About This Role
This Project Analyst role supports key project management leaders within the dynamic energy sector. The position offers flexibility with opportunities in Kennesaw, GA, and Birmingham, AL, and is ideal for someone with experience in engineering projects, analytics, and cost controls.
Responsibilities
- Review and understand contract language, cost estimates, and proposals to initiate projects in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including initial project setup, task setup, billing setup, billing rates, etc., in compliance with client and ENERCON policies and procedures
- Input project baseline budgets and resource allocations to authorized contract funding
- Prepare applicable reports, and reconcile financial data with other records on file, while identifying inconsistencies, deviations from policies, and errors to assist in performance of appropriate corrective actions
- Translate proposal cost estimates to set up project budgets
- Monitor project status and financial health using KPIs, such as revenue and contribution margin, to aid the Project Manager in managing projects to meet schedule and budget
- Reconcile actual charges to budgets to ensure revenue and financial posting accuracy
- Run reports, analyze data, identify potential issues, and propose solutions to Project Managers
- Prepare reports with critical deadlines, including client reports, internal trend reports, and project schedule compliance reports
- Assist with executing and finalizing project resource plans in the ERP
- Load projects using actual resources and elevate potential impacts to budget to Project Managers
- Enter and track sales opportunities in a CRM application to support accurate revenue forecasting by client and service type
- Validate sales financials by frequent communication with Project Managers
- Conduct bi-monthly pre-bill reviews to ensure accuracy in all labor and expense charges
- Identify and resolve discrepancies
- Perform invoice reviews to ensure accurate billing prior to client submittal
- Elevate impacts and seek resolution with the Project Manager and Accounting
- Support processing of contracts/amendments/purchase orders
- Cross-reference contracts with purchase orders to ensure compliance with procedures and policies for vendors/subcontractors
- Monitor project and purchase order dates and accruals
- Examine a variety of reporting documents and summaries to verify accuracy and conformance with specific functional, corporate, contract, government, or client requirements
- Foster and maintain working relations with Project Managers and other essential stakeholders (i.e., Accounting, Project Controls, Manager of Projects, Division Directors, Manager of Project Analysts, Engineering and Technical staff)
