Project Analyst I

HNTB; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB in Chicago, IL seeks a Project Analyst focused on project finance management. You will guide budgets, profitability, cash flow, and contract compliance across project lifecycles.

The role emphasizes GAAP-based revenue recognition, cost controls, and timely invoicing, with collaboration across project teams and subconsultants. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required, and strong Excel/data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of financial/project accounting experience.
• Experience with project budgeting and cost controls preferred.
• Familiarity with GAAP and revenue recognition concepts.

Responsibilities

• Engages and supports all financial aspects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Models and analyzes gross margin scenarios from engagement through final negotiations.
• Ensures the accuracy of the PM system by overseeing budget, commitments, forecasts and expenditures.
• Reviews invoice approvals and payment applications in line with client terms.
• Forecasts and monitors EAC with cost account changes, change orders and trends.
• Supports earnings review with GAAP and revenue recognition concepts.
• Escalates project performance issues to the finance supervisor promptly.
• Develops client and subconsultant relationships and manages subconsultants.
• Uses PFAs for routine transactional support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Excel

Contract knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of financial/project accounting experience

Tools

Enterprise reporting system

Project management system

Job description

What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for providing financial guidance to project teams, with a focus on budgets, profitability, earnings variances, cash flow, and contract compliance. The Project Analyst acts as the primary financial advisor throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring success in areas such as contracting, compensation and payment terms, workplan/project management system alignment, budgets, cost controls, revenue recognition, and cash and invoice management.

What You'll Do

• Engages and supports all financial aspects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Models and analyzes gross margin scenarios from initial engagement through final negotiations, offering revenue and cash performance recommendations and enhancement strategies.
• Ensures the accuracy of the PM system by overseeing changes to budget, commitments, forecasts, and expenditures, aligning work plans with client/contract requirements.
• Reviews and ensures timely and accurate invoice approval and payment applications according to client terms and requirements, including subcontracting needs. Collaborates with the project manager and cash management team to proactively resolve billing and revenue discrepancies.
• Generates and evaluates standard and ad hoc reports under guidance to identify and track potential cost issues and overruns. Investigates budget anomalies and escalates concerns to discuss actions.
• Forecasts and monitors project estimate-at-completion (EAC) by recording potential and actual changes to cost accounts, including change orders, trends, and deviations.
• Supports and may facilitate an efficient earnings review process with the project team, using GAAP and revenue recognition concepts to analyze project finance performance. Performs project revenue adjustments with general supervision.
• Escalates project performance that impacts office results to the finance supervisor in a timely manner.
• Develops client and subconsultant relationships, ensuring effective client service and efficient subconsultant management.
• Works with and utilizes PFAs for routine transactional support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree, or
• In lieu of education, 4 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related work experience.

What You'll Bring

• Ability to manage ownership of the project finance responsibilities for smaller, low-risk projects or assist in larger projects.
• Ability to read and comprehend basic contract requirements.
• Emerging understanding of HNTB internal project finance/accounting processes.
• Developing data analysis skills, able to accurately store, interpret, and present data using tools such as Excel, HNTB's enterprise reporting system, and HNTB's project management system.
• Developing conceptual and analytical skills, interpreting and taking/driving action on data.
• Developing organizational skills and the ability to multitask.

What We Prefer

• Degree in relevant Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field
• Knowledge of project financial management/cost controls
• Knowledge of accounting/financial principles and practices
• Knowledge of A/E industry

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Chicago, IL

The approximate pay range for Illinois is $65,297.81 - $97,946.72. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Finance Group

ReqID: R-31497

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