Construction Project Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Position Overview

The Commercial Division-Project Accountant is a full-time position which will be responsible for all aspects of project accounting. This includes project budgeting, revenue tracking and project cost accounting. You will work with project cost estimating software, setting up project phases and project budgets, and work with the project management team on the timely input and reporting of project information. You will be tracking costs in a job cost database, providing accurate weekly reporting to project management, reconciling to budget, preparing payment draw schedules, and updating budget / current costs.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have project accounting experience including all phases and aspects of project accounting. Experience with the construction industry is preferred, but not required. The ability to work with all employees throughout the company is required.

Duties to include, but not limited to the following :

Project Accounting

• Manages all project accounting functions.

Enters project budgets into job cost database, tracks and updates budgets for approved change orders

o Processes all draw submissions and maintains files

o Oversees the payment to contractors and suppliers when construction draws are funded.

o Creates all monthly job cost reconciliations.

o Works with the manager to complete the monthly accounting close process.

Information Management

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Requirements :