Project Controls Analyst

Primary Services; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Services is seeking a Project Controls Analyst to provide financial analysis, project costing, and multi‑entity accounting across a global business. You will participate in accruals, forecasting, intercompany activity, and month‑end close to improve project profitability.

The role also involves variance analysis, reviewing foreign currency impacts, and ERP‑driven finance to support international operations and business leaders. Oracle ERP experience is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline required.
• 4+ years of professional accounting or finance experience, including 3+ years of financial analysis.
• Experience with GL reconciliations, variance analysis, accruals, sales and cost analysis, and month-end close.
• Demonstrated project costing, project accounting, or project profitability analysis experience.
• Proficiency with ERP financial modules; Oracle ERP experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience analyzing high-volume financial data.
• Multi-entity, multi-currency, or international operations experience preferred.
• Experience with foreign subsidiaries, intercompany transactions, or international taxation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete monthly and annual financial close activities for assigned business areas.
• Perform month-end closing activities across project, purchasing, and inventory modules.
• Reconcile high-volume and high-value General Ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies.
• Analyze project costs, sales, cost of sales, contribution margins, and overall profitability.
• Perform variance analysis and identify necessary financial adjustments with business unit stakeholders.
• Review project accruals, unbilled accounts receivable, and project close activities.
• Analyze intercompany sales and contribution margin allocations across multiple entities.
• Consolidate monthly results and prepare financial data for management reporting.
• Monitor multi-currency transactions and their impact on projects and General Ledger accounts.
• Review financial activities involving foreign branches and subsidiaries.
• Analyze major expense accounts, warranty reserves, and concession costs for significant variances.
• Partner directly with business units to investigate financial issues and improve reporting accuracy.
• Support financial and tax analysis involving international operations and foreign entities.
• Assign project labor rates and support project-based financial reporting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Project costing

Month-end close

Excel

Intercompany transactions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Step beyond traditional accounting and take on a finance role with real visibility into projects, profitability, and global operations. Join a global industrial technology leader with 5,000+ employees worldwide, where you’ll gain hands‑on exposure to project costing, margin and variance analysis, multi-entity financial activity, and ERP-driven finance while supporting a complex international business.

The Project Controls Analyst will support a complex global business through a combination of financial analysis, project accounting, and corporate accounting. This role will take an active part in project costing, contribution margin analysis, accruals, forecasting, intercompany activity, and month‑end close while helping business leaders understand variances and improve project profitability.

Responsibilities

• Complete monthly and annual financial close activities for assigned business areas.
• Perform month‑end closing activities across project, purchasing, and inventory modules.
• Reconcile high‑volume and high‑value General Ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies.
• Analyze project costs, sales, cost of sales, contribution margins, and overall profitability.
• Perform variance analysis and identify necessary financial adjustments with business unit stakeholders.
• Review project accruals, unbilled accounts receivable, and project close activities.
• Analyze intercompany sales and contribution margin allocations across multiple entities.
• Consolidate monthly results and prepare financial data for management reporting.
• Monitor multi‑currency transactions and their impact on projects and General Ledger accounts.
• Review financial activities involving foreign branches and subsidiaries.
• Analyze major expense accounts, warranty reserves, and concession costs for significant variances.
• Partner directly with business units to investigate financial issues and improve reporting accuracy.
• Support financial and tax analysis involving international operations and foreign entities.
• Assign project labor rates and support project‑based financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline required.
• 4+ years of professional accounting or finance experience, including 3+ years of financial analysis experience.
• Experience with GL reconciliations, variance analysis, accruals, sales and cost analysis, and month‑end close.
• Demonstrated project costing, project accounting, or project profitability analysis experience.
• Proficiency with ERP financial modules; Oracle ERP experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience analyzing high‑volume financial data.
• Multi‑entity, multi‑currency, or international operations experience preferred.
• Experience with foreign subsidiaries, intercompany transactions, or international taxation preferred.
• Experience within a foreign‑owned or Japanese‑owned organization is a plus.