Project Accounting / Support Coordinator (Data Center Commissioning)

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose:

Support and maintain financial and administrative aspects of building commissioning consulting and operations projects in coordination with the Operations Manager, Finance Manager, and Project Managers. This role handles third-party and subcontractor contract management, third-party invoices, labor cost tracking, expense tracking, and other administrative needs.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Directors, and Finance (Finance Manager/Controller/Project Accountants) to coordinate project financial needs.
• Fill and submit proposal request forms including labor, contractor, expense, and profit estimates based on client proposals and resource schedules. 
• Work with finance managers and project managers to update Salesforce revenue forecasts. 
• Support finance manager with project expense accruals to maintain appropriate project profitability; monitor project financial health and office portfolio performance.
• Run and distribute standard project/financial reports for staff as needed; support visibility into project status and performance.
• Support fixed fee and time/material projects by coordinating time entry and expense reports with Project Managers; process transfers/corrections of billable employee hours as needed.
• Provide administrative support to the Finance Manager and ad hoc administrative/project support to staff.
• Assist in post-project financial performance evaluation process for major projects (central repository, basic graphs/dashboards, periodic review) to inform future proposals and opportunity evaluation.
• Prepare and coordinate third-party vendor requisitions and purchase orders.
• Administer subcontracts and vendor relationships; manage and track third-party vendor accounts.
• Produce and manage third-party progress billings and subcontractor invoicing. 
• Manage UPS invoicing for the Mission Critical Team and office.
• Order and track field tools / equipment.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• Degree or equivalent college education from an accredited institution with major course work in accounting, business administration, or a closely related field, or
• Three (3) years of general accounting / finance experience required. 
• Two (2) years project accounting, administration, or project coordination in a fast paced, large volume professional and customer service environment preferred.
• Experience working in engineering consulting or construction industry a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Proficiency in MS Office and Google Workspace.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational, financial, and administrative skills.
• Highly motivated and proactive, focused on achieving results.
• Must be dependable and able to multi-task with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work well independently and as a team.
• Experience with SAP, BillQuick, Workday, Salesforce, Concur, Ariba, and/or DataServ a plus.

Additional Information

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.