Financial Analyst

Headway Workforce Solutions is currently seeking a Financial Analyst for a contract opportunity in Atlanta, GA with our partner, one of the world's leading energy suppliers and innovators in energy infrastructure development. This is a great opportunity to work in a collaborative environment for a global industry leader.

We are a leading business solutions provider offering enterprise software, energy markets data, and advisory services.  Our offerings comprise a broad range of solutions to address the most critical needs of utility, power, and communications companies, including asset management, customer care, energy analytics, energy operations, energy trading and risk management, mobile workforce management and network management. 

Job Description

Set up, monitor and maintain customer’s license, maintenance and professional services agreements to ensure the accurate and timely billing of such.   ​
Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze contracts and confer with various departments to detect ambiguities, inaccurate statements or omissions of essential terms or information.
• Set up orders and invoicing and maintain updates to license, maintenance and consulting agreements in designated customer database.
• Monitor expiring renewal agreements to ensure that any contractual requirements around proper notification to the client are met. Calculate the correct fee for the upcoming renewal term and determine invoice amount and maintenance term. 
• Provide support to the sales team by researching agreements and client maintenance history as requested as well as consulting engagement progress.
• Update tracking schedules for maintenance cancellations, maintenance reductions, and maintenance “at risk” on an ongoing basis.
• Submit customer change requests in sales order system as necessary.
• Enter new license and support fee contracts in sales order system.
• Process license and support fee invoices for new agreements and annual renewals in sales order system.
• Participate in consulting project updates and have this information reflected accurately in the system. 
• Assist with collection on past-due accounts (assigned accounts), research and process customer claims of invoice payment.
• Participate in special projects related to this area in additional to day-to-day activities.
• Other duties may be assigned to support the organization and its goals.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four-year college or university in Accounting or Finance-related major. 
• One to two years related experience in one or more of the following areas is considered a significant plus: SAP Sales Order Processing, Salesforce.com Data Entry, or Software Industry experience.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

We invite diversity and employ and promote people on the basis of their individual qualifications for the job and without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age or disability. EOE-AA/D/V

• This is a 6+ month contract position
• Candidates must have Project Accounting Experience

Headway Workforce Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Headway Workforce Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer leaves of absence, compensation and training.