Senior Project Finance & Contracts Coordinator

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN); Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) seeks a detail-oriented finance professional to support project managers, profit center leaders, and executives in budgeting, reporting, audits, and contract administration.

The role involves coordinating monthly reviews, communicating project status with the accounting team, setting up projects, tracking progress, and ensuring compliance with company policy through close-out.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Administration, Law, or 10+ years of related experience.
• 7+ years of relative experience in managing contracts, and/or project finances.
• An understanding of the engineering and architectural consulting practice preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office, including Word and Excel.
• Experience with Deltek VantagePoint is highly recommended.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial reports for management.
• Completion of project audits including quality and contract compliance audits.
• Assessment of the performance of a project against the project budget.
• Communicating project status and direction effectively and efficiently utilizing tools and metrics available.
• Establishment and coordination of monthly project reviews between Project Managers and supervisors.
• Communicating with the Project Managers and the Accounting department month end revenue accruals and progress reporting.
• Administration and development (with Legal department oversight) of contracts/agreements.
• Project set-up including generating setup documents, helping develop project schedules, filing procedures, and project work plans.
• Project close-out by ensuring proper filing, project write-ups, etc. are completed in accordance with company policy

Skills

Contract management

Budget control

Project reporting

Education

B.S. in Accounting

B.S. in Business Administration

B.S. in Law

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Word

Deltek VantagePoint

Job description

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) seeks a detail-oriented finance professional to support project managers, profit center leaders, and executives in budgeting, reporting, audits, and contract administration.

The role involves coordinating monthly reviews, communicating project status with the accounting team, setting up projects, tracking progress, and ensuring compliance with company policy through close-out.