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Finance Project Controller
Arcadis
Accounting & Finance
Syracuse, NY, USA
USD 58,320-87,480 / year
Posted on Apr 17, 2026
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
This role support Project Managers to ensure Arcadis projects are set up, forecast, billed and closed in a timely manner as set out in the Arcadis Way Principles. Work closely with Business Unit Controllers to ensure accurate reporting of performance, minimize working capital and escalate risks identified.
Role accountabilities:
- Build trusted relationships with Business Directors to ensure appropriate quality and service
- Drive working capital improvements through timely billing, proactive support for cash collection, and close collaboration with Credit Control and operational teams to resolve issues quickly.
- Support Project Managers on Oracle where required
- Advise Project Managers on efficient project set-up structures, ensuring revenue recognition in compliance with IFRS
- Identify continuous improvement and encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing across the wider finance team
- Support Project Managers to reforecast projects as required; identify and challenge project performance changes to drive accuracy of month end reporting
- Support on project reviews as required; report any risks identified to management
- Lead robust project forecasting and review cycles, challenging assumptions and ensuring movements in forecast and backlog are understood, realistic, and well supported.
- Use financial and operational insight to challenge performance, improve predictability, and support stronger commercial outcomes.
- Responsible for delivering timely & high quality financial support to the business
- Acts as a key finance contact and trusted business partner for Business Directors
- Work collaboratively with other Finance Project Controllers and BU Controller to support the wider business and drive continuous improvement
Comply with Arcadis Way policies and procedures
Qualifications & Experience:
- Project accounting experience
- Relevant experience of working in a medium/large organisation
- Excel and ERP to a medium proficiency
- Strong stakeholder management skills
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $58,320 - $87,480. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.