Accounting Supervisor- Project Cost Accounting

Position Overview

Plante Moran Realpoint team seeks a supervisor to lead a small team of Project Cost Accountants. The role delivers cost, schedule, and performance monitoring and reporting for client capital construction programs.

• Supervise and develop the Project Cost Accounting team, including work planning, mentoring/coaching, QA/QC review, and performance management.
• Drive process standardization and reporting by documenting procedures, refining templates, and improving automation and visualization.
• Establish, implement, and maintain program/project controls standards across cost, schedule, change management, forecasting, and reporting cadence.
• Own reporting deliverables: dashboards, executive summaries, cost reports, cash flow, earned value/performance metrics, reconciliations, and monthly/quarterly client reports.
• Lead budget, commitment, and forecast management: set up control structures, track commitments/expenditures, develop estimates at completion, and explain variances.
• Support schedule performance reporting by coordinating with project managers and schedulers to track milestones, critical path impacts, and recovery actions.
• Manage change control analytics: log and track change requests, assess cost/schedule impacts, support client approvals, and reflect approved changes in baseline and forecast.
• Ensure data integrity in the PMIS (e.g., e-Builder) through governance, reconciliation, and routine accurate reviews.
• Partner with project managers to identify trends and risks early and recommend mitigation actions based on cost and schedule indicators.
• Coordinate with client finance/procurement and external vendors to validate pay applications, invoices, contracts, and supporting documentation against contractual requirements.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in accounting, project controls, and/or serving as a project owner for a substantial capital improvement program.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, mentoring, supervising, and leading project controls/reporting/accounting staff.
• Ability to develop budgets, forecasts, and cost reports; explain variances; and present findings to non‑technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Excel and reporting/analytics; comfortable building repeatable templates and improving reporting processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including client‑facilitating and presentation experience.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting multi‑project capital programs (portfolio reporting, governance, and cross‑project standardization).
• Experience with change management, cost control, and invoice/pay application review (e.g., AIA/G702/G703 style applications) and commercial documentation.
• Experience working in e-Builder or a comparable project management information system.

Competitive base salary range: $75,000.00 – $90,000.00 for CO, IL, OH, and MA. Full‑time, on‑site position.

Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plante Moran maintains a drug‑free workplace. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, except for qualified bilingual candidates in Japanese/English or Chinese/English as noted.