# Intermediate Project Financial Advisor **Company**: WSP **Location**: Valhalla, NY **Experience**: mid **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $73,000-$95,000 **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97823?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bcad6a7c-108 ## Description WSP is currently looking for an Intermediate Project Financial Advisor in Valhalla, NY, Houston, TX, or Austin, TX to support its Transportation and Infrastructure business line. The Intermediate 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. **Key Responsibilities:** - Contribute to sound financial management of projects by working as an active financial partner to Project Managers - Provide guidance on initial project setup, including Work Breakdown Structure development, budgeting, rate selection, and pricing tool development inputs - Advise on project financial planning and risk identification - Support review of category rates and labor structures to maintain project recoverability and financial performance - Review labor structures to identify 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 - Support assessment of financial impact of subcontracts **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 - Ensure compliance with financial policies, delegations of authority, and revenue recognition standards - Coordinate and review Disadvantaged Business Enterprise reporting requirements **Forecasting, Planning & Financial Alignment:** - Perform margin impact and financial impact calculations - Monitor project-level forecast cycle for assigned projects - Review project budgets and forecasts to support Project Manager in validating assumptions and financial accuracy - Monitor mitigation action plans and report progress - Perform revenue accruals and advise on other financial adjustments - Manage subcontracting activities **Project/Portfolio Performance Management:** - Contribute to project performance reviews through analyses and commentary on financial indicators - Review key measures and financial tracking - Monitor performance against Key Performance Indicators - 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 - Provide guidance to Project Managers on project closeout **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 strong understanding and consistent application of corporate financial governance and controls - Identify and escalate financial exceptions - Support Operations and Business Finance teams in delivering initiatives - Support project financial performance monitoring and documentation - Support in identifying future cost pressures and potential loss-making projects **Requirements:** - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or closely-related discipline - 1-3 years of project finance or commercial finance experience - Suitable qualifications/acreditations in Accounting/Finance/Business - Proficiency in Project Target & Performance tracking and Project-Based Accounting - Solid grasp of project accounting, financial reporting, and margin analysis - Experience in commercial support and multi-project portfolio management - Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in MS Office and ERP tools - Experience with PowerBI or other data visualization tools - Self-starter with exceptional stakeholder relationship management and engagement skills - Critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Effective interpersonal and communication skills - Strong planning, prioritization, and time management abilities - Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities ## Skills ### Required - Accounting - Business - Project Finance - Commercial Finance - Excel - MS Office - ERP tools - PowerBI ### Nice to have - data visualization tools --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97823?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)