Strategic Lead, Project Financial Controls & Compliance

NextGenEnergyJobs; Asbury Park (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Solar Landscape seeks a Senior Project Controls professional to define and maintain financial control policies across multiple solar projects. You will set budget approvals, track commitments, manage change orders, and ensure accurate forecasting and invoicing.

Collaborating with Project Accounting, Procurement, and PMO, you will drive adherence to governance standards, closeouts, and auditable records while supporting audits and continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, construction management, or related field.
• CPA, CMA, CFM or equivalent experience preferred.
• Significant experience in project controls, project accounting, financial controls, construction finance, capital projects, or similar environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, or monitoring financial controls across multiple projects.
• Strong understanding of project budgets, commitments, purchase orders, change orders, forecasts, invoices, contingency, and financial closeout.
• Experience with ERP systems and project financial reporting tools; Microsoft Dynamics experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to challenge decisions constructively while maintaining effective working relationships.
• Demonstrated judgment in assessing risk, materiality, exceptions, and escalation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain project financial control policies, standards, procedures, and guidance for projects.
• Establish clear requirements for budget approval, commitment controls, change order management, forecasting, invoice validation, and financial closeout.
• Maintain the project financial control framework and ensure it aligns with policy, accounting requirements, and business objectives.
• Define required documentation, evidence, approvals, and segregation of duties for key financial processes.
• Maintain control calendars, compliance checklists, process maps, and control owners.
• Identify control gaps and recommend process, system, or policy improvements.
• Monitor approvals and auditable evidence for budgets and commitments.
• Support periodic reviews of project financial compliance and readiness for audit.
• Define standards for budget development, version control, and baseline management.
• Monitor procurement and PO approval requirements; suggest governance improvements.
• Establish escalation for high-risk commitments; review PO and change-order logs for exceptions.
• Define documentation and process requirements for Change Orders and their auditability.
• Review change-order trends and bottlenecks; ensure forecast accuracy and variance handling.
• Audit forecasting practices and connect scope, schedule, commitments, costs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Documentation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Construction Management, or related field

CPA, CMA, CFM or equivalent experience preferred

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Solar Landscape seeks a Senior Project Controls professional to define and maintain financial control policies across multiple solar projects. You will set budget approvals, track commitments, manage change orders, and ensure accurate forecasting and invoicing.

Collaborating with Project Accounting, Procurement, and PMO, you will drive adherence to governance standards, closeouts, and auditable records while supporting audits and continuous process improvements.