Project Financial Specialist - Dewberry

Dewberry is currently seeking a Project Financial Specialist professional to join our team in Parsippany, NJ.  

The Project Financial Specialist/Project Management Deputy (PMD) is responsible for representing the Business Unit (BU) and Project Manager (PM) with accounting and financial matters. The successful candidate will be an independent problem-solver, skilled in people management, and a clear communicator confident with speaking and presenting to PM’s on project finance.

While performing these duties the PMD will act as the primary contact with Corporate Accounting and will be held to Dewberry's established accounting standards. The accounting standards will be established, communicated and trained by Corporate Accounting.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Thus is a full time position, with 5 days in office presence, responsible to:

• Investigate, analyze, and report on issues related to project performance.
• Support the Project Manager in regular project audits and participate on problem identification and resolution.
• Assist and compile responses for monthly reporting on tight deadlines.
• Coordinate with the Project Accountant (PA), Business Unit Manager (BUM) and Project Manager to ensure accurate and timely reporting of all financial and accounting related matters for the projects (jobs) within their assigned BU or PM.
• Responsible for the day to day financial management of their assigned projects to include job/contract set up, subcontractor requisition preparation, contract verification, review and verification of job setup.
• Lead the invoicing process, initiation of adjustments to invoices, accounts receivable tracking, collections, job close out and any other job specific financial matter.
• Support subconsultant management.
• Maintain open lines of communication with their primary PA to ensure efficient, timely and quality results.
• Assist as necessary with inquiries on time entry, travel, expense reporting and other business processes.
• Participate in companywide calls on related to PMD’s. Communicate important action items and processes to the BUM and oversee implementation throughout the office.  

• 10+ years of relevant experience required.
• Bachelors degree in accounting is preferred.
• Prior experience with Deltek Vantagepoint preferred.
• Proven history of maintaining financial and technical data.
• Ability to interpret data and identify issues based on trends.
• Knowledge of business contracts and invoice processing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and the use and application of business tools and workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task, with excellent organizational skills.
• Self-starter, with demonstrated ability to translate direction, feedback, and strategy into actionable results.
• Strong collaboration skills with employees at all levels and from various parts of an organization.
• Prior staff management experience strongly desired.
• Proactive and interested in learning more about project and business management.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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