Director of Project Finance

Conti Federal Services
Orlando, FL
Job Description
Role Overview

The Director of Project Finance will own project-level economics from award through closeout, ensuring job-cost integrity, forecasts, billing, cash, and federal contract compliance.

What You Will Do

The ideal candidate will be able to accomplish reliable EACs and WIP, with no surprise write-downs at close, and provide billings that match work performed.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The Director of Project Finance will report to the Chief Financial Officer and will be responsible for leading the project accounting team across domestic and international work.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • 10+ years in project finance or project controls including experience with large construction work (ideally $100M+, multi-year jobs)
  • Ownership of job cost, committed cost, change orders, WIP, percent complete, cost-to-complete, and EACs
  • Project billing: progress payments, cost-plus and lump-sum, retainage, unbilled, contingency and contract modifications
  • Ability to sit with project managers on forecast vs. budget
  • Builds and leads a project-accountant bench, including senior individual contributors
  • ERP job-cost fluency; clean handoff of billed/unbilled into the corporate GL
  • Proven record of standardizing EAC / WIP packs, reducing spreadsheet farms, and cutting days out of billing and forecast cycles
  • History of finding leakage — unbilled cost, late change orders, duplicate commitments — and turning that into recovered margin or avoided cost
  • Plus: federal / government billing (IDIQ task orders, DCAA / FAR cost allowability on the job) and surety, bonding, or joint-venture cash experience

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance on the first day of employment
  • Life insurance
  • 401(k) matching plan
  • EAP
  • Wellness programs
  • Other optional programs
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