Financial Analyst V

Financial Analyst V

Fairweather is a trusted service provider in Alaska, delivering specialized solutions in remote and Arctic environments. Our mission is to support operations with safety, integrity, and excellence. We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees are equipped with the tools and support needed for success.

The Financial Analyst V will support Client's financial team on a part-time basis, estimated at 20-30 hours per week.

Responsibilities may include:

• Prepare month-end close (MEC) journal entry for vacation accrual; repost accrued vacation expense adjustments to ensure they are not billed to partners
• Prepare MEC journal entry for Non-Billable Employee Burden & Benefits (EBB); evaluate whether costs of benefits as a percentage of salary exceed billable thresholds and reclassify as necessary
• Prepare MEC journal entry for Secondee Billings; invoice counterparty for the costs of seconded employees
• Prepare MEC interdivision billing for Pipeline Charges from AK Gen; bill AK BU employee time spent supporting pipeline companies
• Reconcile Transportation Management System (TMS) invoice data to SAP GL expense and prepare monitoring report in Power BI
• Prepare quarterly journal entry for Shared Services Allocations; allocate costs of employees not already recorded to projects
• Research payroll expense and hours-related questions; use access to confidential time-writing data to field questions, prepare one-off reports, and support other projects
• Troubleshoot time-writing issues and work with employees in the BU to resolve problems
• Prepare ad-hoc updates to activity rates when employees move to a new cost center, cost centers change, or inpats/expats arrive
• Process one-off changes to the Delegation of Authority (DOA) for the BU
• Review and approve/reject requests for access to BU data in SAP (BU enabler role approvals)
• Provide formal time-writing training to the BU; hold formal training sessions on time-writing fundamentals and best practices
• Address special projects and ad-hoc assignments as necessary
• Update activity rates twice per year: load prior-year rates for the new year at year-end, and recalculate full BU rates in MarchApril after VCIP is released
• Prepare VCIP Workbook; analyze the effects of VCIP payments on BU costs for use by F&PA
• Collect Anti-Corruption Questionnaire attestations from BU stakeholders; complete ethics form and review with Finance management
• Renew Internal Control Standards (ICS) exceptions as required; work with stakeholders to update risk analysis and ICS exception forms, obtain BU buy-in, and coordinate with corporate for final approvals

Basic/Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of direct experience in payroll, accounting, or finance
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications such as CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or CPA
• Proficiency with SAP, including timewriting and general ledger functions
• Experience with CATS (Cross-Application Time Sheet) and payroll close processes
• Strong financial acumen, particularly regarding accounting principles and their relationship to payroll expense reporting
• Proficiency with Power BI for monitoring and reporting
• Experience with Workday or equivalent HR/payroll platforms
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work under month-end close deadlines
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by established deadlines
• Ability to communicate financial and payroll issues to non-accounting personnel in clear, logical terms
• Experience with internal controls (ICS, SOX) in a payroll or accounting context

The majority of work takes place in a professional office environment with a diverse group of individuals, each with distinct roles, personalities, and skills.

The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing up to fifty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions]

It is Fairweather's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

Fairweather is a Doyon company. As such, it grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first and, second, to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference, in all phases of employment and training, including, but not limited to, hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

Fairweather is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.