Senior Project Accountant

Unified Door & Hardware Group (UDHG) is a premier provider of commercial door, frame, and architectural hardware solutions serving customers across North America. UDHG supports a wide range of construction and architectural projects, delivering specialized expertise, professional installation, and reliable service to commercial, institutional, and multi-family markets.

As part of Foundation Building Materials (FBM), a leading construction materials distribution company, UDHG operates within a broader organization that combines scale, specialty expertise, and a customer-first mindset. Together, FBM and UDHG’s 8,000+ team members are committed to operational excellence, innovation, and employee development. As the organization continues to grow and evolve we are investing in strong, forward-thinking talent to support our long-term success.

Position Overview

Unified Door and Hardware Group (UDHG) is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to support accurate, timely billing across its portfolio of construction projects. This position serves as a senior resource within the Project Accounting team and assists the Project Accounting Supervisor and Manager with maintaining billing schedules, resolving account discrepancies, and improving departmental processes.

The Senior Project Accountant prepares AIA payment applications, progress billings, and change order billings for general contractors. This role works closely with Project Managers, customers, Collections, and other internal partners to ensure invoices comply with contract requirements and outstanding balances remain collectible. The position also provides training and day-to-day guidance to Project Accountants but does not necessarily have direct supervisory responsibility.

• Review contracts, purchase orders, schedules of values, and supporting documentation to ensure billing complies with contractual requirements
• Prepare and submit accurate monthly AIA payment applications, progress billings, invoices, and change order billings to general contractors
• Perform monthly analysis of assigned projects to confirm billing milestones and departmental goals are met
• Monitor project billing schedules, retainage, approved change orders, and other project-specific billing requirements

• Reconcile customer statements and project accounts to UDHG records, researching and resolving discrepancies
• Complete job statement reconciliations and provide analysis of billed, unbilled, collected, and outstanding amounts
• Partner with the Collections team to reconcile payment applications, payment postings, short payments, deductions, and account variances

• Communicate with internal and external Project Managers regarding billing status, documentation requirements, change orders, and outstanding issues
• Follow up with appropriate stakeholders to obtain approvals, lien waivers, supporting documentation, or other information required for billing
• Identify billing or collection risks and escalate concerns to the Project Accounting Supervisor or Manager

• Train newly hired Project Accountants and provide ongoing guidance to established team members
• Review work and share best practices to promote accuracy and consistency across the Project Accounting team

• Assist with the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and process improvements
• Support month-end close activities and provide requested billing schedules, reconciliations, and reports

• Complete special projects and other responsibilities assigned by the Project Accounting Supervisor or Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. Additional relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• Two to four years of project accounting, construction billing, or billing analyst experience required.
• Experience preparing AIA payment applications and construction-related progress billings required.
• Working knowledge of schedules of values, retainage, change orders, lien waivers, and contractual billing requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to reconcile complex project accounts and investigate billing or payment discrepancies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with general contractors, customers,…