Team Lead - Project Finance

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 providing financial guidance to project teams, with a focus on budgets, profitability, earnings variances, cash flow, and contract compliance. The Project Analyst acts as the primary financial advisor throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring success in areas such as contracting, compensation and payment terms, work‑plan/project management system alignment, budgets, cost controls, revenue recognition, and cash and invoice management.

The Team Lead provides guidance and direction and oversees the work of staff.

To keep pace with growing opportunities at HNTB, we are seeking trusted Team Leads for Project Finance. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing people and project financials in the Architecture and Engineering industry. This position requires in‑person leadership in our Arlington office. This role offers the opportunity to participate in the leadership of our multi‑tiered business team.

• Engage and support all financial aspects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Model and analyze gross‑margin scenarios from initial engagement through final negotiations, offering revenue and cash performance recommendations and enhancement strategies.
• Perform client contract review; assess payment and compensation terms and recommend opportunities for revenue enhancement and positive cash performance.
• Ensure accuracy of the project management system by overseeing changes to budget, commitments, forecasts, and expenditures, aligning work plans with client/contract requirements.
• Review and ensure timely and accurate invoice approval and payment applications according to client terms and requirements, including subcontracting needs. Collaborate with the project manager and cash management team to proactively resolve billing and revenue discrepancies.
• Generate and evaluate standard and ad‑hoc reports to identify and track potential cost issues and overruns. Investigate budget anomalies, resolve variances, and escalates findings.
• Forecast and monitor project estimate‑at‑completion (EAC) by recording potential and actual changes to cost accounts, including change orders, trends, and deviations.
• Facilitate or lead an efficient earnings review process with the project team, using GAAP and revenue recognition concepts to analyze project finance performance. Perform project revenue adjustments with general supervision.
• Escalate project performance that impacts office results to the office finance manager in a timely manner.
• Develop client and subconsultant relationships, ensuring effective client service and efficient subconsultant management.
• May provide training and onboarding for project management staff on HNTB project management processes and procedures as needed.
• May offer guidance and mentorship to Project Finance Associates and earlier‑career Project Analysts, including oversight of day‑to‑day work. Utilize PFAs for routine transactional support.
• Provide input on staff recruitment, development, and retention, including performance, compensation reviews, and succession planning. Coordinate schedules and approve timecards. Assist in setting employee objectives, provide client feedback, and coach/mentor the team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related experience, or
• In lieu of education, 9 years of financial, project accounting/analysis, or related work experience.

• Ability to manage ownership of the project finance responsibilities for medium to large projects of increasing risk and complexity.
• Ownership of large projects of varying complexity.
• Ability to read and comprehend contract requirements to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Strong understanding of HNTB internal project…