Project Financial Analyst (Remote)
About the role
You will serve as the financial subject matter expert supporting Myriad360's Professional Services organization. You will oversee project financial performance, profitability analysis, forecasting, pricing, cost governance, and financial reporting across a portfolio of customer engagements. You will work closely with Professional Services leadership, the PMO, Operations, Sales, and Accounting to provide financial insight that improves project profitability, strengthens forecasting accuracy, and drives operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Project Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Analyze financial performance across Professional Services engagements, customers, solution offerings, and delivery teams
- Maintain project gross margin, contribution margin, labor costs, subcontractor expenses, travel costs, and overall project profitability
- Create executive dashboards and financial reports that provide visibility into portfolio performance
- Conduct profitability analysis by client, solution type, geography, delivery team, and project manager
- Identify margin erosion, cost overruns, forecasting variances, and financial risks
- Support project financial close activities and portfolio profitability reviews
- Financial Governance & Project Management
- Serve as the financial subject matter expert for Professional Services project accounting and financial management
- Collaborate with Project Managers to improve budgeting, forecasting, EAC, ETC, and margin management practices
- Develop project financial playbooks, templates, reporting standards, and training materials
- Lead recurring financial reviews with Project Managers and leadership teams
- Establish financial governance processes that improve accountability and forecasting accuracy
- Drive adoption of financial best practices across the Professional Services organization
- Cost Management & Profitability
- Ensure project costs are accurately assigned and allocated across projects, work orders, and sales orders
- Develop methodologies for allocating shared expenses across multiple engagements
- Reconcile estimated, forecasted, and actual project costs
- Validate subcontractor invoices and ensure cost allocation accuracy
- Work with Accounting to improve project cost visibility, reconciliation, and reporting accuracy
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability through operational efficiencies and financial controls
- Forecasting, Pricing & Business Analytics
- Forecast portfolio financial performance and identify emerging profitability risks
- Analyze trends in labor utilization, subcontractor costs, delivery efficiency, and project performance
- Develop pricing recommendations based on historical delivery costs and margin objectives
- Support labor rate development, subcontractor pricing strategies, and service pricing models
- Provide financial insights that improve forecasting accuracy, utilization, profitability, and pricing effectiveness
- Identify recurring trends requiring adjustments to pricing, delivery practices, or operational processes
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in project finance, project accounting, FP&A, Professional Services finance, consulting finance, or a related field
- Experience supporting project-based organizations such as Professional Services, consulting, systems integration, engineering services, or Managed Services
- Strong understanding of project profitability, forecasting, financial modeling, cost accounting, and financial analysis
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience building financial models
- Experience developing executive dashboards and financial reporting
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Ability to influence operational teams and drive financial accountability without direct authority
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Desired Skills and Experience
- Experience implementing or supporting cost-based project accounting methodologies
- Experience transitioning organizations from percentage-of-completion reporting to cost-based project financial management
- Experience with project-based ERP and PSA systems
- Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar business intelligence platforms
- Knowledge of revenue recognition principles and Professional Services operations
- Experience supporting pricing strategy, margin improvement initiatives, and portfolio analytics
- Technical Skills (Preferred): Financial modeling and advanced Excel, Project accounting and cost allocation, Budgeting and forecasting, Business intelligence platforms (Power BI, Tableau), ERP and PSA systems, NetSuite, Salesforce, Financial dashboard development, Executive reporting and data visualization
Benefits
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Incentive compensation plans for all employees
- Company-funded 401k contributions
- Zero-cost employer-covered health insurance
- Annual BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) reimbursement up to $500
- Paid Parental Leave
- Transparent, candid culture with 1:1 coaching, performance reviews, and a consistent feedback loop
- Quirky, diverse, respectful, high-performing coworkers you'll want to achieve greatness with!
A Little About Us
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.