Senior Transportation Project Controller & Budget Lead

HDR; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off

Employee ownership

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Transportation Project Accountant in Irvine, CA. You will provide detailed cost and schedule analysis, manage invoicing and project budgets, and ensure contract compliance across multiple California locations.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in project controls or accounting, a related degree, strong communication, and the ability to mentor junior staff in a collaborative, employee-owned culture.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience; an advanced degree may offset years of experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Outlook.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and collaborate with managers in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supervising other financial professionals beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed analysis and reporting on project status within an established system of project controls
• Be responsible for analysis, developing and reporting associated with various project controls job duties, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, earned value management (EVM), projections, variance analysis, schedules, project/program/portfolio integration or technical project reviews
• Work autonomously on client invoicing, collections management and project budgeting
• Accurately contract documentation, administration and maintenance, including fee and budget entry
• Work with section and project personnel to provide timely contract performance data and resolve financial issues
• Read and understand client and internal contracts
• Coordinate the project accounting system within the department and work with technical staff to ensure compliance with contractual requirements
• Be responsible for using knowledge and experience in project controls, support the technical project management team in project management activities
• Serve as the centralized point of contact to internal and external business
• Team with technical staff, project leads and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision-makers within the scope of project controls (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget/cost)
• Utilize information management, access controls management, configuration management, program integration and communications and risk management processes to support project teams
• Assist with customer interactions, including arranging and documenting periodic reviews and tracking project management deliverables and presenting project management status to external or internal customers
• Analyze, prepare, validate and maintain cost estimates, detailed baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports
• Utilize earned value management techniques or other management techniques to understand relationships between planned work, executed work, and actual costs
• Analyze the schedule, including ensuring that schedule logic is consistent and maintained, analyzing what-if scenarios, reviewing critical-path reviews (including secondary or tertiary critical-path, where applicable) as required
• Work with technical leads and/or project managers to ensure that risks and opportunities are integrated with schedule and budget and that goods and services of the proper quality are obtained when needed by the project, according to the project schedule
• Supervise and mentor junior project accountants as needed
• Complete tasks autonomously
• Perform other duties as needed

Skills

Communication skills

MS Office

Project accounting

Invoicing

Education

Associate degree in a closely related field

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

HDR is seeking a Senior Transportation Project Accountant in Irvine, CA. You will provide detailed cost and schedule analysis, manage invoicing and project budgets, and ensure contract compliance across multiple California locations.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in project controls or accounting, a related degree, strong communication, and the ability to mentor junior staff in a collaborative, employee-owned culture.