Sr. Specialist - Accounts

Acentra Health; Chennai District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Acentra Health is seeking an experienced level Project Controls Analyst to join our government health and human services team. The role focuses on developing baseline budgets, analyzing project risks, and supporting Project Managers with financial insights.

Responsibilities include cost forecasting, variance analysis, change control support, and preparing documentation for governance reviews across state and federal projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college or university.
• Three (3) plus years of experience in financial modelling and/or project controls.
• Experience in fixed price and financial analysis for software implementation contracts or system integration projects.
• Experience developing and presenting budget and status reports.
• Understanding of accrual processes, invoice review and validation.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle EPM Cloud and/or Hyperion applications.

Responsibilities

• Develops project baseline budgets, analyzes project risks, and provides analytical support to Project Managers.
• Monitor and collaborate on project progress to compare actual versus baseline resource usage and analyze project cost variances.
• Support Project Managers in specialized analyses of corrective action plans.
• Prepares documentation for project financial review and approval per corporate guidelines.
• Supports change control process and governance meetings with cost analyses and forecasting.
• Provides project financial updates at operations meetings and flags emerging issues.
• Identifies and assists with change management on projects.
• Monitors close out documentation and final cost/reporting for benchmarking.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Project controls

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Oracle EPM Cloud

Hyperion

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Overview

Acentra Health is currently looking for an experienced level Project Controls Analyst to join our government health and human services business team as we continue to grow!

The Acentra Health team is dedicated to delivering exceptional digital health IT products and solutions to improve health outcomes and reduce overall healthcare costs.

As a Project Controls Analyst, you will have significant responsibility to develop project baseline budgets, analyze project risks, and provide analytical support to Project Managers for public sector (state and federal) business.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

• Develops project baseline budgets, analyzes project risks, and provides analytical support to Project Managers.
• Monitor and collaborate on project progress to compare actual versus baseline resource usage and analyze project cost variances.
• Support Project Managers in performing specialized analyses of corrective action plans to determine the most effective means of addressing potential problems.
• Prepares documentation in accordance with corporate guidelines for project financial review and approval.
• Prepares documentation in support of the change control process and internal governance meetings throughout the project life cycle. Performs cost analysis, cost estimating, cost management, cost control, and cost forecasting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provides update at operations meetings on project financials, schedule status, issues, and concerns; keeps project managers informed of emerging issues as they arise.
• Identifies and assists with change management process on projects.
• Monitors close out documentation requirements and reviews final cost report and final schedule for close out and benchmarking purposes.
• Provides reports on pipeline, backlog, project status, Project Cost information and staff planning. Prepares cash flow forecasting and analysis.
• Develop and maintain annual budgets.
• Assist management with special projects as needed.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• You have advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft office suite
• You have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college or university.
• You have three (3) plus years of experience in financial modelling and/or project controls.
• You have experience in fixed price and financial analysis, preferable for Software implementation contracts or system integration projects.
• You have experience developing and presenting budget and status reports
• You have a complete understanding of accrual processes, invoice review and validation.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle EPM Cloud and/or Hyperion applications.

Nice to Have, Not Mandatory:

• You have experience with US Government/public sector (Federal or State) contracts or projects
• You have knowledge of US GAAP revenue recognition methodologies.