Project Coordinator III (6350)

<p><strong>Project Coordinator III</strong></p> <p>itD is seeking a <strong>Project Coordinator III</strong> to support budget planning, forecasting, spend governance, accruals, and reporting within a leading technology company's Hardware Devices organization. The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years of experience in financial operations, spend analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, with practical expertise in AI-driven workflow automation and a proven track record of delivering actionable financial insights to directors and senior leadership.</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong> Hybrid — Sunnyvale, CA (3 days per week onsite).</p> <p><strong>Duration:</strong> 12 months</p> <p><strong>Pay Rate:</strong> $60 - $65 per hour.</p> <p>We provide comprehensive medical benefits, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, and more.</p> <p>Please note that we are only considering direct W2 candidates at this time, as we are unable to offer sponsorship.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support quarterly and annual budget planning and forecasting cycles by guiding engineering teams through processes, resolving inquiries, and ensuring timely submissions.</li> <li>Analyze budget, forecast, and actual spend data to identify variances, explain underlying drivers, and recommend opportunities to optimize spending.</li> <li>Audit budget and forecast submissions to ensure financial data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across engineering teams.</li> <li>Manage monthly accrual cycles by collecting and validating accruals against open purchase order balances and goods or services received, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.</li> <li>Develop and maintain recurring reports and dashboards covering budget status, forecasts, commitments, vendors, purchase orders, and financial performance for leadership.</li> <li>Build and implement reusable AI agents, prompt-based assistants, and workflow automation solutions to streamline recurring financial analysis, reporting, and business processes.</li> <li>Partner with budget owners, engineering teams, Procurement, Sourcing Managers, Accounts Payable, and program management to resolve spend-related questions, present insights to directors and senior leaders, track action items, and drive issues to closure.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Internal Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Attend regular internal practice community meetings.</li> <li>Collaborate with your itD practice team on industry thought leadership.</li> <li>Complete client case studies and learning material, including blogs and media material.</li> <li>Build out material to contribute to the Digital Transformation practice.&l