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Tutor Perini Corporation · 14 hours ago

Director of Finance Operations

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $240K/yr

7+ years exp

Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil, building, and specialty construction company seeking a Director of Finance Operations. This role involves overseeing financial operations, analyzing risks, ensuring accurate revenue recognition, and collaborating with various teams to support project management and corporate objectives.

Civil EngineeringConstructionSmart Building

Responsibilities

Assess and analyze risks impacting the organization from an accounting/finance and operational perspective. This includes financial reporting, cash flow, and other working capital reporting

Develop early warning indicators of projects at risk of new or growing costs in excess (“CIE” or unbilled receivable) positions

Review of contract accounting revenue recognition, contract provisions and claims revenue recognition

Must be considered an expert in accounting for long term construction contracts

Assist in the review of contractual documents to ensure appropriate administration of change order and/or dispute notifications to project customers

Work with business unit and project teams, third party claims consultants and outside counsel (as necessary) to understand the status of major disputes, amounts being pursued, and amounts being recognized as recoverable in accordance with GAAP

Preparation and review of technical accounting memos to support revenue recognition of change orders/claims at the project level

Serve as a liaison between the business units/segments and corporate management for status updates on projects with new/growing and/or significant CIE positions

Collaborate with project management to conduct/review cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts

The ability to review technical and non-technical documentation (job cost reports and budget information, construction schedules, progress reports, correspondence, etc.) to identify key issues and details

Actively participate in quarterly business unit performance review meetings

Establish and manage a suite of key monthly/quarterly reports that provide critical financial and operational information and make actionable recommendations to executive management

As necessary, assist in the review of change order requests and/or cost overruns to ensure budget availability, accurate cost coding and reporting

As necessary, participate in regular estimate meetings with the project management to validate and review current estimates-at-completion (EACs), including providing justification of variances

Participate in special projects and ad hoc requests

Qualification

Accounting for construction contractsGAAP knowledgeFinancial reportingAnalytical skillsMS Office SuiteProject managementCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsOrganizational skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Outstanding organization, project management and communication (written, oral and listening) and interpersonal skills

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field with direct experience in the engineering and construction industry

7+ years of working in accounting/finance capacity at an engineering/construction firm or in public accounting, preferably at a Big 4 firm, with clients in the Engineering and Construction industry

Strong accounting technical background and understanding of GAAP

Strong skills using relevant software tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Ability to travel as needed (generally under 25% but may vary)

Excellent analytical, organizational and abstract reasoning skills; detail oriented and accurate with numbers and reporting

Proven ability to meet hard deadlines

Ability to iteratively discuss financial results and assumptions with executive management in a respectful, efficient and confident manner

Problem solver with the ability to summarize and present reporting results, including explanations and variance analysis

Highly collaborative and perceptive with prudent analysis in problem solving

Results oriented with ability to demonstrate good judgment

Strong ability to plan and organize multiple projects and tasks under strict deadlines

Strong written and oral communication skills, excellent soft-skills and ability to motivate and influence all levels of management

Preferred

CPA is preferred

Company

Tutor Perini Corporation

Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil, building and specialty construction company offering diversified services to private clients and public agencies throughout the world.

Founded in 1894

Sylmar, California, USA

5001-10000 employees