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.
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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 the practice to initiate actions on projects or project time entry to ensure timely project cost and revenue recognition Play a key role in the management of new and existing project records, includingo Time Entry Analysis and System time entry Updateso Follow up on missing Time Entries and Projects due for closureo Opportunity Record Updateso Project Closureo Missing Bill Rateso Time Pending Project Manager Approval (CW Time or CAPEX)o Time Pending Manager Approval (PTO)o Update Forecast Pending PM Approvalso Missing Time 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. E-mail and personal interactions with consultants and Project Managers Perform various ad hoc analysis and reporting Work closely with Practice Ops Managers on Operations Reporting Analysis.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. Updating end date of Projects after proper confirmation from Project managers and updating the same to Contract Setup team for their action. Role Assignment Following up on Missing roles under a project (PM, MD). Updating roles under a project as when request is received from business.

Project Activation emails
Sending out emails to PMs notifying them a project is active. Providing Start/end date of project, Contract value, project arrangement types etc.

Time & Absence Administration Tasks daily/week/monthly:
Review Worker Time Tracking Eligibility Worker Job/Status/Location Change Audit Non-Standard Work Schedule Assignment Audit of Workers on Leave/Time Off Terminating Worker Time Audit Multi-Position/Project Audit Time Tracking Validation Payroll Preparation Following up with Resources on their Missing Time entries across the company. Entering bulk timesheet entries on Worker s behalf. Responding to ad hoc queries on Time sheet related issues. Preparing bi-weekly missing time report, for leadership s visibility and action.

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.