▷ Urgent: Project Set Up Analyst/ Project Accountant (F-748)

Job description
***This job is located in Pune, India. You must be able to commute 5 days a week in Pune, India.***

Position Summary:

The Project Setup Analyst will assist in the daily financial management for our client portfolio, reporting, general day-to-day activities, and related ad hoc requests.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

- Setup new projects awarded in time & expense systems and files including verifying signatures, agreeing to Salesforce and escalating discrepancies.
- Assist with updating project files for change orders, budget adjustments & carve outs, and updating project financial trackers for specific project milestones/tasks.
- Assist with the preparation and investigation of hours and expenses for client projects incurred including review of assigned billing roles/rates.
- Assist in set up & tracking of new employees and when applicable subcontractor hours/bill rates/expenses monthly compared to forecast and budget.
- Assist with ad hoc projects as applicable.

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum concentration accounting, finance, or business
- 0-2 years of relevant accounting/finance experience

Other Required:

- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Preferred:

- Agency or Professional Services experience a plus
- Project Accounting experience a plus
- Client Services/Client Facing experience a plus

Skills:

- Excellent client service including mutual respect and approach to communications as well as timeliness of responses
- Deadline-oriented with good time management and organizational skills
- Proven critical thinking, analytical, interpretative, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multitask with great attention to detail, and high level of accountability
- Display passion and purpose for what we do
- Communication (oral and written) with ability to speak with all levels of the organization
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, and an ability to build credibility with external and internal stakeholders
- Possesses ethics and integrity when dealing with confidential and sensitive information
- Willingness to extend yourself and assist other team members
- Self-starting attitude with a strong desire to learn and grow rapidly