Job Overview
As part of Finance Global Business Support, the Finance Project Analyst will oversee financial performance for assigned projects, focusing on key metrics such as budget consumption, invoicing, and cash flow.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Act as a key contact for interpreting and investigating financial results for assigned projects.
- Prepare, reconcile, analyze, and report project KPIs (LOE – level of effort, T&E, third‑party budget consumption, milestones acceptance, invoicing, and cash receipts status).
- Review actual and planned resources, flag discrepancies to Project Managers.
- Handle project close‑out reconciliations and escalate issues as needed.
- Analyze financial and business data for assigned projects and contracts.
- Coordinate with Project Managers on change orders, project status, resourcing, and budgets.
- Assist in developing regular financial status reports for projects.
- Record monthly revenue for contracts and communicate estimates to clients.
- Monitor subcontractor and vendor contracts, acting as the contact point for external/internal resources.
- Attend project meetings to support Project Managers and ensure accurate forecasting.
- Track overall project health including revenues, gross profit, receivables, and project close‑outs.
- Ensure that operational procedures are being followed by Project Teams.
- Identify and work with team leads to resolve and/or escalated violations as needed.
- Validate reports obtained from projects and ensure that the reports are provided on time.
- Work with project team leads and program directors on operational support needs, set up and lead project meetings.
- Assist with resource plan baselines.
- Review and manage exceptions and elevate them to stakeholders as needed.
- Process and distribute reports, defining tool requirements.
- Analyze and monitor dashboard reports on every project created monthly.
- Identify planned projects monthly.
- Identify projects with Level of Effort (LOE) overage and escalates these to senior management.
- Schedule invoices and assist in their payment.
- Work with management to optimize processes.
Skills & Experience
- Experience working in financial analysis.
- Self‑motivated with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Use discretion while dealing with confidential matters.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Knowledge of Project Management Standards and Great Plains system.
- Prior experience in project analysis and ASC 606 revenue recognition highly preferred.
- Prior experience in portfolio financial management and forecasting highly preferred.
- Significant past experience in an administrative position with responsibility for audit and processing tasks.
- Ability to follow business rules and procedures while analyzing and identifying errors in processes and data.
- Availability to work from office in hybrid mode.
- Education: BSC in Accounting / Finance or related field.
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