Project Analyst ll

HNTB; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,581 - 128,371; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a Project Analyst to provide financial guidance across the full project lifecycle in the Los Angeles area. You will focus on budgets, profitability, cash flow, and contract compliance, acting as the primary financial advisor to project teams.

Responsibilities include modeling gross margin scenarios, overseeing budget changes, reviewing invoices, and generating reports to identify cost issues. Collaboration with PMs and finance teams is essential to drive project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 2 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience, or 6 years of related experience in lieu of education.
• Experience with budgets, profitability, and cash flow preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP and revenue recognition concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support financial aspects across the project lifecycle.
• Model gross margin scenarios and provide recommendations.
• Oversee budget changes, forecasts, and expenditures.
• Review invoices and ensure timely payments per client terms.
• Generate reports to identify cost issues and variances.
• Forecast EAC and track changes to cost accounts.
• Assist with earnings reviews and revenue adjustments.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Cost controls

Revenue recognition

Project finance management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

6 years of related experience in lieu of education

Tools

PM 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.

Opportunity Overview

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

• Engage and support all financial aspects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Model and analyze gross margin scenarios from initial engagement through final negotiations, offering revenue and cash performance recommendations and enhancement strategies.
• Ensure the accuracy of the PM system by overseeing changes to budget, commitments, forecasts, and expenditures, aligning work plans with client/contract requirements.
• Review and ensure timely and accurate invoice approval and payment applications according to client terms and requirements, including subcontracting needs. Collaborate with the project manager and cash management team to proactively resolve billing and revenue discrepancies.
• Generate and evaluate standard and ad hoc reports to identify and track potential cost issues and overruns. Investigate budget anomalies and resolve variances or escalates concerns to discuss actions.
• Forecast and monitor project estimate‑at‑completion (EAC) by recording potential and actual changes to cost accounts, including change orders, trends, and deviations.
• Facilitate an efficient earnings review process with the project team, using GAAP and revenue recognition concepts to analyze project finance performance. Perform project revenue adjustments with general supervision.
• Escalate project performance that impacts office results to the office finance manager in a timely manner.
• Develop client and subconsultant relationships, ensuring effective client service and efficient subconsultant management.
• May offer guidance and mentorship to Project Finance Associates, including oversight of day‑to‑day work. Utilize PFAs for routine transactional support.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience, or
• In lieu of education, 6 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related work experience.

What We Prefer

• Ability to manage ownership of the project finance responsibilities for small to medium projects or ownership of a portion of larger projects.
• Ability to read and comprehend contract requirements to ensure contract adherence.
• Intermediate conceptual and analytical skills, driving action on data.
• Intermediate organizational skills, ability to multitask, and self‑directed.
• 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

Benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Los Angeles, CA (LA International Airport)

Pay ranges for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA: $85,580.52 – $128,370.78.

Nationwide pay range: $74,417.85 – $139,533.46.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Finance Group

ReqID: R-30800

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. The HNTB Companies ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Any applicant with limited English proficiency or a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact us at [e-mail] or call 816‑527‑2600 for assistance. HNTB will make determinations on requests for accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis. Hearing and speech impaired individuals who seek assistance or accommodation in applying for a position via TTY, may dial 711 in the United States. Instruct the TTY operator to call 888‑400‑4682 and select option 5 for TTY service. Please indicate to the HNTB agent that you are a candidate seeking assistance in the job application process.