Project Specialist - Finance Quality Assurance

About the role

The Project Specialist in Finance Quality Assurance assists with identifying, developing, implementing, and coordinating programs to improve financial work practices, processes, compliance, controls, and management of emerging risks. This role provides independent assurance that Finance procedures, specifications, controls, and processes are appropriate and optimal to ensure excellence in financial operations. The specialist supports quality assurance reviews and assessments, reviews historical trends, and implements process improvements and corrective actions to ensure compliance with company procedures, specifications, controls, GAPs, and Federal, State, and local requirements.

The Project Specialist helps develop and monitor key performance and risk indicators to assist Finance in defining and measuring progress toward organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Execute quality assurance reviews and assessments to improve work practices, processes, and controls, ensuring compliance with company procedures, specifications, controls, GAPs, and Federal, State, and local requirements.
• Review the integrity of the Finance organization’s controls regarding accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and adherence to internal and external policies.
• Prepare clear and well-supported reporting associated with compliance reviews and track corrective and follow-up actions generated from reviews and incident reports.
• Collaborate with other CEI quality assurance groups to develop and expand Finance’s quality assurance efforts to best-in-class while minimizing redundancy.
• Prepare internal reports measuring Finance’s organizational compliance performance.
• Collect data from quality assurance reviews to share with the organization and perform trend analyses to determine areas of focus for future efforts.
• Contribute to an inclusive work environment fostering leadership, professionalism, honesty, concern, excellence, and teamwork.
• Participate in collaboration sessions, peer reviews, operational self-assessments, and QA-focused training.
• Support the implementation of process improvements based on reviews performed by the QA team and various audit teams.
• Remain current on relevant regulatory oversight, internal policy updates, and procedural changes that may require QA support or intervention.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Engineering, the Sciences, Economics, Finance, or Business and 3 years of related work experience, or
• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Engineering, the Sciences, Economics, Finance, or Business and 2 years of related work experience.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience and understanding of corrective action development and root cause analysis (preferred).
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Process-oriented with a proven ability to develop and implement innovative process improvement initiatives.
• Computer literacy with strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Experience within a formal quality assurance, accounting, or auditing environment.
• Ability to present information and successfully convey a point of view in a clear and concise fashion.
• Experience collaborating and engaging with a large and diverse group of stakeholders.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to build strong customer relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to develop and deliver effective presentations.
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
• Commitment to organizational goals.
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and flexible to handle multiple assignments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.).

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver’s License (required).
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred).
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) (preferred).
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) (preferred).
• Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS) (preferred).
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (preferred).

Additional Physical Demands

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (emergency response role) and must work non-business hours during emergencies, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able and willing to travel as needed.
• Must be able to provide off-hours support as required.