Project Budget Analyst | REMOTE

Summary: Our top retail client North of Charlotte is seeking a REMOTE Project Budget Analyst for a long-term ongoing contract that could last for years! This professional will manage and track project budgets and work directly with multiple Project Managers to help them understand the financial progress (variances) of each project and ensure they stay on track. This role is heavy in reporting and will involve gathering financial data from multiple systems for reporting, posting basic accruals, researching charges, approving expenses, ensuring that project billings are accurate, creating P.O.'s for contracts, invoicing and tracking processes, account reconciliations, capital vs. expense activities, etc.

Location: 100% REMOTE!! (Based out of Salisbury, NC - near Charlotte)
Duration: Ongoing long-term contract that will most likely be extended over and over for 1-2+ years or more!
Compensation: Targeting $45 - $50 per hour + any overtime!
Hours: 8-5 or 8:30-5:30, M-F EST, flexible – 40-50 hours a week, depending on the project
CRG Benefits for Contractors after 90 days!:

• 401K plan, where CRG matches 100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2% of employee contributions!
• Competitive Medical, Vision, & Dental insurance plans - Flexible Spending Account (FSA) along with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with our medical plan. CRG matches the first $500 of the HSA contributions!
• FREE 30K Life Insurance policy !
• Long- & Short-Term Disability

Description:

• Review and monitor project budgets specifically identifying areas of over and under spending
• Coordinate with Project Managers on budget and resource adjustments
• Assist Project Managers in creation and completion of TCOs
• Provide Project Managers with accurate financial information
• Utilize complex Excel template for financial analysis on supported projects.
• Track purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices
• Receive and process invoices against a project’s supplier purchase orders
• Attend Misc Project/Financial meetings with PMs and other team meetings as needed
• Completion of monthly cost analysis to include actual-vs.-budget analysis, cost-to-complete analysis and various requirements
• Prepare financials for project stage gate governance processes (i.e. PEG, TCOs and Setup assistance)
• Assist and recommend to project managers any identified budget adjustments, recommendations, and/or realignments based on actualized historical information
• Collect, organize, monitor, and validate financial data integrity
• Process end of period reconciliations and accruals
• Record the daily financial activity for each project
• Update and publish monthly actual FTE reports
• Email PMs regarding actuals and requesting the completion of ETCs
• Schedule period actual reviews with each PM.
• Review capital interest calculations based on capital expenditures and purchases
• Monitor and update pivot table information
• Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management
• Report to management regarding the remaining funding available for projects
• Research, retrieve, organize data and prepare reports

Requirements:

• 5+ years in project accounting or project financial/budget analyst role
• 3+ experience managing and tracking the costs of projects, analyzing budget vs actual and performing forecasting and variance analysis while working directly with Project Managers
• 3+ years of experience posting accruals for projects and understanding capital vs, operating expenses, and US GAAP
• Past experience with general accounting (AP, AR, balancing debit & credits, etc.)
• Must have Advanced Excel skills with ability to use short cuts, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, index match, conditional formatting, filter, etc.
• Must be thick-skinned and able to handle difficult conversations with PM's
• Must have exceptional communication skills to be able to clearly communicate with PM's and team

Category Code: JN001, JN005