FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT LEAD

Running Logistics is hiring a Financial Oversight Lead in Tustin, CA (hybrid) to strengthen independent financial review in support of CPUC oversight for the CA Connect Program. In this role, you will validate vendor spend, reimbursements, and financial reporting across multiple vendor contracts, helping ensure accuracy, documentation quality, and audit readiness.

This position offers $40.00 to $70.00 per hour, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, with an anticipated start in January 2027. Work is performed from California, with required in-person attendance for meetings within the state (periodically).

Responsibilities

• Review vendor invoices for completeness, accuracy, contractual support, and alignment with approved requirements.
• Reconcile receipts, travel claims, proofs of payment, and other supporting documentation to validate expenditures.
• Review reimbursement and fund-administration packages for proper support and financial consistency.
• Support oversight of applicable CA Connect financial and advance-account activities.
• Maintain tracking for budget, expenditures, reconciliation, and financial validation across relevant items.
• Identify discrepancies, unsupported charges, anomalies, trends, and recurring financial issues, and document findings.
• Prepare financial-validation summaries, including documented findings and recommendations.
• Support financial audit readiness and reconciliation activities.
• Coordinate financial information with the Program Oversight Director and the Reporting & Data Validation Lead.

Requirements

• Minimum three (3) years of experience reviewing invoices, reimbursement documentation, or fund-administration packages.
• Experience reconciling supporting financial documentation and identifying discrepancies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (or equivalent tools) for financial tracking and analysis.
• Must reside in California.
• Must be willing to travel to meetings within California; in-person attendance is periodic.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• Publicly funded, government, or grant-funded program experience.
• Multi-vendor financial oversight and contract-administration experience.
• Experience with reimbursement/advance-account administration, audit support, or California government financial processes.
• Veterans and individuals with military experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Additional CPUC Key Staff Requirements

• Must be based in California and perform assigned agreement work from California unless otherwise authorized by CPUC.
• Must be available during required Pacific Time business hours and for required in-person meetings.
• Must communicate clearly with executives, regulatory personnel, vendors, and consumer or advisory stakeholders.
• Must demonstrate sound professional judgment, objective oversight, risk identification, and clear written and verbal communication.
• Candidates should be prepared to participate in a CPUC Key Staff interview as part of the proposal evaluation process.