Lead Business Group Accountant

About the role

We are seeking a Resources Business Group Accountant to join our dynamic team. This role plays a crucial part in shaping the future of power systems through project controls and financial management.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed analysis and reporting on project, program, or business unit status within an established system of project controls
• Develop and report associated with various project controls job duties, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, earned value management (EVM), projections, variance analysis, schedules, project/program/portfolio integration or technical project reviews
• Support the technical project management team in project management activities
• Make recommendations to influence key decision-makers within the scope of project (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget/cost and re-forecasting projects)
• Utilize information management, access controls management, program integration and communications and risk management evaluation to support project teams
• Avoid customer interactions, including arranging and documenting periodic reviews and tracking project management deliverables and presenting project management status to external or internal customers
• Analyze, prepare, validate and maintain cost estimates, detailed baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports
• Utilize earned value management techniques or other management techniques to understand relationships between planned work, executed work, and actual costs
• Work with technical leads and/or project managers to ensure that risks and opportunities are integrated with schedule and budget and that services of the proper quality are obtained when needed by the project, according to the project schedule
• Supervise project accountants as required
• Subcontractor financial management as needed (Sub budgets, PO’s, manage Sub payment terms per HDR policy)
• Prepare and evaluate monthly Revenue Recognition for the business unit
• Participate in monthly forecasting and annual planning & budgeting activities
• Cover with Corporate Payroll teams and assigned Project Accountants to ensure company is in compliance with state prevailing wage requirements as applicable
• Lead the financial review of client proposals and the contract initiation (CIF) process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Minimum of 10 years of experience; an advanced degree may offset years of experience
• Understands the scope of work to sufficiently build and status schedules, cost plans, spend plans, within a variety of project controls tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including grammar, punctuation, proofreading, spelling and telephone skills
• Flexibility and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and collaborate with various managers in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented
• Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Outlook

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position is $94,000 - $134,000 and depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $94,000 - $134,000 and depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Marketing and Admin

Job Posting

Jul 15, 2026

Company Information

We are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.