Project Analyst III

Project Analyst III –
HNTB

This role entails providing financial guidance to project teams, focusing on budgets, profitability, earnings variances, cash flow, and contract compliance. The Project Analyst III acts as the primary financial advisor throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring success in areas such as contracting, compensation and payment terms, project management system alignment, budgets, cost controls, revenue recognition, and cash & invoice management.

• 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 PM 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 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 escalated findings.
• Forecast and monitor project estimate-at-completion (EAC) by recording potential and actual changes to cost accounts.
• Facilitate or lead an efficient earnings review process with the project team, using GAAP and revenue recognition concepts.
• 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.
• Provide training and onboarding for project management staff on HNTB project management processes and procedures as needed.
• Offer guidance and mentorship to Project Finance Associates and earlier career Project Analysts, including oversight of day-to-day work and utilization of PFAs for routine transactional support.
• 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 related work experience.

• Project Management certification and/or other contracting/project management certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree in business or engineering.
• Knowledge of project financial management/cost controls.
• Knowledge of accounting/financial principles and practices.
• Knowledge of A/E industry.

• Ability to manage ownership of project finance responsibilities for medium to large projects of increasing risk and complexity.
• Strong understanding of HNTB internal project finance/accounting processes.
• Advanced data analysis skills in tools such as Excel and HNTB’s enterprise reporting system.
• Excellent organizational skills, multitasking, and self‑directed.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills, driving action on data.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This is a full‑time, regular position located in Austin, TX (McAllister Freeway) and San Antonio, TX (McAllister Freeway). HNTB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For benefits information visit HNTB Total Rewards. For more information on Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran, visit the provided link.

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