Financial Controls and Accrual Analyst

Work Location: White Plains, NY 10601

Duration: 12 months

Start Date: Immediate

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday 7.5 hour work day with .5 hour unpaid lunch Paid for time worked only; there are no paid holidays, vacation, or sick days Overtime is not permitted unless authorized in advanced. Contingent Worker is required to badge in and out of the turnstiles located in the lobby for all daily entrances and exits.

Project Overview:

The Financial Controls and Accrual Analyst provides support in the areas of cost accounting, financial analyses and reporting, and internal controls.

Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and post monthly accruals journal entries, ensuring accurate allocation of expenses and revenue to the appropriate periods.
• Provide essential assistance in the preparation of the Quarterly Financial presentation and consolidated financial package, contributing to accurate and insightful reporting.
• Collaborate in the production of the Monthly Financial Package, ensuring timely delivery of accurate financial information to internal stakeholders..
• Review project invoices and approvals to ensure correct SAP purchase order number, account assignment, dollar value, approval levels, verify available funding, and backup documentation.
• Coordinate project reconciliation process with Engineers based on construction completion milestones. Analyze and identify variances between SAP and Engineers final scope of work for material, labor, fees, abatement and other associated costs.
• Prepare financial closeout of project in SAP including closeout of all contract dollar commitments, verification of 100% billing for project cost recovery, preparation of all accounting journal entries to reconcile SAP costs and final closeout memo.
• Support Financial Controls staff.
• Distribute all billing memos, closeout memos, journal entries to Accounting and Billing departments and for updates to Primavera.

Skills:

• Excellent organizational and planning skills are required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills are required to effectively communicate with customers as well as program staff and management.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and is required.
• Strong knowledge of SAP is preferred.
• Proficient in Cost Accounting and/or Accounting methods and theory.
• Familiarity with Primavera is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills are required.
• General understanding of fee schedules.
• General understanding of contract terms and conditions is preferred.
• Ability to provide support on statewide initiatives is required.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor s Degree in, Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting is preferred.