Officer

Operating within a position of key business importance, the Project Finance officer will be expected to carry out the following:

• Drive financial discipline within the Delivery Organization: RAR, UBR, Provisions to minimum acceptable limits. Assist delivery teams in any clarifications they may require.
• Provide knowledge to the delivery team in potential areas where they could reduce UBR provisions and potential provisions eliminating risks of write-offs.
• Assist the project managers in IPMS/PULSE^ activities across the project lifecycle.
• Provide delivery support to bring up their financial compliance thus improving organizational finances and Delivery Excellence (DEX).
• Work with the PMO-PC (Project Controllers) in assisting project creation, financial task creation, bill rate assignment, resource management and timesheet reconciliation in IPMS for multiple DUs.
• Maintain project financial hygiene such as revenue at risk, unearned revenue, unbilled revenue, On Time Invoicing (OTI) minimizing write offs.
• Support / Execute Other financial practices such as effort movements.
• Track timesheet defaulters (submission & approvers) and bring in no-tolerance policy to non-compliant resources.
• Responsible for maintaining effective and value enhancing project control processes across the area of responsibility.
• Responsible for the overall monitoring and reporting of project financial performance.
• Represent O2I in various PL Forums, Biz 360 and other scheduled meetings to drive financial compliance.
• Own by results and drive by actions, the project financial activities globally and work with necessary departments like Revenue Team, Invoicing team and any other department resolving Delivery pain points.
• Maintain rhythms on emails, communication, reminders with financial disclosures as necessary.
• Work on improvement plans for driving rigor across the delivery teams and come up with improvement action plan and implementation plan on systems and process.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Strong written & verbal communication skills.
• Good networking skills & well connected with delivery.
• Strong Business Finance (Order to invoice) knowledge.
• Conversant with Quest Global project life cycle & working through IPMS.
• Should have an excellent understanding of all project type & contract type. (T&M, FFP, UFP and FMB) and their nuances
• Project Management Experience at Quest Global will be an advantage.
• Fair understanding of the interphases IPMS/PULSE^ Oracle & other tools.
• Ability to influence get things done without authority.
• Business acumen and commercial awareness.