Project Accountant

Support Construction Operations with Accurate Financial Data

• Assist Project Managers with project cost projections and reconciliations through project cost reports.

• Support executive project financial status review through Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR).

Ensure Compliance with Company Risk Management Practices

• Collect and track signed contracts, builder's risk insurance policies, trade contractor insurance, waivers, sworn statements, bonds, and notice of furnishings.

• Maintain accurate and detailed project financial records including client, trade contractor, and project information files to a quality level expected by auditors.

Serve as a Personal Point-of-Contact with Trade Contractors

• Provide orientation conversations for trade contractors working with Christman for the first time.

• Answer questions and provide information regarding payments and contract compliance.

Process Project Financial Transactions

• Manage and process all financial transactions performed in the normal course of a construction project between our company, the project owner, and trade contractors using our database system.

• Manage project start up; load project budgets, issue subcontracts, and perform all other activities required to appropriately structure accounting systems for the project type.

• Process owner invoices; reconcile job costs, load schedule of values, billing rates, and other information needed to support the contractual invoicing procedure and company risk management and accounting standards.

• Process trade contractor invoices; reconcile trade contractor invoices, batch, cut and post trade contractor payments, and print checks.

• Project changes; manage and process all financial transactions generated by changes to the original project contract and scope (owner change order and trade contractor change orders).

• Project close-out; manage final billing adjustments, subcontract finalization, archiving, and other processes that confirm complete execution of the project contract.

Contribute to Corporate Financial Accounting

• Each member of the project accounting team has an opportunity and responsibility to contribute to corporate financial accounting systems.

• Depending on background and capabilities, contributions may include supporting tasks or system responsibility related to; bank reconciliations, cash receipts, property management, payroll administration, trade contractor evaluations, joint venture financial statements, insurance audits, sales and use tax audits, accounting and project management software enhancements, etc.