CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

The Carian Group
South Plainfield, NJ, United States
Full-time

Financial Specialist - Construction

Location : New Jersey

Hybrid - 3 days in the office

CARIAN is growing! We are a proud, nationally certified woman-owned management consulting firm providing program / project management, capital project delivery, consulting, and technology solutions to our customers in the renewable energy, power utilities, infrastructure, and transit / transportation sectors.

We are searching for a Construction Financial Specialist to join our New Jersey team. The Construction Financial Specialist will support a wide variety of program and project analysis, scheduling, forecasting and budgeting, invoice processing, and reporting needs.

Positions at CARIAN offer comprehensive and competitive benefits (medical, dental, and vision), 401(k) matching, and the opportunity to work with a growing company.

Responsibilities :

Assist with Construction work scheduling function by maintaining constant communication with construction supervisors and staying on top of on-going and work scheduled in future months.

Help facilitate Client's bi-weekly meeting minute notes and agendas

Support Client's capital monthly forecasting and accrual process

Support Client's internal and external audit requests.

Backup / Record financial documents (FCD log, Change order log, Invoice log) to better assist with Client's audit requests.

Update and maintain record of Construction Receiving reports (full project cash flow provided each month by construction supervisor).

Gather monthly variance explanations from construction supervisors for forecast overspend / underspend and provide them to respective Project teams in-time.

Assist Project PCEs with journal entries for mischarged invoices (if any).

Track / Monitor / Record Client's invoices, Purchase Order, and Change Orders

Monitor contractor PO line-item balances and bring to attention when funds are running low

Support ad hoc reports for program work and project managers Provide ad-hoc support for business planning process

Review invoices for accounting and pricing to make sure alignment with contractors MSA.

Participate in weekly project meetings

Perform business analysis of client data to prepare reports and trackers in support of the client business needs.

Required Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Business or similar fields.

Minimum of 4+ years of business experience.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.

Strong bookkeeping skills to record all financial transactions and documents.

Ability to work and manage multiple tasks appropriately.

Strong data analysis (with MS Excel) is required.

SAP FICO, ARIBA Module experience preferred.

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