Project Controller III

Responsibilities

• Own project financial performance from award through closeout, with full accountability for cost, revenue, and margin outcomes.
• Develop, maintain, and aggressively manage project budgets, forecasts, and estimates at completion (EACs) using Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Lead rolling forecasts and reforecast cycles in Workday Adaptive, ensuring alignment between project-level assumptions and corporate financial targets.
• Identify cost overruns, margin erosion, and funding risks early; drive corrective actions immediately.
• Perform detailed variance analysis (cost, revenue, labor, subcontractors, ODCs) and clearly communicate impacts to leadership.
• Enforce disciplined financial controls across projects, including charge codes, labor management, and accruals.
• Support indirect rate management and evaluate impacts of rate changes on project performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition, and cash flow in accordance with contract terms.
• Prepare financial reports and dashboards from Workday Adaptive and ERP systems with clear, actionable insights.
• Schedule & Performance Control:
• Partner with Project Managers to develop and maintain realistic but strategic project schedules.
• Monitor schedule performance and resource utilization to identify slippage and productivity issues.
• Analyze schedule impacts to cost and funding; proactively recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support earned value management (EVM) and other performance measurement techniques, as applicable.
• Hold project teams accountable to schedule milestones and financial commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of project control or financial management experience in government contracting.
• Advanced degree may lower the required years of experience needed.
• Hands-on experience using Workday Adaptive Planning for project forecasting and financial modeling.
• Strong knowledge of FAR/DFARS, cost-reimbursable, T&M, and fixed-price contracts.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with project accounting and ERP systems.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge assumptions, enforce discipline, and drive results.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to work with senior leadership.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with earned value management (EVM).
• Prior involvement in federal environmental, engineering, or professional services contracts.
• Prior involvement in DCAA/DCMA audits.