Operations Administrator
Job Description
Duration: 12-month contract
Operations Support Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent college education from an accredited institution with major course work in accounting, business administration, or a closely related field, or
- Two (2) years of accounting, project accounting, administration, or project coordination in a fast paced, large volume professional and customer service environment
- Experience working in engineering consulting or construction industry a plus.
Operations Support Abilities and Skills:
- 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
Operations Support Description:
- 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 NYC office
- Order and track field tools / equipment