Project Accountant- Lead

Project Accountant

DPR Construction is seeking a project accountant with 7+ years of cost and / or commercial construction accounting experience. This individual will be ultimately accountable for day-to-day project accounting, leadership, and other duties in a fast-paced construction office. Lead project accountants collaborate closely with all members of the project team (including project executives, project managers, engineers, superintendents, and field office coordinators) as well as other leaders across the organization.

Responsibilities :

• Serve a dual role as an integral part of both the project team(s) and the Finance & Accounting team.
• Timely and accurate preparation of owner billings and supporting documents, collection of payments, and responsibility for certain elements of subcontractor compliance.
• Timely and accurate entry of project billing and cost transactions and adjustments for projects, to include tracking and reporting, as appropriate.
• Manage subcontractor requisition and disbursement processes, to include assigned holds.
• Ownership and review of project financial data with project teams to ensure accuracy including setting up of projects.
• Set-up, review, and maintenance of labor rates and other project data.
• Review and summarize owner contracts to understand accounting requirements.
• Professionally interface with and respond to inquiries from outside parties such as clients and vendors.
• Coordinate audit requests with the DPR Internal Operations Review and / or the DPR External Audit Liaison teams.
• Collaborate with corporate staff.
• Function as a subject matter expert; lead discussions and initiatives; actively make and solicit recommendations.
• Take primary leadership responsibility for project accounting team members in collaboration with others.
• Attract, select, train and onboard new talent.

Qualifications :

This position is salaried.

Anticipated starting pay range : $120,000.00- $150,000.00

Nothing is more important than your health and wellness. DPR offers a variety of medical, dental, vision and wellness benefits to keep you healthy.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity togetherby harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen.