Thaiz De Bique
Newark,NJ
Summary
Project controls and finance professional with extensive experience supporting construction, engineering, and project-based organizations across the full project lifecycle - from estimating, proposal development, and project planning through procurement, execution, billing, forecasting, and closeout. Experienced in project cost control, WIP and percentage-of-completion reporting, cost-to-complete forecasting, margin management, job costing, and executive reporting. Strong background supporting domestic and international projects and partnering with project managers and leadership to translate project and financial data into actionable decisions.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Accountant - Project Controls & Finance
VISION & CONTROL SYSTEMS / ONDEX
Springfield, NJ
11.2025 - Current
- Lead project financial controls and portfolio reporting for an engineering and industrial automation business within a $100M+ parent organization, partnering with project managers and leadership to monitor project performance, profitability, and financial health.
- Manage monthly WIP and percentage-of-completion reporting across approximately 30 active fixed-fee projects, reviewing project progress, incurred costs, labor utilization, remaining cost expectations, and revenue recognition.
- Strengthened project financial controls and management visibility across a portfolio of approximately 30 active fixed-fee domestic and international engineering projects by integrating WIP/POC reporting, forecasting, cost-to-complete analysis, margin monitoring, and project performance reporting.
- Maintain project forecasts and cost-to-complete assumptions, incorporating changes in scope, labor, materials, subcontractor costs, and execution requirements to assess projected margins and financial outcomes.
- Identify emerging project cost and margin risks, investigate performance drivers with project managers, and update financial outlooks as project conditions change.
- Prepared consolidated gross-margin, WIP, project-performance, and utilization reporting for leadership, enhancing visibility into portfolio trends, project risks, and operational performance.
- Supported project cash flow and working-capital management through billing, collections, vendor obligations, and monitoring of project-related receivables and expenditures, ensuring financial stability.
- Developed and maintained Excel-based project controls models, trackers, and management reporting to support forecasting, profitability reviews, and utilization analysis for informed leadership decision-making.
Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A; & Systems
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
New York, NY
08.2024 - 12.2025
- Developed KPI dashboards, forecasting models, and executive reporting used by senior leadership to monitor financial and operational performance.
- Developed KPI dashboards, forecasting models, and executive reporting that enabled senior leadership to effectively monitor financial and operational performance.
- Performed budget and forecast analysis to identify financial risks, cost drivers, and areas requiring management attention while maintaining quarterly forecast accuracy.
- Built scenario-based financial models to facilitate management planning, optimize program funding, and inform fee structures and resource allocation.
- Partnered on implementation, optimization, and administration of NetSuite, Workday Adaptive, and DataRails, strengthening reporting capabilities, data integrity, and process efficiency.
- Managed ASC 606 revenue recognition, journal entries, reconciliations, and audit support, ensuring accuracy and compliance in close-related financial controls.
Financial Accountant - Project Controls & Construction Finance
ZAND WELDING LTD
Trinidad & Tobago
04.2004 - 10.2022
- Managed full-cycle project financial controls for multimillion-dollar construction contracts, including job costing, WIP, progress billing, cost monitoring, and financial reporting.
- Provided end-to-end financial and commercial control for multimillion-dollar construction projects, supporting projects from estimating and pre-award planning through execution, WIP, cost control, billing, and closeout.
- Supported front-end project development and planning, including estimating contract values, bid preparation, project budgeting, cost planning, and margin evaluation before project award.
- Developed WIP schedules integrating contract value, percent-complete data, project costs, and ASC 606 revenue recognition, enhancing monitoring of project financial performance.
- Monitored labor, material, and subcontractor costs throughout execution, identifying cost pressures and supporting management decisions to protect project profitability.
- Conducted subcontractor cost evaluations and risk assessments, informing procurement and project planning decisions.
- Managed AP and AR functions, payroll for 200+ employees, cash flow monitoring, bank reconciliations, tax compliance, and management reporting, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Western Governors University
Master of Business Administration -
Australian Institute of Business
Level 5 Diploma - Business Information Systems
ABE UK
Google Data Analytics Certification -
Coursera
Skills
- Project Controls
- Cost management
- Cost estimation
- Job Costing
- Work in progress
- Project Forecasting
- Budget forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Project Planning
- Milestone billing
- T&M; Billing
- Project Cash Flow
- Procurement controls
- Global project support
- KPI dashboards
- ASC 606
- Advanced Excel
- NetSuite
- Power Query
Timeline
Site Accountant - Project Controls & Finance
VISION & CONTROL SYSTEMS / ONDEX
11.2025 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A; & Systems
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
08.2024 - 12.2025
Financial Accountant - Project Controls & Construction Finance
ZAND WELDING LTD
04.2004 - 10.2022
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Western Governors University
Master of Business Administration -
Australian Institute of Business
Level 5 Diploma - Business Information Systems
ABE UK
Google Data Analytics Certification -
Coursera