Overview:
The Senior Project Control Analyst provides project financial and reporting support to Division Leads. Compiles data from Accounting and Contracts to analyze project status. Acts as a liaison between Operations and primarily the Accounting, Finance and Contracts functions.
Responsibilities:
- Works with Program Managers and Contracts on LOC notices
- Review project set-up for all new contracts (WBS, POP, etc.) to ensure accuracy
- Work closely with Accounting and Contracts to ensure validity of data, address billing and deliverable requirements, etc.
- Understand the budget for each project and assist PMs with staying current on financial data relative to project
- Review time charging for all assigned projects
- Review expenses for each project for accuracy and correct project alignment
- Reconcile actual vs. budget costs per project
- Submit monthly accruals for all assigned projects
- Review and understand the monthly revenue, gross profit and identify any variances
- Understand unbilled data, accounts receivable and accounts payable relative to projects and assist in managing DSO/DPO
- Prepare monthly reporting for the assigned Division
- Review and work with PMs on approving all invoices prior to customer submission
- Work as a part of the Accounting team on the monthly close process
- Review and prepare monthly EACs and ETCs
- Understand working at risk thresholds on each project and get appropriate approvals as needed
- Understand reporting needs of each Division and department interfacing with assigned projects
- Calculate incentive awards / commissions applicable to assigned Division
- Support the Division Lead for any ad hoc reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
Monthly reporting will include but may not be limited to:
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Revenue and gross profit with variance analysis
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Labor utilization with variance analysis
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Work at Risk summary
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Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable commentary relative to assigned projects
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Unbilled commentary relative to assigned projects
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Backlog reporting in concert with Contracts data
Qualifications:
- Exceptional Excel skills including the ability to analyze data
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Experience using CostPoint
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
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Minimum of 5 years of experience in government contracting performing in a Project Control, Finance / Accounting, or related role
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Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to interface with staff members at all levels within the organization
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Individuals hired into positions holding financial responsibility may be subject to a credit check
Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance functions and the ability to reason and complete difficult and complex assignments.
Knowledge of mathematics to include: elementary statistics, intermediate level math, and/or accounting.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to communicate effectively with appropriate IT professionals to develop reports and obtain data from a variety of sources as necessary for analyses and information requirements.
Ability to extract and combine data from numerous sources and use a variety of software applications to develop and create necessary information for analysis.
Advanced experience with project management applications, particularly MS Project.
Advanced experience with spreadsheet applications, particularly MS Excel.
