Project Accountant

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$80,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Small team. Big impact. Real ownership. A local construction company is aggressively scaling its façade restoration business across the East Coast and building the financial backbone to support that growth. This new Project Accountant role will own both job costing and estimating while translating operational scope into financial performance insights that drive smarter decisions and more profitable projects. You won’t just “keep the books.”

You’ll partner directly with the Owner and CFO to improve systems, tighten controls, streamline workflows and evolve how the business operates. They want an analytical, curious and proactive professional who thrives in a growing environment and sees opportunities everywhere.

• Create project estimates based on operational statements of work and enter them into Quick Books Online
• Track job costs, margins and performance variances to drive actionable financial reporting
• Help refine estimating processes, pricing models and cost-tracking methodologies
• Oversee project billing
• Prepare invoicing bundles, contracts and approval workflows using Panda Doc
• Process AP, AR and journal entries in collaboration with operations and leadership
• Maintain internal reporting dashboards and spreadsheets for job performance and forecasting
• Partner with leadership to implement more efficient accounting and project-tracking systems
• Proactively identify issues, opportunities and smarter ways of working
• Participate in strategic discussions with Owner and CFO related to revenue growth and profitability
• Wear multiple hats in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment

• 2 - 4 years in project-based accounting with strong job-costing knowledge
• Hands-on Quick Books Online expertise
• Proficiency in estimating financials from operational scopes
• Experience with Google Sheets for Financial Workflows
• Ability to learn and support additional business tools such as Panda Doc, Hub Spot and Finger Check
• Analytical mindset
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial approach
• Comfortable working onsite and collaborating closely with leadership
• Experience in construction or service-based project environments preferred
• Small-company experience preferred
• Familiarity with contract language preferred

• Generous PTO
• Federal holidays + 10 - 11 Jewish holidays paid off
• Healthcare stipend
• Bi-weekly pay
• No bureaucracy

If you want visibility, variety and a seat at the table as the company grows, this is your chance. Apply Now!

• Full-time

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries:
  Construction

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Hazlet, NJ