Project Accountant - Construction or Engineering

Description

• Some lifting of files, opening cabinets.
• Prepares billing reports for project manager review before preparing client invoices.
• Ensures that project financials are up-to-date and reported weekly.
• Supports project managers in collection efforts as needed.
• Participates in month- and year-end closing schedule management, ensuring team provides documentation requested by external auditors.
• Supports the proposal process by providing financial analysis and required financial information as requested.
• Provides project managers with timely and accurate financial reports, budget status, and forecasts.
• Ensures that timesheets are submitted and approved by established deadlines.
• Ensures that clients are billed regularly, accurately and on time.
• Reviews project subcontractor, supplier and consultant payables and ensures they are consistent with the vendor contract and appropriately approved before payment.
• Ensures that expenditures are properly coded by job, equipment, or G&A. Strives to record as capital, direct cost, or indirect expense in service period. Approves transaction batches.
• Monitors project budgets, staffing, work plans and billing/fee structures.

Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.
• Project accounting experience, ideally in construction and/or engineering industries.
• Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities.
• Experience supporting international activities.
• Recognized accountancy qualification, university degree or equivalent in accounting.
• Three to five years of project accounting experience.
• Microsoft Office Suite with advanced knowledge using Microsoft Excel.
• Experience supporting offshore businesses is a plus.
• US GAAP experience.
• High level of initiative and ability to work independently.
• Strong attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Certified payroll and Multi-currency/international experience.
• Ability to meet deadlines and provide reports on a timely basis.
• Vista, Sage, Deltek or other mainstream project-based ERP experience.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance