Project Financial Analyst

Overview

The Project Financial Analyst serves as the primary finance business partner to project managers, implementation managers, and core project team members. This role supports project finance matters including revenue recognition, cash flow, scope management, change order management, profitability, resourcing, customer support, and other project-related financial activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate, transparent, and timely financial and non-financial analysis to support project leadership in project and project portfolio decision-making. Clearly articulate the financial implications of business decisions and choices, and deliver retrospective analysis along with forward-looking actions.
• Support financial analysis requirements for simple and complex projects and/or contract types. Execute financial processes and prepare monthly business analysis (including revenues and costs, actuals vs. forecast, variances, cash flow, profitability, cost-to-complete, resourcing, and scope management) for defined projects.
• Maintain, produce, and communicate relevant, impactful project metrics aligned to the project and contract types being managed.
• Synthesize financial and operational data into meaningful business insights that highlight performance, risk, and opportunities.
• Develop alternative finance scenarios using strong technical knowledge, business acumen, best practices, and minimal supervision.
• Maintain and update simpler to complex project and program budgets within relevant tools from post-award onward, including analysis and action on subsequent changes in scope.
• Support project resource planning, monitor resource levels for ongoing projects, and identify and communicate project/portfolio margin implications.
• Support process and technology improvement initiatives.
• Interact with and support customer requests.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, organizational policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Support project setup and closeout activities as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Previous experience as a project financial analyst; some experience in clinical research industry preferred.
• Strong experience with Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial performance systems (e.g., NetSuite).
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a high level of personal motivation to achieve.
• Demonstrated ability to work with confidential and sensitive data.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills to manage multiple projects or tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to perform in-depth analysis using various sources of information.
• Ability to meet deliverable timelines set by the client, project team, and organization.
• Understanding of the underlying principles of revenue recognition and the relationship between Revenue, Backlog, Work in process, and Invoicing.
• Ability to travel.