Total 4 job vacancies by AECOM

The role will be responsible for supporting end-to-end project accounting life cycle activities for assigned accounts and projects. The role will be involved with stakeholder coordination to execute processes that will drive the completion of assigned projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform moderately complex tasks that support multiple and varied projects in compliance with the contract, service level agreement, define methodologies, and procedures
• May need to provide guidance to junior members of the team
• Reviews project financials for accurate revenue recognition
• Perform in-depth project analysis and provide recommendations based on findings
• Support the Team Lead/Manager in handling escalations and managing disputes related to project financials
• Maintains and prepares SOP/DTP of current processes and the incorporate documentation updates
• Participate in audit-related activities and prepare audit responses
• May support junior members of the team in addressing routine issues within the assigned processes
• Propose alternatives in identified issues and assist in investigating and in resolving common and unusual issues
• Contribute specialized expertise to different assigned projects and may provide key updates to Team Lead and Manager 
• Has advanced knowledge of project accounting, providing support for the most complex and/or large scale project
• Makes recommendations for project improvement based on review of financial results and knowledge of project(s). 
• Researches general ledger account reconciliations, journal entry preparation and A/R cash adjustments.
• Works with customers or clients to gather and provide information
• May review contracts for additional service opportunities and assist in converting project proposal into project budget.

This role is responsible for managing all official project documents for internal and external stakeholders. The role is expected to implement and manage the Document Management System while providing quality assurance measures according to company policy and procedures and project requirements. The role will be reporting to the Project Controls Manager in Manila.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Provide document management and project controls support including but not limited to receipt, inventory, audit, tracking, storage, retrieval, and distribution of both classified and unclassified electronic, paper, and other media project data and documents according to company policy, and proper procedures for the projects.
• Maintain general and technical documents and periodical subscriptions related to projects, with the use of internal document control systems or client-specific tools.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and IT/Records Management on the proper methods of protection for project records and make recommendations on media, rotation, and procedures.
• Manage the setup and maintenance of document control/records management for multiple projects and Project Managers.
• Escalate issues and recommend resolutions to the Team Lead for timely resolution.
• Perform moderately complex tasks in compliance with service level agreements, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Propose alternatives to identified issues and assist in investigating and resolving common and unusual issues.
• Contribute to various and simultaneous process improvement initiatives to streamline processes, improve customer experience, and increase productivity.
• Contribute specialized expertise to different assigned projects and may provide key updates to the Team Lead and Manager.

The role will be responsible for the technical support of the project controls function on projects and proposals, delivering output by following defined procedures and processes, focused on repeated tasks. The Project Controls function provides the support, tools and systems experience necessary to manage effectively and proactively, control and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects throughout the organization.

• Supports PM and project teams on more simple, lower risk projects.
• Learn and use company’s Project Management platform, job cost reporting and financial system.
• Contributes by working on projects of limited complexity/within accounts in a technician or administrative capacity.
• Under direct supervision, follows written instructions and established procedures to accomplish assigned and standardized tasks. 
• Applies basic skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials, and/or equipment appropriate to area of specialization. 
• Resolves routine questions and problems and refers more complex issues to higher levels.
• Performance commitment process and begins updates to commitment log for purchase orders and subcontracts.
• Ensures changes to document in a timely fashion to meet set deadlines.
• Responsible for coordination with other parties to make sure document edits are made and proofed.
• Follows standardized procedures but may have to use discretion to complete project.
• Ensures document tracking and production system is maintained.
• Prepares and maintains a document control system for all forms of documentation.
• Makes copies of drawing for production and other company employees.
• Assures that all completed documents have been signed-off by the appropriate personnel.
• Distributes copies of documents to the appropriate personnel.
• Implements and follows company quality assurance program procedures.
• Develops fundamental knowledge in planning and scheduling concepts and principles including effects on financial performance.
• Familiarize basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles
• Develops familiarity with data sources for schedule development.
• Perform assigned tasks in compliance with service level agreement, process, policies, and procedures.
• Work with the Team Lead and/or senior members of the team to address issues
• Maintain the SOP/DTP of current processes and incorporate documentation updates as required.
• Escalate issues and concerns to the Team Lead/Supervisor for timely resolution

The role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining cost controls and/or planning and scheduling functions. The role is expected to have broad knowledge and sufficient experience to analyze and apply technical solutions to challenging project controls issues.

Opportunity phase

• Support Go/No Go preparations, forms, and gathering information and process, as directed by the Project Manager.
• Review project controls requirements of RFP/opportunity. Provide or obtain project controls support for proposal deliverables, as appropriate for project complexity.
• Understand proposal pricing approach and support as appropriate. Proficiency with company standard pricing tools and support as required.

Planning phase

• Develop customized Cost/schedule control plans/solutions to provide Project Management and other project team and management with appropriate tools for project cost and schedule control.
• Support PM/Project team/contract administration in managing the contract review process for new contracts, modifications, and job closures. Understand and support or coordinate the insurance verification process as necessary.
• Review contract risk types and deploy methods to identify and develop risk management approaches for projects.
• Manage and oversee financial project issues such as segmentation, work at risk, and revenue recognition during project setup.
• Review scope definition documents and support PM with development of complex Work breakdown structure development (and maintenance during execution), interfacing with Procurement, Engineering, Subcontractors and Finance to support proper job setup for cost and schedule development, progress tracking, risk analysis, client billing.
• Manage the development, updating, and monitoring of schedules and preparing status reports and staffing curves, in alignment with scope of work and resource, including subcontractors and consultants, planned to execute scope.
• Support other Project team/procurement in managing documentation to support procurement of required sub-consultants and vendors
• Develop and review of project cost and revenue baseline, based on above element, on behalf of PM.
• Develop and implement performance measurement and earned value plan and updates during execution. Elevate for review by PM, Project team and other Management staff.
• Understand contractual invoicing requirements. Understand project/organizational and client interfaces. Review invoice support requirements, during execution, with Project Manager.

Execution phase

• Integrate cost and schedule data/baseline with company’s enterprise system, to facilitate Projects financial goals, or oversee this effort.
• Develop key deliverables in preparation for project reviews.
• Review actual costs and commitments, coordinate cost adjustments, and review coding accuracy.
• Identify cost (and schedule as needed) variances, investigate root cause, and develop/execute a correction action plan, as discussed with PM and Project team.
• Lead effort for tracking budget, project costs, labor hours, schedule updates, installed quantities and progress measurements for work to include direct hire and subcontracted work.
• Maintain the planning/scheduling updates, applying engineering, procurement, and construction terminology, concepts, and relationships. Develop and maintain critical path logic networks and bar charts.
• Analyze, evaluate, and forecast current status against an established baseline schedule. Assess the impacts of design or construction changes and schedule slippages. Report schedule status to all levels of project and company management as well as to the Client.
• Accumulate and access historical data, such as performance experience, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning, forecasting, and Estimate at complete development.
• Measure progress and review performance trends. Exposure to progressive performance data and associated concepts and principals.
• Prepare reports, graphs, and charts, to communicate project status.
• Proficiency with company’s financial systems, processes and procedures such as segmentation, work at risk and revenue recognition requirements and processes and be able to align with project status and assist in analyzing and using financial data to identify key project issues.
• May coordinate/review invoices for consistency with contract requirements and rates. May interface with Billing and accounting staff.
• Assist the Project Manager with reporting on accounts receivables and unbilled issues as assigned.
• Support Project team, with the change control management process and gain insight into rational and importance of change events. Support project with pricing and determining schedule impact of change orders.
• Assist PM with support on gathering information to develop trending, forecasting and estimate to complete process. May assist PM with WAR (work at risk) and RAR (Revenue at Risk) forms.
• May provide guidance, direction and specialized assistance to others in the resolution of project controls problems.

Closeout phase

• Review project scope and determine all contractual deliverables have been met, discuss with PM.
• Coordinate with PM/procurement for closeout of sub-agreements
• Support PM with input of final EAC
• Support with coordination of final invoice as directed.