Project Accountant

Join Tessera and make a difference! Tessera is:

• National leader in employing individuals with disabilities and veterans.
• Dynamic, growing team of social entrepreneurs.
• Operating self‑sustaining businesses across 15 states and the District of Columbia, workforce of over 1,700 employees.
• Dedicated to delivering an exceptional customer experience to our customers.
• Committed to offering an outstanding employee support and development program.

Tessera’s Bremerton, Washington, Home Office supports nationwide operations with a team of highly trained and motivated professionals in finance, human resources, vocational and workforce development, information systems, strategy, business development, communications, marketing, quality, safety, learning, and more.

Bremerton, Washington (Hybrid)

Exempt

$77,968.80 - $ per year

Full-time, Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm (Flexible start and end times depending on scheduling needs. This is currently a hybrid position with at least 2 days in office and 3 days working remotely. Schedule is based off of business needs.)

The Project Accountant is responsible for partnering with RVPs, Site Managers, Project Managers, fellow CFT Members, and Customer POCs to set up, monitor, and bill by Main Contract and Project. Assigned contracts are established, mature with medium to low volume, and moderate to low impact to operational financial results. General Accounting includes preparing journal entries, maintaining balance sheet schedules, ledger account reconciliations, and P&L Analysis.

Responsible for monthly closings, account analysis, and will serve as partner between the CFT and Finance to maintain overall reporting requirements and data alignment.

• Serve as the Finance centralized point of contact to their assigned Main Contracts.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Provide detailed analysis and reporting by Main Contract that supports contract requirements and identifies key points for monthly metrics.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities in a prompt and accurate manner that aligns with monthly closing deadlines.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate recording of operational revenue and expenses by preparing accruals as needed to match the service period.
• Responsible for analyzing, preparing, validating, and maintaining budget estimates, and monthly cost variance reports.
• Utilize financial reporting to communicate with Site the relationships and variances between budget to actual.
• Team with technical staff, project leads, and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision‑makers related to performance enhancing opportunities.
• Prepare all billing with the required Customer back up and provide other billing support for assigned projects, as needed. Align Contract Line Items in Workday to Customer Accounting Systems to support proper billing, timely payments, and funding.
• Assist in AR collection for assigned Main Contracts by building relationships with Customer POCs and being a resource for the AR team.
• Lead Main Contract set up and other project initiation tasks – Tax Research, Insurance Requirements, etc.
• Assist with Contract pricing including pulling historical expenses, working with site on any fixed assets requests, and other duties as assigned by RVP.
• Responsible for preparing Annual Budget by Project for each Main Contract assigned with RVP and Site/Project Manager input.
• Oversight of assigned AP Accountants to ensure proper alignment of information to Workday and Maximo.
• Partnering with fellow CFT members to ensure contract requirements are aligned to the financial contractual needs and reporting efforts.
• Maintain Exceptional Customer Service to all internal and external customers to include prompt and timely communications and requesting confirmation of deadline time frames.
• Be a Solution driven team member focused on exceptional results and opportunities.
• All Other Duties as Assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• 5 – 8 years of previous experience in Finance or Accounting is required.
• Combination of education and previous…