Client Finance Analyst I

Location: Remote, United States

Department: Precision AQ Corporate

***The Client Finance Analyst I role is a fully remote role.***

The Client Finance Analyst I will assist in the overall financial management for our client portfolio, reporting, general day-to-day activities, and related month end close duties.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

• Assist with the overall monthly project accounting efforts including taking notes from the monthly status meetings with project managers and making project updates across financial trackers.
• Setup new projects awarded in time & expense systems and files including verifying signatures, agreeing to Salesforce and escalating discrepancies.
• Assist with updating project files for change orders, budget adjustments & carve outs, and updating project financial trackers for specific project milestones/tasks.
• Book intercompany revenue/cost transactions & update shared financial trackers.
• Assist with the preparation and investigation of hours and expenses for client projects incurred including review of assigned billing roles/rates.
• Prepare client invoicing based on contracts and follow up with customers on past due invoices. When applicable, create and maintain waterfall of invoicing per contracts.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly client accruals
• Track project costs compared to contracted amounts as well as other direct costs shared across projects/clients.
• Assist in set up & tracking of new employees and when applicable subcontractor hours/bill rates/expenses monthly compared to forecast and budget.
• Update basic and routine monthly general ledger account reconciliations. Collaborate with SG&A team where applicable.
• Assist with ad hoc projects as applicable, including the annual budget preparation.
• Assist in pulling supporting documents for the annual audit

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum concentration accounting, finance or business
• 0-2 years of relevant accounting/finance experience

Other Required:

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Preferred:

• Agency or Professional Services experience a plus
• Month end close experience
• Revenue Recognition experience
• Project Accounting experience
• Client Services/Client Facing experience

Skills: 

• Excellent client service including mutual respect and approach to communications as well as timeliness of responses
• Deadline-oriented with good time management and organizational skills
• Proven critical thinking, analytical, interpretative, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to process and analyze large volumes of qualitative and quantitative information
• Ability to multitask with great attention to detail, and high level of accountability
• Display passion and purpose for what we do
• Communication (oral and written) with ability to speak with all levels of the organization
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, and an ability to build credibility with external and internal stakeholders
• Possesses ethics and integrity when dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• Willingness to extend yourself and assist other team members
• Self-starting attitude with a strong desire to learn and grow rapidly

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