Project Controls Analyst

With a quali?ed bachelor’s degree, four (4) years' quali?ed experience required; with a quali?ed associate’s degree, six (6) years' quali?ed experience; with a High School Diploma or GED, four (4) years' experience as a Financial Controls Analyst. Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.

Manifest Solutions is partnered with a regional energy partner with ongoing needs for Project Financial Controls Analyst professionals.

• Provide business and administrative support for: contract requisitions, bid packages, governance, and contract spend analyses; and creation of templates for business processes and tracking.
• Provide material service support which includes obtaining and processing quotes, vendor support, receipting, and tracking.
• Interpret complex contractual language and ?nancial Terms and Conditions to apply to contract reviews.
• Collaborate with other departments as needed to amend contract language to improve or clarify terms and conditions.
• Coordinate monthly unvouchered liabilities (UVLs) in accordance with accounting policies and SOX requirements ($2.0 Billion annually).
• Ensure all policies and processes for accruing unvouchered liabilities are in alignment with the project guidelines.
• Lead the development of e?ciencies to record UVLs for un-invoiced vendor services performed.
• Assist Audit Services with vendor and operational audits to ensure compliance with the contract's ?nancial Terms and Conditions and policies and guidelines.
• Develop reports to support mitigation strategies and monitor them on a monthly or quarterly basis.
• Collaborate with project personnel to ensure compliance.
• Perform complex work order administration activities including set up, in-service reporting, and closing; ensure that asset retirements are properly identi?ed for timely processing.
• Resolve errors with Accounting, Project Management, and various other departments within the organization.
• Coordinate the ?eld administrative support activities (i.e., time reporting, employee expense reporting, work order creation, invoice processing, etc.).
• Collaborate, develop, and implement standard processes for the administrative support activities.
• Coordinate the preparation, reporting, and analyses of monthly O&M and capital budgets.
• Perform/oversee system administration responsibilities.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives related to ?nancial and operational processes.
• Lead or support training and knowledge-transfer activities related to ?nancial and operational processes and related systems and software applications.
• Lead or participate in special studies or projects as may be assigned.
• Lead the administration of the project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.

Basic Quali?cations:

• With a quali?ed bachelor’s degree, four (4) years' quali?ed experience required; with a quali?ed associate’s degree, six (6) years' quali?ed experience; with a High School Diploma or GED, four (4) years' experience as a Financial Controls Analyst.
• Quali?ed degrees must be in a related ?eld from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.
• Quali?ed experience includes utility speci?c operations knowledge/experience with good working knowledge of work processes and procedures.
• Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.

Additional Requirements:

1. Travel requirements expected 10-25% of the time.
2. Experience with Microsoft O?ce, PeopleSoft Financials, Business Objects, Cognos, and Ventyx Asset Suite Maximo is preferred but not required.
3. Quali?ed professional with demonstrated teamwork capabilities working in a fast-paced environment.
4. Strong commercial, analytical, oral/written communication, and presentation skills are required.
5. Ability to successfully work with a diverse set of internal and external partners and all levels of the organization.
6. Core competencies include adaptability/?exibility, teamwork/collaboration, communication, and planning/organizing.
7. Annual invoice volume: 50,000 invoices for $1.5 Billion; Unvouchered Liabilities for $2.0 Billion; Annual O&M and Capital Budget for $250 Million.
8. Ability to coordinate multiple complex projects.
9. Advanced degree or professional certi?cation in Finance/Accounting is preferred but not required.