Associate Manager, Client Finance

Position Summary: The Associate Manager, Client Finance will review & manage the overall financial management for our client portfolio, reporting, general day-to-day activities, and related month end close duties. Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to: - Supervise the overall monthly project accounting efforts including preparing and leading the majority of the monthly status meetings with project managers and managing project updates across financial trackers. - Review & reconcile new contracts & assess related contracts/projects including understanding contract components of milestones/tasks and intercompany components & ensuring accuracy of project set up. - Review/Address concerns around project tracking/funds compared to project budgets. Report and present project financials to project leads/stakeholders. - Set up new clients in accounting systems and files including adding and mapping employees to new billable rates, and review of MSA's for rebates and discounts. - Review intercompany revenue/cost transactions & updating shared financial trackers. - Manage Interco contract execution. Manage cost allocations compared to overall project budget & facilitate project scope changes with other finance teams & project leads. - Manage business unit(s) project revenues and ensure compliance with client contracts including new contract awards updates and pickup of out of period revenue. - As the primary finance contact for business unit projects, understand and elevate potential issues to ensure proper accounting and revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP. - Prepare monthly project revenue forecast and comparisons to budget/plan. - Manage hours and expenses for client projects incurred to track against forecast, assigned roles/rates based on information provided by project leads including mapping of new roles and rates and other revenue/cost adjustments where applicable. - Manage client invoicing based on contracts (including use of correct invoicing template and contracting entity and correct currency), reconcile issues and follow up with customers on past due invoices. - Manage unbilled revenue aging and adherence to client invoicing guidelines. - Review and submit monthly client accruals. - Consolidate accruals with other Precision entities as applicable. - Review client business development opportunities in Salesforce and ensure accuracy across internal schedules and financial trackers. - Review project costs compared to contracted amounts as well as other direct costs shared across projects/clients. - Review set up and tracking of new employees and when applicable subcontractor hours/expenses/bill rates monthly compared to forecast and budget. - Manage subcontractor agreements and forecast future subcontractor costs with inputs from project leads as applicable. - Review & reconcile monthly general ledger account reconciliations for accuracy and completeness. Collaborate with SG&A team where applicable - Review the coding expense reports, invoices and/or credit card bookings to ensure proper approval to billable projects. - Identify, allocate & review intercompany transactions - Assist with ad hoc projects as applicable, including the annual budget preparation. Take the lead on budgeting for specific P&L line items as applicable. - Review & reconcile supporting documents for the annual audit. - Prepare supporting documents & schedules for the audit. - Manage up where audit deliverables will require additional collaboration/input. - Proactively identify cost savings and process efficiencies - Collaborate with FP&A as applicable and proactively highlight & add commentary around key drivers for variance explanations to budget/forecast. - Assist with preparation with revenue and expense inputs for reporting and analysis. - Advise staff on best practices in approach to client finances and on non-routine financial transactions. Manage & mentor direct