Homeoffice Project Control Specialist at Akima, LLC
Akima, LLC · Huntsville, United States Of America · Remote
- Junior
Work Where it Matters
Akima Global Logistics (AGL), an Akima company, is not just another operations contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.
At AGL, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.
For our shareholders, AGL provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.
For our government customers, AGL delivers comprehensive supply, transportation, and maintenance services designed to optimize and maintain operations.
As an AGL employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.
Description:AGL is looking for a Project Control Specialist to provide assistance to the Project Control Analyst on the Equipment Redistribution and Divesture Site (ERDS) project. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!
Responsibilities:- General Responsibilities:
- Assist Project Control Analyst in all duties related to financial and performance, planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Help with the aggregation, analyzation, and reporting on monthly and quarterly financial forecasts.
- Review and communicate labor utilization across the organization.
- Assists with activities for monthly, quarterly, and yearly close to ensure compliance with policies and deadlines.
- Assist Project Control Analyst in all duties related to financial and performance, planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Budgeting and financial analysis:
- Assists with analyzing budgets.
- Monitors project actuals, identifies, communicates and resolves issues.
- Provide assistance with accruals consistent with the month-end close deadlines and provides to Finance for entry.
- Assist with monthly financial forecasts and variance analysis.
- Analyze project reports to identify, resolve and communicate issues.
- Initiate & monitor project setup (PSFs) within financial and project management systems.
- Provide assistance with project closeout activities.
- Proactively monitor project timecards to identify and correct errors prior to submission, if timecard errors are processed, ensures timecard corrections are processed in timely manner.
- Ensure accuracy of project-related expense reports and ensure timely processing.
- Project A/R and A/P:
- Ensure subcontract/vendor payments are processed in timely fashion.
- Provide customer specific invoice backup, where needed.
- Monitor billing and payment status of customer invoices.
- Ensures incorrect charges are put on hold and subsequently corrected.
- Performs unbilled and accrual calculations.
- Assists Project Control Analyst and Project Manager with invoice collection.
- Track contractual obligations and deliverables.
- Review purchase request documentation for adherence and consistency.
- Ensure subcontract/vendor payments are processed in timely fashion.
- Assist project team with:
- Initiating and receiving Purchase Orders.
- Communicating timecard and expense practices for the project.
- Contracts:
- Provide assistance in reviewing and analyzing contract, subcontracts, and agreements to ensure project setup is accurate and meets internal and external reporting requirements.
- Assistance with pricing extensions and new bids when needed.
- Provide data to help develop funding notifications (e.g., 75% letters).
- Assist Project Control Analyst with variance analysis and help identify risks to schedule, cost, and performance baseline.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills for presenting complex data to stakeholders.
- 0-1 years in financial or project control related field.
- Strong Excel skills to include VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and PivotTables.
