Project Finance Associate II

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.

With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for maintaining project-related financial data in HNTB's project management system, ensuring alignment with current client contracts, including change orders, subconsultant agreements, and approved unauthorized work.

The Project Finance Associate supports the project finance team to ensure billing compliance with contractual documents.

Responsibilities include coding project costs, such as subconsultant expenses, expense report receipts, and vendor invoices, with appropriate project accounting codes in accordance with standard procedures and contractual requirements to ensure proper entry into HNTB's project management system.

What You’ll Do :

Accurately updates the project management system by translating client and project workplan data based on contract and change order review.

Facilitates the ability to access and charge to project tasks and phases in the project management system.

Ensures project costs are properly coded and allocated by maintaining awareness of project status, and proactively determining the financial data updates in response to project changes.

Manages cost transfers to and from projects / tasks.

Supports the project finance team in reviewing and approving project invoices, updating invoice requirements from contractual documents, verifying billed costs, and ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, including insurance certificates and adherence to client systems and formats.

Generates routine and ad hoc internal project financial performance reports for project and office teams.

Reviews and may provide financial approval of vendor / subconsultant invoices for accuracy and contractual compliance, including DBE and insurance certificate requirements.

Obtains necessary approvals and tracks internal workflow status for timely outcomes.

Partners with the project team to develop and maintain client and subconsultant relationships and acts as a project liaison to field contract billing questions and / or provide receivables updates.

May assist or lead the subcontracting processes throughout the project lifecycle.

Supports the proposal process, including gross margin analysis, cost proposal development, alignment with the project management system, and client proposal / estimate formats.

Performs other assigned duties.

What You’ll Need :

In lieu of education, 4 years of relevant work experience

What You'll Bring :

Intermediate knowledge of HNTB processes and procedures as well as GAAP accounting rules and uses these rules to advise project teams and project finance team.

What We Prefer :

Proficient in Excel with a strong desire to further develop expertise in advanced features and functions.

Effective communicator with the ability to convey information clearly and collaborate with diverse teams, both verbal and written.

Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and quality in all tasks.

Collaborative team player who works well in group settings and contributes to achieving common goals.

Strong time management skills to effectively prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.