Project Cost Accountant

• Compensation: USD 74000 - USD 80000 - yearly

KPFF, a multi-office, multi-discipline engineering firm, champions Excellence, Trust, Relationships, Stability, and Passion. With over 60 years of experience, we foster a dynamic environment for creative solutions across diverse projects and scales. Our decentralized structure empowers our 1,300 team members in 27 nationwide offices, offering abundant flexibility and growth opportunities. Rooted in Seattle since 1960, KPFF excels as a collaborative team of consulting professionals driving innovative solutions and sustainable design.

Join us to shape the built environment and drive impactful engineering solutions with your creativity and passion.

With over 1,400 professionals across 27 offices nationwide, KPFF’s decentralized structure allows each office the flexibility to pursue projects aligned with their regional strengths. Learn more at .

In our Portland Civil + Survey office, we work on a wide variety of project types, serving public and private clients in land development, transportation, and municipal projects. This includes architectural-led building projects for higher ed campuses, sports facilities, schools, medical campuses, and mixed-use housing. In addition, we work on parks, trails, master planning, and include stormwater management and a sustainability focus on everything we do.

We believe in encouraging personal and professional growth, and we work hard at providing a solid structure with minimal organizational restrictions. We have a great group of collaborative and dedicated engineers in a family-friendly, business casual environment located in downtown Portland.

We are seeking a full-time Project Cost Accountant for our Portland Civil + Survey office. This position will work alongside experienced Project Cost Accountants to provide financial project support to Project Managers and Principals. We seek individuals who enjoy challenging work and who are motivated to improve the work environment to make it more efficient and collaborative.

Core Responsibilities
(including, but not limited to)

• Create and maintain all projects in project cost accounting system (BST
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• Work closely with Project Managers for project set-up, budget tracking and analysis, client billings and collections
• Prepare and process monthly client billings
• Run A/R inquiries to monitor and manage collections
• Accounts payable back-up
• Update contract information, budgets and tasks in BST
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• Provide Project Managers with project financial information as requested
• Work in collaboration with corporate accounting group to meet expectations/deadlines

• Minimum 3 years prior cost accounting experience with progression of responsibilities in a professional office environment
• AA degree with accounting emphasis
• Proficient in MS Office programs specifically Excel but including Outlook, Word and Power Point
• Desire to learn and able to take direction and also work independently
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Positive attitude and demeanor
• Experience in A/E/C industry (desired, not required)
• Prior software experience with BST
  11 (desired, not required)

You understand that success requires more than handling the task at hand – it requires the ability to think beyond the task and consider ‘big picture’ process and effects. You don’t wilt under pressure, are excited to problem solve, and are passionate about attention to the details. You seek to work collaboratively, do not hesitate to raise questions, and desire to be part of the solution.

You take pride and ownership in your work and understand your role in our company’s success.

The base salary for this role is competitive and will be determined based on the candidate's experience, education, and skills. The expected range for a qualified candidate for this Project Cost Accountant position is $74,000 to $80,000. Additionally, we offer performance-based bonuses to recognize and reward outstanding contributions in each Reporting Center.
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