditing consultant
+ Self-motivated and diligent - Be proactive
+ Strong communication skills, written, and verbal
+ Accurate and thorough - Own the responsibilities
+ Positive and pleasant, professional demeanor - Get along; Our people, and then our clients, are our biggest assets
+ Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is a plus! (We use Unanet)
+ CPA or MBA is a plus!
Salary + Benefits
+ Hourly Pay with overtime over threshold
+ Flexible weekly commitment (32 to 45 average hours per week)
+ Mostly in-office, with some WFH flexibility once independently active
+ Bonuses based on employee contribution and company profitability
+ Competitive benefits with medical, dental, and retirement
+ Profit Sharing
+ Professional development (both paid and personal opportunity)
+ 9 Paid holidays
+ 3-4 weeks PTO commensurate with experience
+ Pay: Commensurate with experience and ability to develop our company growth
About BK
Established in 2000, Brown+Kubican is a growing engineering consultant company with a strong professional culture, 45 persons, and 2 offices in Lexington and Louisville. We are transitioning from Principal-led to a Board of Directors, to which the Business Operations Manager would report to. Our core values are excellence, responsiveness, integrity, added value, and team empowerment. Our team are all self-motivated and professional (we’re engineers, but we like to have fun too). We work in multiple states, but have a loyal client base for whom we design many of the largest and most complex building structures across the state of Kentucky. We are looking for a Business Operations Manager that is excited to help us grow, not only facilitating day-to-day operations, but also performing financial analysis, advising in Strategic Planning, and embodying a leadership role within the firm.
To Apply
Submit your resume to:
Dan Kubican, President