Early Professional, Project Financial Advisor

WSP is currently looking for an Early Career, Project Financial Advisor in the United States to support its Earth and Environment business line.

The Project Financial Advisor serves as a trusted business partner to Project Managers, helping to drive project profitability, financial compliance, forecasting accuracy, and overall financial performance across a portfolio of projects.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Partnering & Project Support

• Contribute to the sound financial management of projects by working as an active financial partner to Project Managers, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations and financial terms.
• Provide guidance on initial project setup, including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, budgeting, rate selection, and pricing tool development inputs.
• Advise on project financial planning and risk identification.
• Support the review of category rates and labor structures to help maintain project recoverability and financial performance.
• Review labor structures to identify and flag areas for rate optimization and margin improvement.
• Advise on project funding, billing methods, and rates for assigned projects.
• Identify and communicate margin-related observations and cost-to-serve considerations to support financial performance.
• Support the assessment of financial impact of subcontracts to ensure alignment with prime contract and profitability objectives.

Financial aspects of Contract Execution, Structure & Policy Compliance

• Monitor execution of customer contracts for financial nuances.
• Review and validate project structure in Project Portfolio Management (PPM).
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, delegations of authority, and revenue recognition standards.
• Coordinate and review Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)/ Women Business Enterprise (WBE)/ all business enterprise categories (XBE) reporting requirements.

Forecasting, Planning & Financial Alignment

• Perform margin impact and financial impact calculations.
• Monitor the project-level forecast cycle for assigned projects.
• Review project budgets and forecasts to support the Project Manager in validating assumptions and financial accuracy.
• Monitor mitigation action plans as directed by the Project Manager and report progress.
• Perform revenue accruals, whenever required.
• Manage sub-contracting activities.

Project/Portfolio Performance Management

• Contribute to project performance reviews through analyses and commentary on relevant financial indicators.
• Review key measures and financial tracking.
• Monitor performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and flag variances.
• Participate in review meetings with Project Managers.
• Investigate recurring financial variances and escalate findings.
• Validate proper contract setup controls.
• Support active monitoring of Work at Risk (WAR).

Audit, Assurance & Customer/Regulatory Responses

• Respond to customer audit requests.
• Review and collaborate with project team on finance-specific responses to audit requests.
• Ensure records, calculations, and decision logs are audit-ready and retained.

Cross-Functional Integration & Escalation Resolution

• Collaborate with PFOs, Billing, Collections, Cash App, FP&A, Controllership, and business teams.
• Proactively escalate recurring issues.
• Identify and assign time and cost transfers and allocations.

Finance Business Partnering Activities

• Foster a strong understanding and consistent application of corporate financial governance and controls.
• Identify and escalate any financial exceptions.
• Support Operations and Business Finance teams.
• Support project financial performance monitoring and documentation.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or closely-related discipline.
• 0 to 1 years of project finance or commercial finance experience.
• Suitable qualifications/accreditations in Accounting/Finance/Business.
• Proficiency expectation is mostly Developing / Working.
• Solid grasp of project accounting, financial reporting, and margin analysis.
• Experience in commercial support.
• Demonstrated experience supporting a multi-project portfolio.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in MS Office and ERP tools.
• Experience with PowerBI or other data visualization tools.
• Self-starter who can work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Exceptional stakeholder relationship management and engagement skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Effective/Strong Capable interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and time management abilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Compensation

Expected Salary: $70,400-$105,600