Project Accountant

Responsibilities

The Project Accountant supports construction project teams with the accounting and billing process.

• Review owner contracts and identify contractual terms for accounting purposes with the project team
• Work with Operations to enhance the flow of information to the Project Accounting team
• Prepare and process customer Time and Materials, Cost-plus Fixed fee, and Firm Fixed Price billings on a schedule of values in accordance with contract requirements
• Provide billing backup detail and balance billings against job cost when applicable
• Analyze purchase orders and purchase order change orders on-line for correct calculations, including sales tax
• Review subcontractor pay application information, including percent of completion, retainage percent or amount and verify that it contains a related waiver and release document
• Analyze tax amounts charged on expense reports, miscellaneous invoices and purchase orders received nationwide to ensure the correct rate will be paid and/or accrued
• Process high volumes of virtual miscellaneous invoices, purchase orders and subcontractor pay applications
• Request and obtain valid W-9s for new vendors and vendor remits
• Virtually review and process employee expense reimbursement requests
• Track and process owner direct purchases
• Maintain accurate cloud-based accounting file system
• Additional miscellaneous duties to support project accounting needs

• 3-5 years of strong accounting experience
• Accounting degree preferred
• Construction accounting experience strongly preferred
• Comfortable working in a paperless environment
• Experience with sales and use tax calculations and accruals for multiple states
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, especially Excel
• Experience working in multiple accounting systems (i.e. Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One, Textura, Concur, Construction Imaging, Prolog)
• Strong research and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer service skills – both internal and external
• Strong communication skills – both oral and written
• Actively and effectively work in a team environment
• Detail oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment