Operations Manager - Finance & Project Operations

February 11

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Charles River Associates

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Charles River Associates is a global consulting firm that has been providing expert advice and services since 1965. With a focus on delivering thoughtful, effective guidance backed by thorough research and real-world experience, the company specializes in various industries, including energy, life sciences, technology, and economics. Their work encompasses areas such as litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, and economic analysis, serving clients across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.

Antitrust & Competition Economics • Auctions & Competitive Bidding • Energy & Environment • Financial Accounting & Valuation • Financial Economics

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1965

💸 Finance

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2022-08

📋 Description

• Management of financial functions for the US and Canadian Competition practices, serving as primary point of contact for Financial Administration on any financial issues related to staff in the US and Canada Competition practices. • Assist Practice leadership on any financial and budget requests, including developing and managing annual Competition practice budgets. • Assist VPs, EAs and billers in the US and Canada Competition practice with tracking and actions needed with respect to client budget alerts, resolving AD, AR, and collections coordinating with Financial Administration, Contracts, and Legal staff. • Monitor closely unbilled WIP, address unentered time, and take steps to expedite billing, identify problem areas and be proactive in monitoring of reserves. • Provide information to the Financial Controller before period end regarding accruals / cashflow / FX issues that will impact the financial information delivered to management. • Provide full lifecycle of client fee billing (both Fixed Price and Time & Materials) and revenue management for US and Canada Competition. • Liaise with members of the Finance Department to ensure project information is always up to date and transparent. • Follow up to ensure completion of POC forms at quarter end and to provide up to date revenue recognition analysis to management both on a regular and ad hoc. • Act as liaison between VPs and management with respect to write-offs and to document all transactions for Internal Audit and SOX compliance. • Investigate and respond to project related queries from staff and clients in a timely manner. • Extract, manipulate and analyze data from a variety of database / billing systems and sources on an ad hoc. • Assist professional staff and contracts team with proposals and engagement letters on an ad hoc. • Liaise with external and Senior Consultants to ensure they are sending in weekly and monthly hours and if necessary draft invoices and liaise with AP to get their invoices paid and to let AP know when clients have paid these invoices (for consultants who are paid when paid). • Provide financial support and analysis to ensure there is adequate management information to support decision making. • Coordinate with billers to assist when needed with project invoices in accordance with contract specifications and schedules in a timely manner. • Liaise with clients to ensure payments are made on a regular basis. • Ensure completion of client forms as and when necessary (e.g., bank details / ebilling). • Weekly / monthly / ad-hoc reporting to management team on WIP, AD, and AR. • Compile periodic financial reporting packages for senior management with assistance of Financial Controller. • Assistance with client tax issues. • Assistance with Money Laundering Compliance. • Other duties including monitoring utilization / timesheets / budgeting and revenue forecasts / sourcing calculations.

🎯 Requirements

• 4 year BA/BS degree preferably in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant work experience. • Minimum 10 years related work experience with recruiting in a complex, fast paced and high-volume business. • Able to form, develop and sustain good working relationships both internally and externally even with the most difficult and demanding staff / clients. • Concise reporting skills and attention to detail. • Good working knowledge and experience of financial processes and reporting both in public and private companies. • Able to take ownership and responsibility for projects from inception to completion, confident in ability to prioritize and work under pressure. • Proactive in initiatives / positive ‘can-do’ attitude.

🏖️ Benefits

• CRA’s robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering training annually through formal and informal programs, encouraging you to thrive as an individual and team member. • We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.