Project Budget Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Oversees the financial aspects of projects, ensuring they stay within budgetary restraints and align with organizational objectives.
• Facilitates communication and collaborates between team members, management, and vendors to achieve project goals.
• Processes and reviews construction invoices, verifies retainage, ensures timely payments to vendors.
• Enters and reviews budget adjustments for compliance with City policy.
• Reviews expense requisitions for appropriate coding.
• Provides assistance to departments on matters related to budget allocations and reports.
• Reviews expense reports and researches discrepancies to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted amounts.
• Provides assistance to departments in preparing the operating fiscal year budget, capital plan, and position allocation list.
• Prepares a variety of regular and special reports.
• Assists in reviewing operational and financial budget proposals submitted by department heads and managers.
• Assists in preparing and submitting operation and capital budget summaries for review by senior management and City Council.
• Assists in the preparation of final budget documents.
• Performs related duties.

• Knowledge of project life cycles.
• Knowledge of AIA construction invoices and computation of retainage.
• Knowledge of budget development and GAAP principles and practices.
• Knowledge of relevant federal and state laws, city ordinances, and department policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Skill in problem solving.
• Skill in prioritizing and planning.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to Accounting or Finance.
• Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
• Ability to be bonded.

Salary: $55,425.92