Overview
The Senior Project Control Analyst provides project financial and reporting support to Division Leads. This role compiles data from Accounting and Contracts to analyze project status and acts as a liaison between Operations and primarily the Accounting, Finance, and Contracts functions.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Program Managers and Contracts on Letters of Credit (LOC) notices
- Review project setup for all new contracts (WBS, POP, etc.) to ensure accuracy
- Work closely with Accounting and Contracts to validate data, address billing and deliverable requirements
- Understand project budgets and assist Project Managers in maintaining current financial data
- Review time charging for all assigned projects
- Review project expenses for accuracy and correct alignment
- Reconcile actual versus budgeted costs per project
- Submit monthly accruals for all assigned projects
- Review and analyze monthly revenue, gross profit, and identify variances
- Understand unbilled data, accounts receivable, and accounts payable related to projects; assist in managing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
- Prepare monthly reporting for the assigned Division
- Review and collaborate with Project Managers on invoice approvals prior to customer submission
- Participate in the monthly close process as part of the Accounting team
- Review and prepare monthly Estimates at Completion (EACs) and Estimates to Complete (ETCs)
- Monitor working at risk thresholds on each project and obtain necessary approvals
- Understand reporting needs of each Division and interfacing departments
- Calculate incentive awards and commissions applicable to the assigned Division
- Support the Division Lead with ad hoc reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
Monthly reporting includes but is not limited to:
- Revenue and gross profit with variance analysis
- Labor utilization with variance analysis
- Work at Risk summary
- Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable commentary related to assigned projects
- Unbilled commentary related to assigned projects
- Backlog reporting in coordination with Contracts data
Requirements
- Exceptional Excel skills with strong data analysis capabilities
- Experience using CostPoint
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in government contracting in Project Control, Finance/Accounting, or related roles
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to interface with staff at all organizational levels
- Candidates with financial responsibility may be subject to a credit check
- Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance functions with the ability to complete complex assignments
- Knowledge of mathematics including elementary statistics, intermediate math, and accounting
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
- Ability to communicate effectively with IT professionals to develop reports and obtain data from various sources
- Ability to extract and combine data from multiple sources and use various software applications for analysis
- Advanced experience with project management applications, particularly MS Project
- Advanced experience with spreadsheet applications, particularly MS Excel
Compensation
Estimated starting pay range is $100,000 to $120,000 annually. This range serves as a general guideline for the geographic location. Offers consider work experience, education, skill level, market factors, and contractual requirements, which may result in offers outside this range.