[Hiring] Project Planning and Control Analyst 3 @GP Strategies

Role Description

The PPCA Team Lead is a hands-on project finance role with additional team leadership responsibilities. The individual is accountable for managing the financial performance of a portfolio of projects directly while also providing day-to-day functional leadership, guidance, and oversight to PPCA analysts. This role combines delivery and leadership: the Team Lead personally performs core PPCA activities on assigned projects (setup, forecasting, cost control, billing, and close) while ensuring consistent standards, timely outputs, and strong financial governance across the wider team.

The role partners closely with Service Delivery and the wider Finance organisation (Finance Management Office, Project Finance Office, and Finance Service Centre) to enable operational success while safeguarding financial integrity, compliance, and margin outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide day-to-day functional leadership to PPCA analysts, including work allocation, prioritisation, and workflow coordination.
• Review and quality-check key PPCA outputs prepared by the team to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to PFO standards.
• Act as first escalation point for complex or non-standard project finance issues; resolve or escalate appropriately.
• Support onboarding, training, and coaching of PPCA team members; share best practices and institutional knowledge.
• Balance personal project workload with leadership duties to ensure delivery commitments are met.
• 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.

What Success Looks Like

Success means the Team Lead consistently delivers high-quality PPCA outputs on their own projects while elevating the performance of the wider team. Projects are well controlled, invoices are accurate and timely, risks are identified early, and standards are applied consistently. The Team Lead is recognised as both a reliable hands-on analyst and a trusted escalation point for Service Delivery and Finance leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience acting as a senior analyst, mentor, or team lead, with responsibility for reviewing work and supporting others.
• 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.

Technical Strength

• Proficient in project costing tools, financial systems, or ERP platforms (e.g., Oracle Cloud, SAP, or similar).
• Strong Excel capability, including data analysis, reconciliation, and financial modelling.
• Understanding revenue and cost recognition principles in a project-based environment.
• Ability to interpret financial data, identify variances, and provide actionable insights.
• Skilled in exceptional reporting, margin analysis, and financial controls.
• Comfortable working with purchase orders, receipting processes, and supplier financial documentation.

Leadership and Mindset Behaviours

• Leads by example through strong personal delivery and technical credibility.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability, and sound judgement.
• Collaborates effectively across Finance and Service Delivery teams.
• Drives continuous improvement while maintaining operational discipline.
• Detail driven, accurate, and committed to maintaining high financial integrity.
• Confident communicator who builds strong relationships across finance and operational teams.
• Calm under pressure, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and resolve issues quickly.
• Analytical thinker who seeks root causes, not just symptoms, and recommends improvements.
• Collaborative and service-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Adaptable, curious, and open to continuous learning and process improvement.

Why Join

You will be part of a Finance and Accounting function evolving into a strategic growth engine, with exposure to senior leadership and enterprise-wide initiatives under the OneGP model.