Project Assistant - Project Coordination and Financial Support

Project Assistant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

What You'll Do

• Independently support multiple medium-complexity projects.
• Deliver end-to-end project coordination, including setup, execution, change management, and close-out.
• Manage project financials and ensure accurate reporting.
• Handle Oracle ERP activities: project and contract setup, workplans, requisitions, purchase orders, time booking, reforecasting, assisting with invoicing and project close-out.
• Prepare monthly financial status reports for Project Managers.
• Ensure compliance with Arcadis Way and maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Proactively track risks, actions, and delivery constraints; escalate issues early.
• Contribute to process improvements, automation, and digital adoption.
• Support onboarding and provide day-to-day guidance to junior Project Assistants as required.
• Upload documents into CLS and participate in Project Controller mentoring/training calls.

What We're Looking For

• 5–10 years’ experience in project coordination, project accounting, or project support.
• Solid understanding of contracts and contract types.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle ERP (project & contract modules), including project setup, financial reforecasting, invoicing, cost transfers, write-downs, and close-out.
• Understanding of key financial KPIs and revenue recognition calculations, especially POC in Oracle.
• Experience with CPFF projects is highly desirable.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in desktop applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, with attention to detail.
• Experience in a shared services or offshore delivery model is a plus.
• PMP / PRINCE2 / APM certification is an advantage.
• Associate degree in accounting recommended.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.