Senior Analyst - Project Finance

• CA/ MBA-Finance/others with 5-7 years of experience in a Commercial/Project finance environment


• Bachelor s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Management, or Finance

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification ( BGV ) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.


• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process including documents uploaded is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner .

• Support the Finance Business Partners as well as the Business Unit leaders and Project Leaders


• Involvement throughout the lifecycle of a project from prospect to close out


• Promote best practice in project and bid management by assisting Project Leaders in line with what is defined by QMS and Project Life Cycle


• Conducting various analysis on projects to identify risk and opportunities on the projects.


• Provide Internal Audit and External Audit support.


• Work towards compliance with NI 52-109 for all Project Finance controls


• Support projects based in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and potentially other locations across the GCC and occasional travel wmay be required


• Prepare and contribute to delivering P&L Business Unit annual budgets and quarterly forecasts


• Revenue recognition as per POC method and ensuring the correct cost to complete of projects


• Carrying out project wise, Business Unit wise cost & margin analysis and providing reasons for the erosion/ gain of margins


• Work closely with the Finance Business Partners and Business Unit leaders in managing the month-end revenue recognition process along with production of related monthly performance reports to Senior Management


• Help ensure Project Leaders are accurately reflecting progress made in month and forecasting revenue in line with the latest and best information available at the time of completion


• Assist Project Leaders in completing and managing their EAC/ Cost to complete forecasts so that everyone has a full picture of the future performance of their projects and the Business Units can accurately assess resource requirements


• Attend project review meetings, including the preparation of the financial data and take away any relevant Project Finance actions


• ERP (Oracle) implementation under Project Finance especially w. r. t revenue recognition based on Percentage of completion (PoC) and time charge method


• Help ensure working capital reports reflect the latest information available and that all actions are complete on a monthly basis by the relevant Project Leader


• Review and approve all project invoices in conjunction with the Project Leaders where required


• Provide support for the financial build-up of resource and lump sum pricing items for prospects where required


• Provide ad-hoc reporting and reconciliations as required

Key Competencies

Mandatory Skills

• Excellent communicator know your audience


• Problem solver identify weak links and work to rectify/improve


• Work ethics works to high standards and is a completer finisher


• Strong analytical skills- analytical approach to raise right questions and find solutions

Desired Skills

• Construction and consultancy experience is preferred


• Experienced user of Microsoft Office particularly intermediate to advanced level in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook


• Previous exposure to Oracle or similar project reporting systems is preferred