Financial Analysts

Our client is a nationwide leader in civil engineering, materials testing and geotechnical consulting services for environmental, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. Currently has over 3,600 employees with offices throughout the US, including Alaska & Hawaii. Its no accident that our client creates a better experience for infrastructure and environmental projects. Its how they are built with the best people in the industry, with the reach and expertise to help at any and every step of the project, and with a heart-led approach that puts quality and safety at the center of everything they do. They're just built to be better. They are a great company.

They are seeking a Financial Analyst with a specialized focus on Accounts Payable (AP) spend analysis, client reimbursement validations, and cost-saving identification to join their corporate F&A team.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Analyst will play a critical role in analyzing company-wide AP spend, ensuring costs are properly reimbursed per client contract terms, and identifying areas to reduce spend or improve margin. The Financial Analyst will be responsible for analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and assisting with budgeting and forecasting processes. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to interpret financial information to support strategic decision-making. This role offers an exciting opportunity for growth and development within our finance team.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Analyze AP spend by vendor, project and cost recovery to identify trends, anomalies, and inefficiencies
• Validate that reimbursable costs are appropriately billed to clients in accordance with contract terms and conditions
• Partner with project teams to investigate unreimbursed or disputed charges and support recovery efforts
• Identify cost-saving opportunities across recurring spend, subcontractors, and vendor categories
• Build and maintain schedules tracking AP trends, vendor concentration, and reimbursement metrics
• Support development of reimbursement KPIs and work with Operations to ensure project-level compliance
• Assist in standardizing how reimbursable expenses are coded and flagged across systems 
• Analyze historical spend to inform pricing strategy, contract negotiation, and budget planning
• Work closely with other departments (e.g., accounting, operations, marketing) to support cross-functional financial analysis and reporting needs
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis requests from leadership or other departments

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, a related field
• 3-5+ years of relevant experience ideally with exposure to project accounting or cost recovery models
• Experience reviewing AP data for reimbursement, compliance, or cost containment
• Advanced Excel. SQL, Alteryx, datamining skills preferred
• Experience with ERP (BST and/or Deltek Vantagepoint preferred) and business analytic tools like Power BI
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; able to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Detail-oriented with a problem-solving mindset and a passion for digging into data
• Self-starter who can manage multiple priorities and work independently

About the client:

They strive to be the most sought-after infrastructure and environmental solutions company, known for our unique, values-driven approach and brought to life by the industrys most exceptional people.

Provides professional testing, inspection, engineering, environmental, and consulting services from more than 100 locations nationwide. They deliver solutions to both public and private sector clients in the transportation, commercial, water, government, education and industrial markets.

With a legacy of providing consistent quality and results, our client creates a better experience at every stage of an infrastructure project. They connect the best experts in the industry to deliver value from concept to completion and beyond. This means doing everything their clients expect and then raising the expectations in a way that only our people can.

Client Values:

Life: We enhance quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.

Heart: As our hallmarks, we act with compassion, empathy and respect.

Trust: We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.

Mastery: Always striving for the highest quality, we ensure greatness inspires all our work.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are at the core of our purpose & values:

We are committed to enhancing the lives of our employees, customers, shareholders, and the communities where we live and work. We believe in our heart-led approach and place a strong focus on conducting our business in an ethical, compassionate and respectful way. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program, we seek to hire, develop, and promote a talented and diverse team of professionals nationwide. We believe in leveraging the power of our different backgrounds, beliefs, perspectives and capabilities to create value for our company and our communities. Our values of Life, Heart, Mastery and Trust are the principles by which we operate, the character of our people, and the culture of our organization. Were Stronger Together.