This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Senior Consultant, Financial Planning and Analysis to join our team. Provides professional financial planning and analysis support to a financial executive management and business line executives. This includes reviewing and evaluating financial statements for accuracy, compiling and loading the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, creating weekly reports and analysis, ad hoc reporting and analysis, and ensuring that all data is current and identifying where data differs from Horizon dashboards. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards, supporting the delivery of future-ready solutions to internal clients.

Your Impact

• Works independently to manage and analyze the financial performance and profitability of multiple business lines.
• Partner with the Regional Business Line Executive and Finance Executives to establish the budget and forecasts.
• Generate financial reports, evaluating the reports for any items that need to be escalated for review by the finance leads as necessary.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for generating accurate and precise project-related financial records using Oracle, spreadsheets, and software.
• For assigned projects, apply learned accounting expertise relating to project resources, labor and expenses, investigating project variances and submitting variance reports to management.
• Assist with ad hoc reporting using profit and loss statement, GL reports, and other data.
• Analyze and trend project variances in the financial results;
• Work closely with operations to ensure group A/R and WIP is being monitored and corrective action is taken as necessary;
• Support the preparation of budgets, including the review of budget proposals and preparation of necessary supporting documentation and justification;
• Support the development of accurate monthly forecasts, including the review of forecast proposals and preparation of supporting documentation and justification;
• Perform various special projects as requested by management;
  

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of operational finance/accounting experience in a dynamic/changing organization. Past experience in a professional service organization (e.g., engineering and consulting) is required
• Needs to be trustworthy and dedicated
• Must be self motivated, show initiative and be goal and team oriented
• Needs to have effective and proven interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills including a working knowledge of key financial metrics critical to a consulting and engineering organization
• Organized and have the ability to manage details
• Positive attitude
• Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexibility to work outside normal working hours to meet deadlines
• Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple duties
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with change management and process improvements
• Willingness to conduct limited travel to offices in the district
• Computer Skills: A high level of computer literacy is required with particular emphasis on Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Experience in Oracle Fusion and Hyperion Planning is highly desired.
• This is a professional role and as such work deadlines and work hours may extend beyond a typical workday.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

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Preferred Qualifications

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $74,200.00 - $108,130.00
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.