Budget Coordinator

GRC Budget Coordinator

Location: Remote (Supporting a San Francisco Bay Area Client)

Duration: 6-8 Month Contract

Pay Rate: $30.00-$41.00/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Position Summary

Akkodis is seeking a detail-oriented GRC Budget Coordinator to support Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) initiatives for a leading technology organization. This position will be responsible for budget tracking, purchase order management, invoice reconciliation, financial reporting, and coordination across project teams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, comfortable working with spreadsheets and financial data, and capable of managing multiple priorities while collaborating with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Budget Management & Operational Expense Tracking

• Maintain and regularly update budget tracking spreadsheets across multiple projects.
• Track approved budgets, purchase order commitments, actual expenses, and remaining balances.
• Monitor project spending against allocated budgets and identify potential overruns or underspending.
• Partner with project leaders to capture budget updates, forecasts, and anticipated expenses.
• Maintain accurate records of project forecasts, spending, and financial actuals.

Purchase Order & Invoice Tracking

• Track purchase orders from initiation through approval, issuance, invoicing, and closure.
• Maintain visibility into open purchase orders, pending invoices, and outstanding payments.
• Coordinate with project teams and Procurement to ensure timely PO creation and processing.
• Identify discrepancies between purchase orders, invoices, and approved budgets.
• Escalate delayed purchase orders, overdue invoices, and potential budget concerns.

Financial Reconciliation & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Finance and Accounting teams to reconcile budgets against purchase orders, invoices, and actual expenses.
• Support resolution of invoice discrepancies, incorrect charges, and unmatched transactions.
• Follow up with stakeholders to resolve procurement and financial issues.
• Ensure budget trackers reflect the most current financial information.
• Support month-end and quarter-end reconciliation activities.

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

• Prepare weekly and monthly budget and spending reports.
• Provide visibility into budget utilization, commitments, actual spending, and remaining balances.
• Highlight spending trends, budget risks, delayed purchase orders, and unresolved discrepancies.
• Maintain dashboards and summary reports to support financial reviews.
• Communicate regularly with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely updates and issue resolution.

Process Improvement & Administrative Support

• Help standardize budget tracking templates and reporting processes.
• Maintain organized documentation of purchase orders, invoices, approvals, and financial records.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, accuracy, and data consistency.
• Support additional project coordination and administrative activities as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in project coordination, budget tracking, procurement operations, financial administration, or a related function.
• Relevant internship experience will be considered.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and basic data analysis.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams, Finance, Accounting, and Procurement.
• Comfortable following up with stakeholders and escalating issues when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience tracking purchase orders, invoices, and project budgets.
• Familiarity with procurement or financial systems such as SAP, Oracle, Coupa, or similar platforms.
• Experience creating financial summaries, dashboards, or management reports.
• Understanding of purchase order processes, invoice reconciliation, and budget-versus-actual analysis.
• Experience supporting engineering, compliance, operations, or other technical teams.

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience supporting strategic Governance, Risk, and Compliance initiatives within a fast-paced technology environment while developing expertise in budgeting, financial operations, procurement, and cross-functional project coordination.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance