Project Accountant

About the role

Christman Constructors, Inc. is seeking a Project Accountant in their Central Michigan region. This role supports the project team with accurate financial data, assists with project cost projections and reconciliations, and manages financial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Supports project teams with accurate financial data.
• Affords assistance to Project Managers with project cost projections and reconciliations through project cost reports.
• Supports executive project financial status review through Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR).
• Collects and tracks signed contracts, builder’s risk insurance policies, trade contractor insurance, waivers, sworn statements, bonds, and notice of furnishings.
• Maintains accurate and detailed project financial records including client, trade contractor, and project information files to a quality level expected by auditors.
• Serves as a personal Point-of-Contact with Trade Contractors.
• Answers questions and provides information regarding payments and contract compliance.
• Manages and processes all financial transactions performed in the normal course of a construction project between our company, the project owner, and trade contractors using our database system.
• Manages project start up; load project budgets, issue subcontracts, and perform all other activities required to appropriately structure accounting systems for the project type.
• Processes owner invoices; reconcile job costs, load schedule of values, billing rates, and other information needed to support the contractual invoicing procedure and company risk management and accounting standards.
• Processes trade contractor invoices; reconcile trade contractor invoices, batch, cut and post trade contractor payments, and print checks.
• Manages and processes all financial transactions generated by changes to the original project contract and scope (owner change order and trade contractor change orders).
• Contributes to corporate financial accounting, and has an opportunity and responsibility to contribute to corporate financial accounting systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, and other relevant course work, or equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.
• Three (3+) or more years of relevant work experience-or- Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.

Preferred Experience, Knowledge, And Skills

• Detailed knowledge of project contracts and change order documents.
• Knowledge of the construction industry and industry terminology.

Benefits

Christman Constructors, Inc. is a premier full-service construction contractor with a tradition of excellence spanning more than a century. They are passionate about constructing facilities that drive the economy, improve public infrastructure, and create spaces that enable clients to do what they do best.

Pay

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Schedule

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Skills

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Benefits

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Christman Company Policy

The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. As part of our company policy, this position requires successful completion of pre-employment screening, including but not limited to drug and background screening.