Title:  Project Accountant (FOS)

Job Title: Project Accountant

Job Code: 26430

Job Location: Cincinnati, Ohio On-site

Job Schedule: 4/10

Job Description:

Highly driven professional with experience in project actuals and forecasting analytics. Knowledge of project revenue recognition and monthly close processes with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Role demands the ability to work independently within tight deadlines. Candidates must be customer service focused with a process improvement mentality and extreme ownership to the role.

Essential Functions:

·       Ensure that projects and programs adhere to established controls and processes.

·       Maintain an understanding of project financials in relation to actual and forecast.

·       Own monthly close process in relation to program revenue, cost, profit, forward loss and incentive fee.

·       Coordinate/Communicate with Program Finance and the Program Management teams on monthly variances.

·       Ensure a consistent methodology is applied across all programs in relation to contingency, risk & opportunities.

·       Work with the finance team to ensure timeliness of billings.

·       Provide support for periodic external and internal audits, from project overview to financial reports and reconciliations.

·       Adhere to all financial reporting requests and deadlines in respect of the transactions and reporting driven from projects.

Qualifications:

• ·       May have practical knowledge of project management.
• ·       Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills: 

Experience with HFM, Costpoint, Cognos, EAC, Earned Value, Power-Bi, High degree of expertise in Excel, power queries.

·       Strong coordination skills and communication skills.

·       Confident when interacting with employees at all levels.

·       Prior experience of integrated ERP systems.

·       Experience with program and project management and project accounting techniques and disciplines.

·       Experience with process improvement and root cause analysis.

·       Ability to work independently, set priorities and see exercises through to completion with an extreme level of ownership.

·       Excellent interpersonal skills to achieve effective partnerships and relationships.

·       Displays a high level of respect, diplomacy and tact when dealing with stakeholders.

·       Resilient, highly flexible and a naturally inquisitive individual.