Project Financial Specialist

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Under general supervision, the Project Finacial Specialist will provide advanced revenue and cost operations analysis by performing a variety of accounting and finance duties. Problems faced may be difficult to complex. Requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, exceptional communication and organizations skills, the ability to work independently as well as collaborate with other departments.

Actively support and uphold the Company's stated vision, mission, and values.

All services shall be provided in accordance with established standards, principles, and ethics of the profession, applicable professional specialty organizations, and the high-quality standard for which Acuity is recognized.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with program management team to develop and maintain monthly estimate-to-complete (ETC) and estimate-at-complete (EAC) for assigned projects; meet deadlines for submissions and provide ongoing status.
• Reports detailed information, analyzes financial data in support of project cost/schedule status, monitors project expenditures against budget, performs variance analysis, and presents briefings to Business Partners and customers as required.
• Ongoing tracking of the backlog, remaining funding, and trailing costs.
• Ensure revenue is recorded according to procedure and provide accurate data for inclusion in quarterly forecast plans.

• Ability to analyze and reconcile cash flow, profitability, invoicing, un-billables, costs on hold, subcontract invoices monthly and attend briefings with functional staff to validate current project status.

• Analyze funding requirements and process funding modification notifications through the cognizant contract administrator.
• Assist in resource use planning and forecasting.
• Serve as liaison between Operations and functional support departments (e.g., Purchasing, Contracts, Accounting, etc.) to ensure timely support to Operations and/or the Program Management to meet project objectives and requirements.
• Conduct weekly/monthly status reviews and independent cost and budget analysis.
• Responsible for unbilled receivables balance. Regularly monitor, manage, and report status on the unbilled receivables balances on assigned contracts to optimize cash flow and DSO.
• Review all direct and indirect costs for accuracy, proper coding, approvals, and contract compliance.
• Identify/recommend business and administrative process improvements to increase efficiencies and cost savings.
• Attend and contribute to contract Kick off meetings for assigned projects
• Attend and contribute to Costpoint Project Set Up meetings with FIS, Finance, and/or Billing
• Develop department/project level communications, status updates and presentations.
• Review and approve draft invoices within 24 hours.
• Partner and mentor with newer team members to support and help develop skills.
• Work to validate costs on the General Ledger and do clean up, as necessary.
• Create Journal entries as needed.
• Actively monitor A/R and follow up on past due invoices in coordination with project management teams, billing, and contracts.
• Manage activities including month- and year-end financial reporting and analysis.
• Participates in new business proposals, project projections, analysis of requirements, and input to cost and management volumes
• Understand and foster cross-program and cross-functional dependencies to influence execution success and maximized value capture.
• Follow proper contract closeout procedures for finance.
• Ability to build and maintain bottom's up estimate at completions on all project types, meet deadlines for submissions, certifications and provide management with ongoing status of EACs.
• Performs assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet outlined objectives. Work is reviewed by management.
• Ensures adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and corporate policies and procedures as they relate to contract financials.
• Generate ad hoc management reports and analysis as requested.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or appropriate.

Qualifications

• Typically has a University Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of related work experience

Acuity International is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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