Centralized Financial Management Analyst

Centralized Financial Management Analyst

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Our Operations teams directly support the strategic and tactical needs of our solutions to ensure profitable growth and operational effectiveness. Our primary goal is to assist Huron’s multiple practices to continue as high performing businesses. The team drives value by effectively and efficiently managing the key business activities or operations across our solutions. Our team understands collaboration and communicates well with people at all levels, both within the US and India.
The Centralized Project Specialist – Analyst I is responsible for a broad range of activities to support our business operations. This position will report to and work closely with the Manager of Finance Operations, Project and Contract Set-up Teams as well as interact with Practice Operations Partners.

Position Summary

• Proactively interacting with Project Managers and Sales Opportunity Owners to initiate actions
  Play a key role in the management of new and existing sales opportunity and project records, including:

• Sales Opportunity Record Updates for dates and estimated revenue installments
• Sales Opportunity Review and actions to support pre-staffing and readiness for client delivery
• Project Analysis and Project Budgets/Backlog Updates
• Project Forecast Management
• Project Expense Review
• Project WIP and Billing Approvals
• Project Contractor time and expense approvals and support
• Project Closure Readiness and Reviews
• E-mail and personal interactions with consultants
• Perform various ad hoc analysis and reporting
• Manage internal relationships within the Practice and Corporate functions
• Build reports and perform analysis
• Partner with RM team for various reporting support
• Has the knowledge and subject matter expert for Huron’s system (Workday). Performs testing for enhancement requests, updates, and issues. Performs training for team members. Works with the team to create and maintain end user training materials and programs
• Defines and document processes for the team
• Build a positive and accountable team culture, works to ensure communication and collaboration with all team members across all locations
• Raises issues and concerns that are impacting accuracy, timeliness, and customer service.
• Updating and adding resource positions as per request from Project Managers/Operations Team.
• Correction of Project Start and End dates as per request from Project Managers/Operations Team.
• Monitoring of Mailbox and moving items to respective sub folders as per instructions.
• Weekly project review analysis along with presenting facts and figures to the PMs and draft their feedback/queries/suggestions if any.

Project Closure

• Notifying project managers on project end dates and activities that need to be completed before a project can be marked as completed.
• Ensuring all the criteria (Transactions awaiting reviews, Open invoices, Deferred revenue balance) are checked before marking a project as completed.

Role Assignment

• Following up on Missing roles under a project (PM, MD).

Qualifications

• 0-1 Year of prior work experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required, fields of Business, Finance, M.B.A.(Finance) or accounting preferred
• Experience in customer service or financial transaction functions is preferred
• Experience in a team environment
• Proficient in written and verbal communication.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the company
• Strong customer service aptitude and ability to proactively work with leadership to address challenges
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• The ability to learn quickly, work independently and meet deadlines
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel and experience in other Microsoft products (PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint).  Other analytics or database tools including Salesforce and Workday a plus.

Position Level

Analyst

Country

India