Senior Project Control Analyst

VTG

$100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in government contracting in a Project Control, Finance/Accounting, or related role
  • Exceptional skills in Excel for data analysis
  • Experience with CostPoint software
  • Strong communication abilities across all organizational levels
  • Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance functions
  • Advanced experience with project management applications, especially MS Project.

Responsibilities

  • Provide financial and reporting support to Division Leads
  • Compile and analyze project status data from Accounting and Contracts
  • Collaborate with Program Managers on notices and contract setups
  • Manage project budgets and assist PMs in maintaining financial data
  • Ensure billing requirements and accuracy of project expenses
  • Reconcile actual versus budget costs for projects
  • Prepare monthly financial reports and manage ad hoc requests from the Division Lead.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and growth within the company
  • Collaborative work environment with access to cross-functional teams
  • Engagement with high-impact government contracting projects
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Potential for performance-based bonuses or incentive awards.
Full Job Description
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.

What will you do?
• 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:
  • Revenue and gross profit with variance analysis
  • Labor utilization with variance analysis
  • Work at Risk summary
  • Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable commentary relative to assigned projects
  • Unbilled commentary relative to assigned projects
  • Backlog reporting in concert with Contracts data

Do you have what it takes?

  • Exceptional Excel skills including the ability to analyze data
  • Experience using CostPoint
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in government contracting performing in a Project Control, Finance / Accounting, or related role
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to interface with staff members at all levels within the organization
  • 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.


Pay Range: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $100,000-120,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.

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