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CRG · 3 days ago

Project Accounting Analyst | REMOTE

United States

Contract

Remote

Senior Level

$47/hr - $50/hr

5+ years exp

CRG is seeking a REMOTE Project Accounting Analyst for a stable, long-term ongoing contract. This professional will manage and track project budgets and work directly with multiple Project Managers to help them understand the financial progress and variances of each project, ensuring they stay on track.

Hiring Manager

Annie (Zaske) Martyn

Responsibilities

Review and monitor project budgets, identifying areas of over and underspend

Record daily financial activity for each project and relay the accurate project financials to respective Project Managers

Complete monthly cost analysis, including budget-vs.-actual analysis, cost-to-complete analysis, and various requirements

Discuss with Project Managers any identified budget adjustments, recommendations, and/or realignments based on actualized historical information

Track purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices, and report to management regarding the remaining funding available for projects

Receive and process invoices against a project’s supplier purchase orders

Review capital interest calculations based on capital expenditures and purchases

Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management

Prepare financials for project stage gate governance processes

Research, retrieve, organize data, and prepare various reports

Process end of period reconciliations and accruals

Identify and implement process improvements

Qualification

Project AccountingBudget AnalysisAdvanced ExcelUS GAAPProcess ImprovementBachelor’s DegreeCommunication Skills

Required

5+ years of experience in project accounting or project financial/budget analyst type of role

Experience managing and tracking the costs of projects (capital vs. operating expenses), analyzing budget vs actual, and performing forecasting and variance analysis, while working directly with Project Managers

Past experience with general accounting processes, with strong understanding of US GAAP

Must have Advanced Excel skills with ability to use short cuts, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, formulas, index matching, conditional formatting, filtering, etc

Experience initiating and implementing process improvements

Must have exceptional communication skills to be able to clearly communicate with PMs and team and handle difficult conversations with PMs