Lisa C. Miller

About Lisa C. Miller

Monthly and quarterly forecasting and reporting against plan. Ensure compliance with policies/procedures, GAAP, contracts, cost issues and revenue recognition. Develop To assist the Geographic Operations Managers in data collection, information analysis, and report preparation regarding regional financial operations, such as billing status, accounts receivable, and revenue recognition for the Transportation portfolio. Risk assessment by project of various aspects of the project including Financial, Client, PM/Stakeholders and Technical. Meet w/Project Delivery team to discuss these ratings and to provide input and/or recommendations for a more formal and in-depth project review. Monthly Net Contribution Forecast. A forecast on the financial performance & what financial changes are expected before the various fiscal period ends. When the financials are finalized, to meet with the Financial Management/Operations team to discuss the detail of where the original forecast varied from the actual numbers returned. Monthly Revenue Recognition Review. To provide the Financial Management/Operations team with a review of the revenue recognition accuracy of the portfolio of NW Transportation projects. To report the details of changes made due to the Project Manager\'s monthly statusing of their projects, to provide an assessment of the reasonableness of these estimates based on the knowledge of the projects and of the Project Manager\'s explanations for changes from previous estimates. To work with the Project Management and Project Delivery teams on change management and minimizing volatility due to unexpected issues arising. Specialties: Financial & Business management of projects (varying sizes from a few thousand $$ to multi-million $$), GAAP, contracts/ business law, Oracle financial database, project accounting, subconsultant tracking/procurement, staff management

Experience

1. Senior Project Accounting Manager

   NuScale Power

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Lead the project accounting function in the Project Management Center of Excellence. Provide subject matter expertise, process ownership, and continuous improvement for the project accounting and cost reporting processes, ensuring compliance with all internal controls and government account standards, including those for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and external regulations.Coordinate with finance, project managers, project controls, human resources, and supply-chain stakeholders to understand and integrate project accounting processes and internal controls with specific Oracle functionalities to enable project and contract set-up, time collection, project cost allocation, project invoicing and forecasting.Work with proposal and commercial teams to provide financial review and direction on pricing for new contracts. Review contract and scope language for profitability and margin to meet company financial goals. Review contract work breakdown structures to confirm appropriateness for both invoicing and revenue recognition. Review and approve project set up in the accounting systems as part of the project initiation process. Interface with project teams regarding change management issues to quantify and optimize financial impacts and provide guidance on company financial policies.As owner of the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) module in Oracle, support all aspects of Oracle implementation across all modules in a unified manner to support project accounting, project controls, and project and portfolio management objectives in close coordination with other stakeholders. Understand the organization’s information needs and work to meet those needs through data feeds and standard project processes. Develop and deliver training to project staff on subjects such as project accounting principles, cost and revenue forecasting, and Oracle software implementation.

Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Accounting
• Budgets
• Project Accounting
• Finance
• Revenue Recognition
• Gaap
• Budgeting
• Accounts Receivable
• Staff Management
• Financial Reporting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Contract Management
• Analysis
• Management
• Project Management
• Oracle Financials
• Sox
• Us Gaap
• Internal Controls
• Fixed Assets
• Audit
• Financials
• Oracle Reports
• Compliance
• Auditing
• External Audit
• Operations Management
• Project Delivery
• Project Portfolio Management
• Forecasting
• Financial Forecasting
• Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
• Portfolio Optimization
• Project Planning