Associate, Financial Management

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

Palladium has an opening for an Associate within the Financial Management department. The person in this position will be responsible for assisting in the development of annual work plans and pipeline budgets, reviewing budgets and financial reports for accuracy, monthly close process duties for projects supported, and other ad hoc financial requests as needed. Using strong interpersonal and communication skills and additional analytical skills, the incumbent will develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues and clients with a strong focus on customer service.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s Washington, D.C. office.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have experience in financial management, FP&A analytics, or business process improvement we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

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  This position will report to the Director, Risk Management

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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  Provide general program operations assistance to project technical staff and administrators
  
• Assemble, format, and maintain budget/financial information for new, existing, and ending contracts
  
• Analyze posted cost and revenue to actuals posted. Research issues and initiates AP, GL and revenue adjustments as needed
  
• Facilitate the monthly close process for projects supported including reviewing the monthly revenue and invoice
  
• Prepare and review budget realignments, narrations, and justifications.
  
• Create/modify budget spreadsheet templates in accordance with individualized project requirements.
  
• Ensure compliance with government contracting regulations.
  
• Perform the initial job setup function and on-going project maintenance within the corporate accounting system
  
• Generate monthly project accruals
  
• Work collaboratively with technical staff on project forecasting and troubleshooting any system issues
  
• Administer project reconciliations by ledger account
  
• Monthly suspense monitoring and follow-up with staff
  
• Some travel may be required
  
• Other duties as assigned

Key Competencies Required:

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  Experience working with donor-funded budgets, preferably USAID
  
• Experience with Deltek’s Costpoint preferred
  
• Ability to learn new financial systems such as Deltek’s Cobra and PM Compass
  
• Strong accounting, business and administration skills
  
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports
  
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
  
• Good organizational and planning skills
  
• Advances skills in Microsoft Office – particularly Excel

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.