Project Cost Accountant

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes POSITION SUMMARY, ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, QUALIFICATIONS. Also maybe Benefits, Pay, Schedule not present, so omit. Use

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove physical demands? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Physical demands maybe considered not essential? It's part of job description but not a list of duties/requirements/benefits. It's not a list; it's prose. Should we keep? It's not boilerplate but it's part of description. However it's not essential duties; but we can keep as prose under a section? There's no heading for Physical Demands. Could we create a section? The rule: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. Physical Demands is specific content but not a standard heading list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could map Physical Demands to maybe "Requirements"? But it's not typical. Better to omit if not matching allowed headings. The instruction: Use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we can use those headings, but not required to use only those? It says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect we use those headings where appropriate. So we can have sections: About the role (from POSITION SUMMARY), Responsibilities (from ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES), Qualifications (from QUALIFICATIONS). Possibly Skills could be extracted from qualifications but we already have Qualifications. We'll not create Skills unless we have separate list. We'll keep Qualifications. We need to format duties as

  • . Qualifications also as list. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all duties listed. Also include qualifications details. We must remove boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." duplicates. There are multiple occurrences. We should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep the substance but not repeat same sentences. We'll need to deduplicate. Let's extract POSITION SUMMARY: "The Project Cost Accountant serves as the primary liaison between Project Management, Procurement, and Finance teams. This role is responsible for tracking project purchase orders, monitoring vendor invoicing, maintaining accurate project cost records, and ensuring commitments are invoiced and closed out in a timely manner. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work closely with project teams to ensure financial information remains accurate throughout the project lifecycle." That's prose. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: list items: - Serve as the primary financial point of contact between Project Managers, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Finance. - Track all project purchase orders from issuance through final invoicing and closeout. - Monitor open purchase orders and work with vendors and project teams to ensure timely invoicing. - Review outstanding commitments and identify purchase orders that should be closed or adjusted. - Maintain accurate records of project commitments, invoices, and remaining balances. - Assist Project Managers with budget tracking and cost reporting. - EVS if required. (What is EVS? unclear; maybe "EVS if required." It's a fragment; we should keep as is? It's likely a typo; but we must preserve substantive information. We'll keep as a bullet: "EVS if required." - Assist Project Managers with data collection for all exhibit Bs and info needed for change orders/contracts - Support Project Planners with Scheduling as needed. - Reconcile purchase order values against invoiced amounts and approved changes. - Maintain logs of change orders and ensure supporting documentation is properly recorded. - Coordinate with vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to resolve invoicing discrepancies. - Support monthly project cost reviews and assist with forecasting project expenditures. - Work with Accounts Payable to ensure invoices are processed accurately and on schedule. - Prepare project financial reports and provide updates on outstanding commitments, pending invoices, and cost trends. - Support project closeout activities by ensuring all purchase orders, invoices, and financial records are completed and properly documented. - Identify potential financial issues and escalate concerns to Project Management and Finance leadership. We need to remove duplicated lines like "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." appears in both POSITION SUMMARY? Actually appears under ESSENTIAL DUTIES heading: "To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." That's boilerplate; we should remove that line. Also under QUALIFICATIONS similar line appears. We'll remove those. Also remove "The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list..." etc. Now QUALIFICATIONS: list: Education/Experience: - Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Construction Management, or related field. - PREFERRED DEGREE NOT REQUIRED - 3+ years of experience in project accounting, construction accounting, procurement, accounts payable, or project financial support. - Experience tracking purchase orders, invoices, and project costs. - Excellent organizational and follow-up skills. - Ability to communicate effectively with Project Managers, vendors, and finance personnel. - Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities. Preferred Experience: - Construction, data center, or project-based accounting experience. - Familiarity with ERP systems such as NetSuite & Procore - Experience supporting large capital projects and subcontractor invoicing. Computer Skills: - Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications such as: Excel, Word, and Outlook - Knowledge of NetSuite is a PLUS. - Strong Excel and data management skills. - Primavera / Microsoft Project skills Certificates And Licenses: - No certificates or licenses required Supervisory Responsibilities: - No supervisory responsibilities We need to keep substantive info; we can combine into a list under Qualifications. Might split into subheadings? But we only have one heading Qualifications. We'll just list all qualifications as
  • . Ensure we keep details like "Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Construction Management, or related field. - PREFERRED DEGREE NOT REQUIRED". That's a bit weird; we keep as is. We should remove duplicated "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." lines. Also remove "Physical Demands" section as not matching allowed headings; but we could incorporate into Qualifications? Probably better to omit as not requested. The instruction: Remove boilerplate etc. Physical demands is not boilerplate but it's not a standard heading; maybe we should keep it as prose under a section? But we don't have a heading for it. Could we create a section "Requirements"? Physical demands could be considered a requirement. But the allowed headings include Requirements. We could put physical demands under Requirements. However the posting already has a Qualifications section that includes education/experience etc. Physical demands is separate. We could create a Requirements section for physical demands. But we need to decide. The instruction: "Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use Requirements heading for physical demands. That seems appropriate. We'll include a Requirements section with physical demands prose. We must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Not present. Thus final HTML:

    About the role

    The Project Cost Accountant serves as the primary liaison between Project Management, Procurement, and Finance teams. This role is responsible for tracking project purchase orders, monitoring vendor invoicing, maintaining accurate project cost records, and ensuring commitments are invoiced and closed out in a timely manner. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work closely with project teams to ensure financial information remains accurate throughout the project lifecycle.

    Responsibilities

    • Serve as the primary financial point of contact between Project Managers, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Finance.
    • Track all project purchase orders from issuance through final invoicing and closeout.
    • Monitor open purchase orders and work with vendors and project teams to ensure timely invoicing.
    • Review outstanding commitments and identify purchase orders that should be closed or adjusted.
    • Maintain accurate records of project commitments, invoices, and remaining balances.
    • Assist Project Managers with budget tracking and cost reporting.
    • EVS if required.
    • Assist Project Managers with data collection for all exhibit Bs and info needed for change orders/contracts
    • Support Project Planners with Scheduling as needed.
    • Reconcile purchase order values against invoiced amounts and approved changes.
    • Maintain logs of change orders and ensure supporting documentation is properly recorded.
    • Coordinate with vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to resolve invoicing discrepancies.
    • Support monthly project cost reviews and assist with forecasting project expenditures.
    • Work with Accounts Payable to ensure invoices are processed accurately and on schedule.
    • Prepare project financial reports and provide updates on outstanding commitments, pending invoices, and cost trends.
    • Support project closeout activities by ensuring all purchase orders, invoices, and financial records are completed and properly documented.
    • Identify potential financial issues and escalate concerns to Project Management and Finance leadership.

    Requirements

    While performing duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to move objects 10-50 pounds; they are frequently required to stand, walk, stoop. Kneel, crouch, or crawl; Occasionally required to sit and climb and balance. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.

    Qualifications

    • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Construction Management, or related field. - PREFERRED DEGREE NOT REQUIRED
    • 3+ years of experience in project accounting, construction accounting, procurement, accounts payable, or project financial support.
    • Experience tracking purchase orders, invoices, and project costs.
    • Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
    • Ability to communicate effectively with Project Managers, vendors, and finance personnel.
    • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
    • Construction, data center, or project-based accounting experience.
    • Familiarity with ERP systems such as NetSuite & Procore
    • Experience supporting large capital projects and subcontractor invoicing.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications such as: Excel, Word, and Outlook
    • Knowledge of NetSuite is a PLUS.
    • Strong Excel and data management skills.
    • Primavera / Microsoft Project skills
    • No certificates or licenses required
    • No supervisory responsibilities
    Check for duplicated lines: we removed "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." and "To perform this job successfully..." etc. Also removed "The above