JOB DESCRIPTION

What You’ll Do

The Senior Enterprise Resource Planning Project Specialist 1 (Part-Time).  The incumbent will fulfill responsibilities in a part-time capacity which is 50%-time. They will perform project set-up activities in Oracle, populating project setup screens and combinations of setup parameters to facilitate accurate cost collection, project reporting, revenue recognition, and client invoicing.

What You’ll Need

Essential Duties:

• Review and analyze contract for key contractual information to inform all areas of project setup.
• Review and analyze proposal budget information to inform financial areas of project setup.
• Understand burden schedules and assign appropriate schedules to projects.
• Responsible to create project contracts in Oracle, including contract lines, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Responsible to assign all relevant billing information (invoice method, notes to the biller, roll-up information, delivery information).
• Responsible to Setup Customer Sites in Oracle for direct projects to ensure client invoices are delivered appropriately.
• Prepare WBS and collaborate with project teams to ensure WBS meets partner needs.
• Prepare PLC table for Purchase Orders to enable linking of PLCs to ensure accurate client billing and vendor payment processing.
• Responsible for various month-end close activities (Salary ceiling entries, FCCM entries, revenue entries for costs with indirect rate ceilings).

Education & Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of experience, Master’s degree and 3 years of experience or PhD and 0 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills & Abilities:

Below are skills and abilities required to perform the essential duties of this job.  An addendum that clarifies additional skills and abilities for incumbents in this job may be used in addition to this description.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisor, technical staff and clients.
• Ability to understand, present and convey project setup information to staff and effectively assist to address any issues.
• Provide clear, concise and sound guidance on project setup criteria to project leaders.
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload, self-manage and complete tasks to best meet project setup needs.
• Attention to detail and accuracy within context of institute policies.
• Ability to be resourceful and to take initiative in analyzing situations and applying principles and procedures to assist in the development of solutions to difficult problems.
• Ability to effectively navigate particularly complex project setups.
• Demonstrated leadership as leader of internal teams and functional leadership in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to handle the stress associated in meeting frequent, multiple and tight deadlines.
• Demonstration of the RTI Values and Lead Forward behaviors by all employees is critical to the Institute’s success. Behaviors associated with our Values and Lead Forward can been found on RTI Insider and Careers page.

Specialist Skills:

• Familiarity with various contract types.
• Proficient in revenue management and billing processes.
• Comprehension of proposal budget frameworks.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisor, technical staff and clients.
• Ability to understand, present and convey project setup information to staff and effectively assist to address any issues.
• Provide clear, concise and sound guidance on project setup criteria to project leaders.
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload, self-manage and complete tasks to best meet project setup needs.
• Attention to detail and accuracy within context of institute policies.
• Ability to be resourceful and to take initiative in analyzing situations and applying principles and procedures to assist in the development of solutions to difficult problems.
• Ability to effectively navigate particularly complex project setups.
• Demonstrated leadership as leader of internal teams and functional leadership in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements