Senior Project Accountant

About the role

GCON is a construction management firm with annual billings exceeding $500 million, delivering commercial, healthcare, public works, and high-tech construction projects across the region. We are seeking a Senior Project Accountant to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Request, receive, route for approval, record, and post all subcontractor invoices, collecting monthly on a set cycle
• Receive, track, and record preliminary lien notices, and monitor and resolve ongoing subcontractor compliance issues
• Administer project payments and compliance tracking through the Textura Payment Management system
• Reconcile and post subcontractor invoices, owner pay applications, credit card statements, and business unit overhead invoices on a monthly close cycle, proactively resolving outstanding or missing items
• Parenthesize with the Business Unit Leader to keep cost forecasts current and help prepare for monthly project review meetings
• Prepare and process accounts receivable billings, and process accounts payable and ACH payments through an electronic workflow
• Support continuous improvement initiatives alongside the Project Accounting Supervisor, Financial Accounting, and IT teams
• Use AI and automation tools to speed up routine accounting work, while maintaining responsibility for reviewing and validating any AI-assisted output before it's relied on for financial reporting or decisions

Requirements

• 4+ years of accounting experience with an associate degree in a related field, or a bachelor's degree with 2+ years of accounting experience
• 2+ years of construction-related accounting experience — either directly with a general contractor, or with a subcontractor that regularly works with GCs
• A clear sense of where you want to take your career, with project accounting as the specialty you want to build on

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines across projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and genuine comfort fielding questions from project teams and subs
• Openness to using AI and new technology in your day-to-day work; willingness to learn is a must, prior use is a bonus
• Comfort with an in-office team environment; this is not a remote position

Skills

• Experience with Textura Payment Management software
• Experience with CMiC software
• Experience with construction joint venture accounting

Benefits

• Nice to have experience with these tools

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This is not a remote position.