Project Financial Administrator

Excellent opportunity to be a part of a successful and growing Engineering consultancy
- BG&E offers flexible work options including WFH
- Great Collins St Location

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About BG&E*
BG&E is an employee-owned boutique engineering consultancy with more than half a century of experience. We empower our people to be empathic, high-performing and creative, and contribute to communities. Our legacy and our future are underpinned by an unwavering commitment to providing premium client experiences. At BG&E we live our values every day to demonstrate care and integrity, strive to pursue excellence and serve as one team, that is ‘The BG&E Way’.
We work in partnership with clients and other stakeholders - to challenge conventional wisdom, pioneer new benchmarks in technical excellence, design safety into projects and leverage mutually-rewarding delivery models.
**The Role**:
As the Project Financial Administrator, you will be responsible for assisting Project Managers with the financial activities and functions of projects to ensure that the goals and objectives specified for the project are accomplished in an accurate and efficient manner.
It will be critical that you can support Project Managers to ensure that compliance with BG&E systems and processes, and project contractual matters, are met.
Working as part of a highly collaborative team, your main responsibilities will include:

- Project maintenance within our database including but not limited to:

- Project/Task Setups;
- Assisting with the Tracking of Project Variations;
- End of Month Closure Activities (including report preparation and meetings)
- Invoicing, both generating and following up on debtors
- Timesheet approvals & Time Reporting
- Processing subconsultant invoices
- Assisting internal and external clients with project specific inquiries
- Training staff where appropriate on systems/processes and project management issues;
**About You**:

- A relevant tertiary qualification (or working towards) is preferred not essential
- 3+ years financial experience (whether AP/AR or a role in the Finance Industry)
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
- Well-developed interpersonal and verbal communication skills with a preference within the office for face to face support where possible
- Strong time management skills to work to set deadlines
- Ability to work independently and prioritise a busy workload
- Exceptionally high attention to detail
- Previous experience with the software BST would be beneficial, but not essential

**Life at BG&E**
- Flexible working arrangements achieving real work life balance
- Health and wellbeing support via confidential EAP program
- Competitive remuneration, compensation, and Paternal Leave
- On-the-job coaching to help you be the best you can be - network of global experts, a true focus on your professional development to grow your career at BG&E
- Learning and development initiatives

**Diversity and Inclusion**
**Wellbeing, Health and Safety**
BG&E are committed to creating a proactive and collaborative work environment, supporting the health, safety and wellbeing for all our employees and stakeholders. As an organization we strive to continually improve our risk management strategies to ensure best practice, provision of safe work environments for our employees; and safe systems of work consistent with legislative requirements.
BG&E are conscious of the organizations environmental footprint, and commit to building strong partnerships with external stakeholders and local communities to improve the social and environmental wellbeing of those communities and networks potentially affected.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent