Finance & Risk Analyst

Description

Rubb Building Systems designs, manufactures, and installs steel-framed, fabric-clad buildings for customers across a wide range of industries. The Finance & Risk Analyst protects profitability and reduces risk by independently analyzing project costs, evaluating contractual and operational exposure, determining the significance of identified issues, and recommending corrective actions and risk-mitigation strategies to management.

Project Cost Controls & T&M Auditing

• Audit T&M and T&M Not-to-Exceed projects, with emphasis on site installation activity.
• Review labor, equipment, travel, crane, subcontractor, and other installation costs for accuracy and contract compliance.
• Compare actual and committed costs with budgets and forecasts; investigate variances, assess their financial and operational impact, and recommend actions to address cost, billing, and margin risks.
• Validate documentation supporting customer billings and project cost reporting.
• Maintain Power BI dashboards and reports covering installation performance, cost trends, billing status, and project profitability.
• Lead post-project financial reviews, identify recurring cost and margin issues, and recommend improvements to estimating, budgeting, execution, and reporting practices.

Project Cost Budgeting & Financial Analysis

• Develop and maintain Project Cost Budgets (PCBs) and Job Sheets, tracking approvals and follow-up to ensure accurate project records.
• Analyze assumptions, exclusions, and risks during estimate-to-budget handoffs; resolve routine discrepancies and recommend action on material issues.
• Analyze project performance, committed costs, remaining exposure, and forecasted results.
• Support cash flow forecasting, monthly financial reporting, and KPI development.
• Maintain accurate forecasts and cost data for revenue recognition and percentage-of-completion analyses.

Contract Review & Compliance

• Analyze customer and subcontract agreements for payment, insurance, bonding, change order, warranty, indemnification, and other commercial risks; recommend revisions, exceptions, or mitigation measures.
• Monitor contract terms, billing requirements, change order procedures, and deliverables; issue, collect, and archive warranties, operations manuals, and other project close-out documents.
• Evaluate contractual obligations and deadlines, assess potential noncompliance or financial exposure, and advise stakeholders on corrective action or escalation.
• Support internal controls and delegation-of-authority requirements.

Insurance & Bonding Administration

• Coordinate project bond requests, provide insurance certificate information, and maintain insurance and bonding records.
• Work with sureties, brokers, carriers, and advisors on project needs, renewals, and underwriting submissions.
• Evaluate project insurance and bonding requirements, identify material gaps or exposure, recommend mitigation measures, and coordinate claims documentation.

Supplier & Subcontractor Risk Management

• Manage supplier and subcontractor qualification, contract flow-downs, customer forms, certifications, and related compliance records.
• Assess supplier and subcontractor risk, evaluate compliance and financial concerns, recommend controls or corrective actions, and monitor ongoing compliance.

Customer & Regulatory Compliance

• Manage customer and supplier portals, vendor documentation, registrations, certifications, and organized compliance records.
• Monitor reporting requirements, support state tax documentation, and assist with audits, customer reviews, and regulatory inquiries.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, risk management, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Three or more years of experience in project accounting, cost or financial analysis, contract administration, insurance, or bonding; experience in project-based manufacturing, construction, or installation preferred.
• Knowledge of project cost controls, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in Excel and working knowledge of Power BI, including dashboard creation and data visualization.
• Ability to interpret financial and contractual information, assess risk, exercise independent judgment, and make well-supported recommendations to management.
• Ability to prioritize competing assignments, determine follow-up, meet deadlines, maintain confidentiality, and collaborate across teams.