Project Accountant III

Medium; Arizona; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) is seeking a Project Accountant III to provide advanced budget and financial analysis for contract proposals, project budgets, and organizational planning. You will work with the Budget Manager and Controller to develop and maintain budgets, budgets-to-actuals, and financial documentation using Costpoint, Excel, and Copilot.

You will support budgeting, financial analysis, and process improvements, ensuring contract alignment and timely monthly project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• Master’s degree in accounting or MBA a plus.
• 5+ years of budgeting, accounting, or financial analysis (governmental or healthcare a plus).
• Proven ability to present complex budget/financial information clearly.
• RFP/Procurement experience.
• Proficient in Excel with pivot tables, v-lookups, advanced formulas, and data visualization.
• Experience with computerized accounting systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain budgets, travel estimates, and supporting cost documentation for state and federal contract opportunities.
• Review solicitations, contracts, amendments, and related documents to ensure budgets and financial records align with all contractual requirements.
• Support Budget Manager in the development of proposal narratives, budgets, financial analysis, and related documentation.
• Prepare and update budget-to-actual documents to support project and organizational financial management.
• Monitor financial performance and analyze budget variances to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and support informed decision-making.
• Proper tracking of contracts as well as creating contract briefs.
• Responsible for the preparation, distribution, and maintenance of the monthly standard company project reports.
• Communicate budget information and finalize budget packages to project teams and stakeholders and respond to budget-related inquiries.
• Maintain budget procedures, templates, and supporting documentation to promote consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Utilize Costpoint, Excel, Copilot, and other financial tools to support budgeting, reporting, analysis, and process improvement initiatives.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and proposal support as assigned.

Skills

Analytical ability

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's in accounting

MBA or MS in accounting

Tools

Costpoint

Excel

Copilot

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP

Data visualization

Job description

Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?

Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone?

Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community?

Do you want to have fun at work?

Then join the growing team at Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) that is transforming the delivery of healthcare in the United States!

Summary

The Project Accountant III provides advanced budget and financial analysis support for contract proposals, project budgets, and organizational financial planning activities. Working in partnership with the Budget Manager and Controller, this position develops and maintains proposal budgets, budget to actual documents, and financial documentation. The Project Accountant III supports budget and proposal development, financial analysis, and process improvement initiatives using tools such as Costpoint, Excel, and Microsoft Copilot.

Key Responsibilities

Budget Development & Solicitation Support

• Prepare and maintain budgets, travel estimates, and supporting cost documentation for state and federal contract opportunities.
• Review solicitations, contracts, amendments, and related documents to ensure budgets and financial records align with all contractual requirements.
• Support Budget Manager in the development of proposal narratives, budgets, financial analysis, and related documentation.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Prepare and update budget-to-actual documents to support project and organizational financial management.
• Monitor financial performance and analyze budget variances to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and support informed decision-making.
• Proper tracking of contracts as well as creating contract briefs.
• Responsible for the preparation, distribution, and maintenance of the monthly standard company project reports.

Support & Process Improvement

• Communicate budget information and finalize budget packages to project teams and organizational stakeholders and respond to budget-related inquiries.
• Maintain budget procedures, templates, and supporting documentation to promote consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Utilize Costpoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Copilot, and other financial tools to support budgeting, reporting, analysis, and process improvement initiatives
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and proposal support as assigned.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting. (Master’s degree in accounting or MBA a plus).

• 5+ years of experience in budgeting, accounting, or financial analysis (governmental or healthcare experience a plus).
• Proven ability to present complex budget, financial, or accounting information, in a clear and actionable manner.
• Request for Proposal (RFP)/Procurement experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, v-lookups, advanced formulas, and data visualization.
• Experience working with computerized accounting systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

$80,000 - $100,000 a year

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, management reserves the right to revise the position or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, rush jobs requiring non-regular work hours, or technological developments).

HSAG is an EEO Employer of Veterans protected under Section 4212.

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