Job Description

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.