Job Description

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

It's an exciting time to join our Finance Team in our Arlington, VA or Washington D.C offices. We are looking for a talented leader to support two of our largest clients: the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

Works closely with Project Management teams, the Office Finance team, and clients, to support our largest projects thru their contract lifecycle (marketing, contracting, delivery, and closeout).

Ultimately this is a great opportunity with one of our most valuable transit client relationships in the firm. This role will have lots of room for advancement, and could be a great opportunity for a path to promotion for team members.

Primary Focus Will Include:

Leads the project analysis and coordination of reporting, all accounting month-end coordination, and drives cash management results on the projects. Leads project financial and contractual analysis, and coordinates reporting, accounting month-end processes, and cash management results. Will be supporting multiple project managers, departments, and offices, under direction of the Capital Region Office Finance Manager.

Will have 1-3 direct reports, overseeing their day-to-day engagement in projects and the office. Will lead their direct reports’ professional development.

As a subject area expert in business, finance, subcontracting, compliance, and accounting processes/controls you will provide guidance and leadership to other Project Finance and Project Management team members.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

People management experience and leadership skills (works well independently and in team environment, able to direct/manage others effectively, work with all levels of management, independent decision-making abilities)

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business

Knowledge of accounting/financial principles and practices (FAR/GAAP/IFIRS)

Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task

Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and Word)

Strong conceptual and analytical skills

Understands professional services business model

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WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential Responsibilities:

Ensures financial integrity by compliance to internal and external governance requirements of HNTB policies and procedures, Client requirements, Industry standard accounting requirements and Government requirements, weekly review of project costs, monthly earnings review & billings reconciliation, subconsultant cost management and reconciliations, and accurate and timely estimate to complete reviews with project manager, annual overhead adjustments, and periodic review of project contract backlog and revenue/labor forecasting. Works with project manager and other project analysts to ensure accurate project revenue and costs accounting; ensuring the project financials are accurate in accordance with contract and internal and external financial processes and procedures.

Ensures effective cash management by creating and/or maintaining cash flow forecasts, internal and external invoice mapping procedures, coordinating updates and QC reviews of project billing notes and appropriate subconsultant PWP terms, communication of invoicing requirements to internal and external parties, coordinating project invoice reporting requirements. Maintains effective client counterpart relationships to drive successful cash results. Proactively tracks and reports on receivables and delinquent billings. Establishes, monitors and drives action plans for effective cash resolution on projects.

Provides input to the overall Project Management Plan in areas affecting cost and profitability, includes communicating project specific contract guidelines and/or procedures to project teams and ensuring adherence to those items.

Provides training and mentoring to other project finance staff. May serve as a team leader or direct supervisor responsible for overall aspects of Career Planning & Development process, including goal setting, coaching, and performance evaluation of other project finance staff. Provides training to project managers on HNTB project business processes and procedures, office/project team members on areas of project business operations processes and controls, as applicable. Develops relationship with Client counterpart/other Stakeholders related to all aspects of project accounting.

Facilitates and assists in modeling situational analysis for project baseline and target gross margin scenarios and providing strategies for improvement from the initial project engagement thru final negotiations. Documents final contracted margin and ER with corresponding assumptions using HNTB standard tools & templates. Provides financial review of fee proposals. Transfers internal system generated fee proposals into Client forms/templates and/or internal templates for additional analysis.

Analyzes financial reports/metrics and provides assessment to project team members in areas of budget, profitability, earnings variances, and cash flow. May create tools/independent spreadsheets to help analyze burn rate/earned value earnings variances, and cash projections.

Assists contracting/delivery managers and /or project managers with facilitating internal review processes of project agreements and work-at-risk documentation. May assist in preparation of draft templates under guidance from other team members. Reviews and provides information using historical data/research on client compensation practices, trends, risks, and opportunities. Reviews & ensures compensation language, billing requirements, other financial and/or reporting flow down appropriately to subconsultants/other partners. As part of the review process, makes recommendations for improved cash management and revenue enhancement opportunities; including highlighting improved invoicing approaches and cost recovery opportunities. May help build cost risk management approach for project (i.e., non-billables, project overtime requirements, etc.)

Assist project managers/other team members with providing proactive financial review/analysis and documentation for project review meetings, attends project review meetings/other project meetings as needed. Meets with project managers regularly to review burn analysis and recommendations and works with project manager to update cost projections to properly reflect current project status.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering or relevant degree

5 years related experience in financial/project analysis or similar position

In lieu of education, 9 years relevant experience in Architectural/Engineering industry or similar industry only