Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Robert Half is a fast-growing company in the construction industry seeking a Regional Project Finance Lead to support active projects across a regional portfolio. This high-visibility role involves partnering with Project Managers, monitoring project financial health, and ensuring accurate reporting and revenue recognition.
Responsibilities
- Partner directly with Project Managers to review job costs and project performance
- Lead regular project status conversations across active jobs in your region
- Monitor financial health of projects, including cost tracking, WIP accuracy, and forecast validation
- Support percentage-of-completion revenue recognition by ensuring completion levels reflect actual performance
- Coordinate project close-out activities, including PO closure, documentation, and system updates
- Prepare month-end accruals for closing projects
- Review regional WIP schedules and flag unusual margin or cost trends
- Act as the main finance contact for regional GMs and PMs
- Help identify coding issues, missing receipts, cost variances, and forecasting gaps
- Escalate trends and anomalies to finance leadership
- Support process improvements, training, and systems enhancements
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- 3+ years of experience in construction project accounting or project finance
- Strong understanding of WIP accounting and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a similar ERP
- Strong analytical mindset with the confidence to challenge assumptions
- Clear communicator who can build strong relationships with Operations while maintaining financial accountability
- Organized, self-directed, and comfortable juggling multiple active projects at once
- Construction industry experience strongly preferred
Benefits
- Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
- Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan.
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