Cost Accountant, Construction

About Us

We are a mechanical contractor with construction experience encompassing a diverse range of commercial and government projects, including data centers, hospitals, sports stadiums, convention centers, hotels, and research laboratories. Our mission is to deliver best‑in‑class mechanical systems through engineering, craftsmanship, and the relentless pursuit of innovation and safety.

Job Title:
Cost Accountant, Construction (Project Support)

Location:
Lima, Ohio 45801

Reports to:
Project Management / Chief Financial Officer

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Shift: Monday through Friday – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The Cost Accountant assists the company in meeting its objectives and goals by performing a full cycle accounting process as it relates to the pay application process for specific projects. This includes understanding and compliance with established accounting principles, practices, and procedures, and regulatory compliance with the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act and related federal and state laws, and the upstream contractual requirements.

• Review and develop pay applications in accordance with upstream contractual requirements through communication with the accounting and project operations departments and their related processes and technological resources.
• Responsible for review, audit of accounts payable invoices specific to project pay applications. This includes vetting packing slips with vendor invoices for materials purchased for the applicable projects, equipment purchase orders, and the ability to discern errors in quantities, unit pricing, taxable vs. non‑taxable scenarios.
• Responsible for payroll audit and collection of payroll related data for the pay application process. Ability to interpret certified payroll reports, and reporting obligations.
• Ensure all timesheets, time cards, and other means of reporting of time are fully completed, accurate, and approved by authorized managers within the organization (e.g. payroll coding, employee classifications, and authorized signatures on time cards) and/or processed correctly through the remote time entry software.
• Prepare and customize various excel reports developing source documents for the feed of data to various rollup Excel workbooks.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate development of the project pay application.
• Maintain employee confidence by protecting payroll information in confidence and within company best practices and policies.
• Flexibility to work overtime when necessary to meet exceptional deadlines.
• Responsible for accounting compliance with accounting principles and practices, Sarbanes‑Oxley Act, and other federal and state law as required.
• Valid state driver’s license is required.
• Ability to meet the fitness for duty requirements as may be required of upstream clients is required.
• Ability to meet criminal background check requirements (seven prior years).
• This is not a remote work position.

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

You must be work authorized in the United States on a full‑time basis without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future. The company cannot offer employment to F‑1 (student) visa holders who require employer sponsorship in the future or cannot work now on a full‑time basis.

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Construction Management.
• One to three years of related professional cost accounting experience is required, preferably in the construction industry.
• General accounting fundamentals and concepts required.
• Strong understanding of related accounting practices and procedures.
• Advanced working knowledge of accounting systems software.
• Professional experience with certified payroll requirements, and bona fide fringe benefits.

• Advanced end user of Microsoft applications, particularly Excel.
• Proficien…