Financial Analyst (Project Controls Analyst)

Responsibilities

• Providing program and project control support for monthly close activities, including variance analysis related to key drivers such as revenue, gross margin, net margin, and billable hours.
• Working closely with Accounting, Contracts, and Program Managers to prepare accurate, timely invoices for submission to clients according to the invoicing instructions in the contracts.
• Preparing Estimate-At-Completion (EAC) and support analysis comparing budgets and forecasts to actual results, plus financial and operational trends.
• Conducting contract and subcontract administration, to include monitoring of funding, and leading analysis on project cost, schedule, performance, variance, risk reporting, and analysis.
• Reconciling and providing explanation on any unbilled balances, providing weekly status updates on any overdue invoices and follow up when needed, updating and maintaining the Billing Master file, and assisting with ongoing timesheet reviews.
• Preparing executive presentation materials, assisting with company and project leadership briefings, and performing on ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Partnering with Program Managers and Directors to understand and maintain focus on their analytical needs, including identifying critical metrics and delivering actionable insights to relevant decision-makers to support them running their programs.
• Developing and providing monthly financial reports to Program Managers, Program Directors, and company executives.
• Working with multiple programs/projects to develop financial dashboards to track financial and operational KPIs, monitor progress and quality, manage issue resolution, recommend corrective action, and develop ad-hoc client deliverables.
• Coordinating with program leadership and stakeholders to ensure project execution is consistent with budget plans and coordinated with program sponsors as needed.

Required skills

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of finance and accounting experience, preferably with growing professional services companies.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, in person, and via electronic mediums.
• Ability to communicate professionally with clients, management, employees, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Ability to read and interpret policy, regulations, and directives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced modeling, pivot tables, macros), Google Sheets, pricing software, and financial analysis tools.
• Strong budgeting and reporting skills and a solid understanding of cash flow management.
• Analytic and modeling skills and familiarity with income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows.
• Experience performing financial management and reviewing work products for correctness, quality, and completeness.
• Experience tracking, monitoring, reporting, standardizing, and overseeing project cost, schedule, and performance measures.
• Experience managing, coordinating, and facilitating a team's efforts effectively and efficiently in multiple contract environments (i.e., Time and Material, Firm Fixed Price).
• Excellent time management skills with keen attention to detail.
• High level of personal integrity, ethics, motivation, and ability to foster mutual respect and inclusion.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, dynamic, and growing environment while maintaining alignment across organizational boundaries.

Desired skills

• Proficiency in GSuite, Slack, Zoom, Excel, Apple computers, and other tools used to support a remote-work environment.