Project Planning and Control Analyst 4

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Role Overview:As a Project Planning & Control Analyst, you will be responsible for managing the financial performance of assigned projects. Your role involves ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with both company standards and customer expectations. Working within the wider GP Finance organisation, you will support effective project initiation, cost management, forecasting, invoicing, and financial analysis. By partnering closely with Service Delivery teams and contributing to strong financial controls, you will ensure projects are set up correctly, monitored effectively, and delivered with full financial integrity.Key Responsibilities:- Primary point of contact for project finances, controlling activities to meet internal and customer expectations.- Responsible for maintaining relationships across client-facing functional teams and the FMO, and act as a point of liaison.- Provide administrative and procedural support to Service Delivery teams from a financial perspective regarding cost control, project budgets, and reporting.- Initiate project setup process using the Project Costing Form/App and review setup for accuracy.- Review and approve Project Purchase Requisitions.- Support supplier cost analysis and negotiation.- Receipting of subcontractor cost in line with period of performance.- Process financial adjustments.- Review output of Service Delivery activity for Revenue, Cost recognition, and Billing.- Initiate revenue and invoice intake and provide backup as required.- Review, resolve issues, and approve draft invoices before customer submission.- Review and re-baseline budgets as required by company policy.- Manage change orders and project modifications.- Manage project resource changes.- Support project governance by utilizing exception reporting and completing the appropriate actions.- Provide financial analysis to support margin optimization.- Manage project reconciliation and close procedure.- Support audit process.- Work with regional process to manage unapplied cash.- Support AR and EUB reviews.- Support governance of Purchase Order receipting, follow-up on aged receipts with no invoice.- Support PFO-owned Account Recs.- Support ad-hoc/bespoke reporting/analysis from Service Delivery.- Support client meetings as required.Qualifications Required:- Experience in project finance, project accounting, or financial control within a service, consulting, or project-based environment.- Proven ability to manage project budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, and financial reporting.- Comfortable acting as the primary financial liaison for operational or client-facing teams.- Experience reviewing and approving purchase requisitions, supplier costs, and subcontractor invoices.- Strong background in supporting invoicing cycles, revenue recognition, and financial adjustments.- Familiarity with project governance processes, change control, and project close-out procedures.- Exposure to audits, AR processes, and reconciliation activities.Additional Details:GP Strategies Corporation is one of the worlds leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, GP Strategies helps organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. With a global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, GP Strategies focuses on performance, respect, fairness, and collaboration to achieve goals.If you are detail-driven, proactive, organized, and have strong analytical thinking, GP Strategies offers you the opportunity to be part of a Finance and Accounting function evolving into a strategic growth engine. You will have exposure to senior leadership and enterprise-wide initiatives under the OneGP model. With a diverse and inclusive culture, GP Strategies is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer, valuing unique perspectives and approaches from all employees. Role Overview:As a Project Planning & Control Analyst, you will be responsible for managing the financial performance of assigned projects. Your role involves ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with both company standards and customer expectations. Working within the wider GP Finance organisation, you will support effective project initiation, cost management, forecasting, invoicing, and financial analysis. By partnering closely with Service Delivery teams and contributing to strong financial controls, you will ensure projects are set up correctly, monitored effectively, and delivered with full financial integrity.Key Responsibilities:- Primary point of contact for project finances, controlling activities to meet internal and customer expectations.- Responsible for maintaining relationships across client-facing functional teams and the FMO, and act as a point of liaison.- Provide administrative and procedural support to Service Delivery teams from a financial perspective regarding cost c

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Project FinanceFinancial ControlCost ManagementForecastingInvoicingFinancial AnalysisNegotiationProject PlanningProject ExecutionRevenue RecognitionProject GovernanceChange ControlFinancial ReportingData AnalysisFinancial ModellingMargin An