Construction Project Accountant

Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate with clients, internal team, trades, lenders and corporate accounting.
• Gain understanding of key contract terms and conditions related to finance and accounting to assist in both compliance and risk management.
• Aid in all project start-up and close-out activities, including record retention compliance.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to review, code, and approve subcontractor and supplier invoices.
• Prepare and submit monthly owner billings, schedule of value updates, and owner change orders.
• Maintain documentation of all schedule of values (SOV) revisions and contingency use, including backup documentation.
• Collect and record all pre-lien and lien tracking, including obtaining proper required lien waivers.
• Track subcontractor insurance and licensing compliance.
• Prepare, code, and process expense reports.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in construction accounting.
• Strong analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Adherence to company policy and procedures and strong use of systems.
• Exceptional ability to multi-task, prioritize, and execute tasks with quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to create concise, clear emails and presentations of work.
• Solid computer skills, with proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Experience in construction accounting software such as Timberline and Textura is a plus.

About the role

The Project Accountant will work closely with Project Management on all areas of project accounting, reporting, subcontracting, and administrative issues. The successful candidate must have the ability to multi-task, see the big picture, be detail-oriented, and have previous construction accounting experience. This position is on-site.