Senior Finance Analyst– Client Accounting 

We seek an experienced finance professional to join our Evanston, IL office that will be responsible for end-to-end project lifecycle work and project financial governance. This person will report into the Client Accounting team lead, and will work closely with other finance teams, including Controllership, Finance Business Partners (FBP), and our Finance Systems team.

What You’ll Do:

• Support ZS' largest, most at-risk projects throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage revenue recognition, including forecast/completion estimates and margins at a project level, and ensure accuracy of revenue portion of ZS financial statements;
• Focus on project set-up, project forecasting, and analysis on project financial decisions and collaborating with others on special projects;
• Collaborate with others within finance to find solutions to at-risk projects, provide project commentary and flag to leadership, if necessary;
• Leverage others including our offshore Client Accounting team, FBPs, and Controllership to help escalate and solve for project financial risks;
• Ensure project financial transactions including billings and collections are maintained;
• Develop and perform monthly governance workstreams to support accounting output, both at the project and company level;
• Increase the awareness of good financial management practices across the firm.

What You’ll Bring:

• BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline and 2-4 years of relevant work experience, preferably in public accounting, corporate accounting, or project financial management;

• In-depth experience with end-to-end project lifecycle work;
• A proactive mindset, capable of participating/implementing process changes;
• Ability to effectively collaborate cross-functionally/geographically;
• High motivation, strong work ethic and personal initiative;
• Excellent organizational and task management skills;
• Experience with MS Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics welcome.