Finance Project Controller - Public Sector

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000 people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Sapient Government Services supports digital transformation work for public sector clients. This team is adding an experienced and self-motivated Finance Project Controller. The Finance Project Controller will wear multiple hats to support several government and non-government projects. This position will also seek ways to improve and standardize current project control functions.

Your Impact:

• Reviews contracts and mods to assist program manager with project setup and updates in Costpoint system; assists in the establishment of the work breakdown structure (WBS) for each project;
• Develops and maintains burn tools and other financial management tools to monitor financial health of project;
• Calculates monthly revenue for both fixed price and T&M (time & material) projects;
• Works closely with Finance team to accurately close each month and quarter within a strict deadline;
• Assists in the accurate development of the EAC (estimate at completion) and ETC (estimate to completion) and balance sheet analysis; understands and can explain variances with regard to monthly actuals;
• Performs financial analysis of budgets and schedules needed to meet contractual/project requirements for assigned programs;
• Assesses program performance and tracks the performance against program budgets;
• Acts as a key person on project financial analysis issues;
• Provides reporting of key program metrics to senior management;
• Interfaces with other business units to staff resources and provides instructions to these resources;
• Ensures resources are mapped correctly in staffing system.
• Reviews contracts and modifications for accuracy. Prepares workflow to ensure all appropriate approvals are received for revenue recognition;
• Reviews and submits monthly invoices to clients; ensures that the required signatures and/or backup is included;
• Monitors accounts receivables and follows-up with clients as needed;
• Works with client executives to validate and update the sales pipeline
• Analyzing, interpreting financial performance

Your Skills & Experience

• At least 2 years professional experience with Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or relevant experience
• US Citizenship required
• Proficient with MS Office, specifically Excel and Word
• Experience with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• Ability to perform work independently and with minimal supervision
• Able to work with all levels of staff
• Demonstrated problem-solving and research skills
• Attention to detail a must
• Self-Motivated
• Ability to multi-task

Set Yourself Apart With

• Previous experience in public sector financial project management highly preferred
• Previous experience with Deltek a nice-to-have

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
• 16 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Corporate gift matching program

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicissapient.com or you may call us at 1-617-621-0200.