Business Unit: Cubic Transportation SystemsCompany Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.Job Details:Job Summary: This role is part of our Program Planning & Controls (PP&C) team partnering with the project management team to control and analyze project costs, reporting and modeling, and ensure financial targets are met. This position will be responsible for team training and results. The function is responsible for activities related to finance, treasury, financial planning and analysis, financial management, regulatory reporting, and tax. This role is part of a global team managing earned value, cost and change management, cash and revenue forecasting on complex, large-scale projects in a dynamic environment. Manages the financial resources to generate profit and contributes to the productivity of other business functions, planning and decision-making activities. This position works under limited supervision and incumbents will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:Develop, forecast, and manage project budget allocation, revenue and cash flows, and costs.Serve as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders, ensure timely and clear communication regarding project status, risks, and changes.Work in accordance with company policies for earned value methodologies.Help implement and maintain processes and tools to manage project costs, schedules, and risks supporting compliance and continuous improvement.Understand all cost and revenue components of a project contract.Ensure delivery and presentation of timely, accurate and compliant project financial and regional results and status monthly.Understand and work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and provide solutions to issues in creative and effective ways.Create, update, and monitor SaaS billings and cost models for multiple programs.SAP and other system tools are used for budgeting, forecasting, and project management.Support project operations team by monitoring and analyzing project costs, identifying variances, and working with the team to address them.Participate in solving problems, monitoring risk mitigation strategies and execution of risk management processes with the project operations team.Ensure information integrity for project status, contract values and estimates to completion as represented by project/contract managers.Support the development and review of detailed integrated schedules in close collaboration with the technical leads and project managers.Comfortable collaborating with company groups and key contacts outside in a variety of business areas, including engineering and development.Monitor and analyze Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable to ensure both activities are timely and correct.Prepare financial analysis and reports for internal stakeholders and management review meetings.Support internal and external audits.Ability to produce quality written and verbal commentary for project reporting and decision-making.General Duties and Responsibilities:• Comply with Cubic's Quality Management System• Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures• Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organization• Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures• Other duties as requestedMinimum Job Requirements:QualificationsEssential:• Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a tertiary institution• Qualified CA / CPA or equivalent with 5+ years post qualified experienceSkills/Experience/KnowledgeEssential:• 8 years Project accounting or management accounting experience• Excellent computer and advanced Excel skills• Knowledge and understanding of a project-based environment within which businesses need to operate, both locally and globally.• Ability to understand the detail and identify areas for business improvement• Ability to actively be an influencer and integral member of the Finance Team• Able to cope with change and conflicting demands• A proactive decision maker, able to work unsupervised• Exceptional analytical and interpretative skills• Ability to produce quality written and verbal commentary for project reporting and decision-makingDesirable:Experience in SAPExperience in Earned Value ReportingPersonal Qualities• Attention to detail• Self-motivated• Excellent interpersonal skills• Exceptional time management• Prioritize and be flexible and adaptable according to conflicting demandsCondition of Employment: Successful outcome of a National Police CheckThe description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.Worker Type: Employee
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