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Project Analyst jobs are a strong fit for F-1 OPT students with backgrounds in business, engineering, or information systems. Most roles qualify as STEM OPT extensions when tied to analytical or technical functions, giving you up to 36 months of work authorization to build U.S. project management experience.
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You’ll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location at least 3 days per week (Monday–Thursday), with flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days, including Friday.
Position Summary
As a Senior Project Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for the financial management and performance of a portfolio of projects within Regal Rexnord’s Power Management Systems division. You will partner closely with Project Managers, Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership to ensure strong financial execution throughout the project lifecycle.
The Senior Project Finance Analyst will serve as a key financial business partner to project teams, providing financial insight, challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting informed business decisions. The role will have ownership of project financial performance, including revenue, margin, costs, cash flow, billing, and balance sheet activities. This position is ideal for a finance professional who enjoys working close to the business, has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and is comfortable operating in a dynamic, project-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
Project Financial Management
- Own the financial management of an assigned portfolio of projects, from project setup through completion and closeout.
- Maintain responsibility for project P&L and balance sheet performance, including revenue, gross margin, costs, reserves, working capital, and cash flow.
- Monitor key project financial indicators and provide timely visibility to project leadership and Finance management.
- Partner with Project Managers to understand project performance, challenge assumptions, and identify actions required to achieve financial commitments.
- Analyze actual results against budget, forecast, and prior expectations; investigate significant variances and drive corrective actions.
Forecasting, Risk & Opportunity Management
- Maintain accurate and timely project forecasts, including cost-to-complete and estimate-at-completion updates.
- Identify, quantify, and monitor project risks and opportunities, including their potential impact on revenue, margin, cash flow, and project completion.
- Work closely with project teams to ensure risks and opportunities are appropriately reflected in forecasts and financial reporting.
- Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support project decisions and business priorities.
Month-End and Financial Reporting
- Manage the financial close activities for assigned projects in accordance with Regal Rexnord policies and applicable accounting standards.
- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of project financial results, including revenue recognition, costs, accruals, reserves, and balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and communicate financial reporting and analysis for project and business reviews.
Billing, Cash & Working Capital
- Monitor project billing activities and ensure invoices are issued accurately and in accordance with contractual requirements.
- Partner with Project Management, Commercial, Accounts Receivable, and customers to resolve billing issues and support timely cash collection.
- Monitor project working capital and identify opportunities to improve cash flow.
Business Partnership & Process Improvement
- Act as a trusted finance partner to Project Management and Operations.
- Translate financial information into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
- Challenge existing processes and identify opportunities to improve financial visibility, controls, efficiency, and decision-making.
- Participate in finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the implementation and effective use of financial systems, tools, and reporting processes.
Audit & Internal Controls
- Support internal and external audits, including providing project financial documentation and explanations as required.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting requirements.
- Identify control weaknesses and support corrective actions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, project finance, FP&A or controllership.
- Experience working with project-based businesses, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or similar environments is preferred.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, with the ability to understand and explain business performance.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, including P&L and balance sheet.
- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to independently identify and resolve issues while managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in project finance, project accounting, or project controlling.
- Experience with project-based revenue recognition and accounting.
- Experience working directly with Project Managers, Operations, Commercial and Engineering teams.
- Experience with SAP, including project-related financial modules.
- Power BI knowledge is a strong asset.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
Notification to Agencies
Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
Work Model
You’ll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location at least 3 days per week (Monday–Thursday), with flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days, including Friday.
Position Summary
As a Senior Project Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for the financial management and performance of a portfolio of projects within Regal Rexnord’s Power Management Systems division. You will partner closely with Project Managers, Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership to ensure strong financial execution throughout the project lifecycle.
The Senior Project Finance Analyst will serve as a key financial business partner to project teams, providing financial insight, challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting informed business decisions. The role will have ownership of project financial performance, including revenue, margin, costs, cash flow, billing, and balance sheet activities. This position is ideal for a finance professional who enjoys working close to the business, has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and is comfortable operating in a dynamic, project-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
Project Financial Management
- Own the financial management of an assigned portfolio of projects, from project setup through completion and closeout.
- Maintain responsibility for project P&L and balance sheet performance, including revenue, gross margin, costs, reserves, working capital, and cash flow.
- Monitor key project financial indicators and provide timely visibility to project leadership and Finance management.
- Partner with Project Managers to understand project performance, challenge assumptions, and identify actions required to achieve financial commitments.
- Analyze actual results against budget, forecast, and prior expectations; investigate significant variances and drive corrective actions.
Forecasting, Risk & Opportunity Management
- Maintain accurate and timely project forecasts, including cost-to-complete and estimate-at-completion updates.
- Identify, quantify, and monitor project risks and opportunities, including their potential impact on revenue, margin, cash flow, and project completion.
- Work closely with project teams to ensure risks and opportunities are appropriately reflected in forecasts and financial reporting.
- Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support project decisions and business priorities.
Month-End and Financial Reporting
- Manage the financial close activities for assigned projects in accordance with Regal Rexnord policies and applicable accounting standards.
- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of project financial results, including revenue recognition, costs, accruals, reserves, and balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and communicate financial reporting and analysis for project and business reviews.
Billing, Cash & Working Capital
- Monitor project billing activities and ensure invoices are issued accurately and in accordance with contractual requirements.
- Partner with Project Management, Commercial, Accounts Receivable, and customers to resolve billing issues and support timely cash collection.
- Monitor project working capital and identify opportunities to improve cash flow.
Business Partnership & Process Improvement
- Act as a trusted finance partner to Project Management and Operations.
- Translate financial information into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
- Challenge existing processes and identify opportunities to improve financial visibility, controls, efficiency, and decision-making.
- Participate in finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the implementation and effective use of financial systems, tools, and reporting processes.
Audit & Internal Controls
- Support internal and external audits, including providing project financial documentation and explanations as required.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting requirements.
- Identify control weaknesses and support corrective actions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, project finance, FP&A or controllership.
- Experience working with project-based businesses, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or similar environments is preferred.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, with the ability to understand and explain business performance.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, including P&L and balance sheet.
- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to independently identify and resolve issues while managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in project finance, project accounting, or project controlling.
- Experience with project-based revenue recognition and accounting.
- Experience working directly with Project Managers, Operations, Commercial and Engineering teams.
- Experience with SAP, including project-related financial modules.
- Power BI knowledge is a strong asset.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
Notification to Agencies
Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Project Analyst
Lead with your analytical tools
Hiring managers for Project Analyst roles expect fluency in Excel, SQL, or project management software like Jira or Asana. Listing these prominently signals you can contribute immediately, which reduces perceived risk for employers evaluating OPT candidates.
Clarify your STEM OPT eligibility upfront
If your degree is in a STEM-designated field, tell employers early. STEM OPT extends your authorization to 36 months, which gives hiring managers a longer runway and removes one of the most common objections to sponsoring international students.
Target employers already filing H-1B petitions
Companies with a history of H-1B visa sponsorship for analysts are far more likely to support your OPT and eventual visa transition. Prior filing behavior is the most reliable signal of employer willingness to work with international candidates long-term.
Frame your international background as a project asset
Cross-cultural communication and multilingual ability are genuinely valuable in project coordination roles. Position your international experience as a skill that improves stakeholder management, not just background information an employer needs to process.
Apply before your OPT start date
Most employers need several weeks to process onboarding paperwork. Starting your search at least two to three months before your OPT authorization begins ensures you have time for interviews, offers, and documentation without gaps in work authorization.
Prepare a one-sentence OPT summary for interviews
Interviewers often hesitate to ask about visa status directly. Having a clear, confident explanation ready, covering your authorization period and any STEM extension eligibility, removes ambiguity and keeps the conversation focused on your qualifications.
Project Analyst OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Project Analyst roles qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Many Project Analyst positions qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, but it depends on your degree field and the actual job duties. Roles requiring data analysis, systems work, or quantitative methods under a STEM-designated degree are the strongest candidates. Review your degree's CIP code with your DSO before assuming eligibility.
How do I find Project Analyst jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for employers willing to sponsor or work with F-1 OPT students, including Project Analyst roles across industries. Searching there saves time compared to sorting through postings that don't disclose sponsorship willingness, which is the most common frustration OPT candidates face in their job search.
What industries hire Project Analysts on OPT most frequently?
Technology, consulting, healthcare IT, and financial services are the most active industries for Project Analyst hiring on OPT. These sectors tend to have established processes for onboarding international employees and a higher baseline familiarity with F-1 work authorization, which reduces friction during the hiring process.
Can I work as a Project Analyst while waiting for my OPT EAD card?
No. You cannot begin working until you have your physical EAD card in hand and your authorized start date has passed. Some students mistakenly believe approval is sufficient, but USCIS requires the card itself. Factor in mailing time when planning your start date with a prospective employer.
What happens to my Project Analyst job if my H-1B petition isn't selected in the lottery?
If your H-1B petition isn't selected, your OPT or STEM OPT remains valid until its expiration date. Many employers will keep you in the role through the current authorization period and refile in the next lottery cycle. Discussing this contingency plan openly with your employer before the lottery is worth doing.