Senior Accountant
Cornerstone
Oracle
Contract Manager, Capital Construction
CHA Consulting, Inc.
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois
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💰 $85,000 - $90,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Oracle
About the role
- Contribute to implementing and managing Capital Construction contracts, performing cradle-to-grave contract administration activities including procurement of design and construction services.
- Prepare board items, oversee agreements, and manage stakeholder relationships; act as liaison between Property & Asset Management and CHA procurement, capital budgets and finance, property accounting, and legal departments for capital construction activities.
- Ensure that contracts and agreements are executed and managed in compliance with CHA policy and federal regulations.
- Manage or assist all phases of pre- and post-award contract administration (new procurements, Board of Commissioners approval requests, internal requests for contract amendments, contract exhibits, cost analysis and cost estimates, purchase requisitions and payments, contract close-out and termination/corrective action memos) according to local and federal guidelines.
- Collaborate with Capital Construction team to oversee agreements, vendor relationships, and contract compliance.
- Review invoices and assist with reconciliation of expenditures and accruals; analyze purchase order balances and track expenditures.
- Prepare requisitions and payment requests and submit to CHA finance team; ensure contracts and related documents are received, archived, and organized.
- Analyze and review capital budgets by monitoring financial reports such as budget-to-actual trend reports.
- Develop recommendations to resolve conflicts and problems with contractors, develop procedures for contract administration, and conduct market research, cost estimates and cost analyses; develop statements of work to ensure contracts meet project needs.
- Track contractor/partner corrective action plan progress; conduct follow-up internal meetings and monitoring site visits; provide technical assistance to ensure implementation of corrective actions (local travel required).
- Manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously; occasionally work outside of established hours; perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related discipline is required.
- Minimum of five (5) years of contract management, audit, analyst, procurement, or finance experience.
- A combination of education and related work experience will be considered.
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to manage relationships to coordinate the completion of assignments and effectively communicate project deliverables.
- Knowledge of HUD rules and regulations & practical application in the areas of Capital Construction Contract Management, design services and financial reporting practices and procedures is required.
- Supervisory experience preferred but not required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel and Word skills; an exercise in both Excel and Word will be required during the interview process.
- Ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to analyze financial and performance data.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to apply general rules/procedures to specific problems to produce logical answers and well-organized project deliverables using Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Knowledge of HUD, Uniform Guidance and other regulations related to procurement development, contract administration and lease administration is preferred.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to travel to project sites when required.
- This position occasionally requires working outside of CHA’s established hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm, Monday- Friday.
