Finance Manager - Modular Data Center Infrastructure (Houston, TX - Hybrid)
Accounting & Finance, Other Engineering
Houston, TX, USA
Finance Manager – Modular Data Center Infrastructure
Location: Houston, Texas (Hybrid or Open to candidates willing to travel)
Travel: Up to 20%
About Submer
Submer designs and delivers end-to-end AI datacenter infrastructure built around industry-leading liquid cooling.
We help organizations scale AI beyond the limits of traditional datacenters by enabling higher density, greater efficiency and lower environmental impact – accelerating time-to-AI from first deployment to full production.
What impact you'll have:
Submer is seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Finance Manager to support our rapidly growing Modular Data Center Infrastructure business. This role will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, project finance, budgeting, forecasting, and business decision support across large-scale infrastructure, design-build, and mission-critical construction projects.
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys partnering closely with operations, engineering, project delivery, procurement, and executive leadership teams to improve financial visibility, drive profitability, and support business growth.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong combination of FP&A expertise, financial modeling capabilities, project-based business experience, and a solid understanding of accounting principles. Success in this role requires both strategic thinking and a willingness to roll up your sleeves in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
What you'll do
Business Partnership
- Serve as a key finance partner to business leaders and operational teams.
- Provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations to support decision-making.
- Support strategic initiatives, growth plans, and operational improvements.
- Help identify financial risks and opportunities across projects and business operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve business performance and profitability.
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
- Develop and maintain financial models supporting revenue growth, project profitability, and capital planning.
- Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and KPI analyses.
- Analyze financial performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying key drivers and trends.
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to support management decisions.
- Support financial planning for new business opportunities and market expansion initiatives.
Project & Operational Finance
- Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, margins, costs, cash flow, and working capital.
- Partner with project managers and operational leaders to track budgets and forecast project outcomes.
- Assist in developing project-level reporting, forecasting, and profitability analysis.
- Support contract reviews and commercial decision-making.
- Monitor backlog performance, pipeline conversion, and project execution metrics.
Financial Modeling & Strategic Analysis
- Build and maintain financial models to support:
- New business opportunities
- Capital investment decisions
- Manufacturing and operational initiatives
- Pricing and profitability analysis
- Strategic growth initiatives
- Assist in evaluating business cases for major investments and operational improvements.
- Conduct financial analysis to support leadership decision-making.
Financial Controls & Reporting
- Partner with Corporate Accounting to support accurate financial reporting.
- Maintain a strong understanding of financial statements, revenue recognition, and project accounting requirements.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial processes.
- Help ensure compliance with internal controls and financial governance practices.
- Improve reporting accuracy, forecasting reliability, and financial visibility.
Process Improvement
- Develop and enhance financial reporting tools, dashboards, and processes.
- Support automation and process improvements across budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities.
- Contribute to ERP and financial system optimization projects.
- Drive continuous improvements in financial planning and operational reporting.
What you'll need
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 5–8 years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, corporate finance, or business finance.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial statements.
- Experience supporting project-based, engineering, manufacturing, construction, infrastructure, or industrial businesses.
- Experience developing budgets, forecasts, management reporting, and KPI dashboards.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Preferred
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or related certification.
- Experience with project accounting and revenue recognition.
- Experience with ERP systems and business intelligence/reporting tools.
- Exposure to manufacturing, data center, energy, or infrastructure industries.
What we offer
- Attractive compensation package reflecting your expertise and experience.
- Medical Insurance Plan.
- 401k Employee volunteer contribution Plan.
- A great work environment characterized by friendliness, international diversity, flexibility, and a hybrid-friendly approach.
- You´ll be part of a fast-growing scale-up with a mission to make a positive impact, offering an exciting career evolution.
Our job titles may span more than one job level. The actual base pay is dependent on a number of factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands.
Our inclusive responsibility
Submer is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.