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• Overview

  HFF is hiring a Finance Manager in Wilmington, NC.

• Role description

  This is a freelance opportunity for a Finance Manager who pairs strong Critical Thinking with the curiosity to ask why the numbers moved. Trade 7 years of Relationship Building for $103,000 - $142,000 and you also get finance ownership and a HFF crew that wants you to win.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Forecast headcount cost as HFF scales through Wilmington, NC
  • Close the books each month without letting deadlines slip at HFF
  • Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding
  • Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
  • Build the manager analyst's first reconciliation checklist from scratch
  • Review contracts and invoices for accuracy before payment release

  What You'll Bring

  • Hands-on command of Account Reconciliation, with Financial Reporting as a close second
  • Experience translating GAAP complexity for a non-technical audience
  • Hands-on familiarity with Work-Life Balance, sharpened by Account Reconciliation side projects
  • Practical Internal Controls skills sharpened in a freelance setting
  • Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Finance Manager position
  • Demonstrated Working Capital Management expertise in a fast-moving finance environment

  Inside HFF's Wilmington headquarters, a high-trust team treats every Financial Modeling bug like a personal insult worth fixing tonight. Disagreement is welcome here, but once we decide, the whole HFF team rows in the same direction.

  The salary is $103,000 - $142,000, the mentorship is hands-on, the benefits are real, and the flexibility is the part you will brag about.

  Recruiting for this freelance position is happening in real time, not on a backlog.

  We're not after perfect, we're after ready, so if that's you, apply for Finance Manager now.

• Required skills

  • Internal Controls
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Financial Modeling
  • Fixed Assets
  • GAAP
  • Financial Reporting
  • Working Capital Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Relationship Building
  • Work-Life Balance

• Benefits & perks

  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Childcare Assistance
  • Annual company offsite
  • Equity grants
  • Bike Storage
  • Certification reimbursement
  • Quarterly all-hands meetings
  • Paternity Leave
  • Mental Health Support
  • 20% time for personal projects
  • Work from anywhere policy
  • On-site cafeteria
  • Jury duty leave

• Apply before 2026-08-21

  Submit your application for this Freelance finance position.