Senior Project Accountant (Project Management)

Summary:

The Senior Project Accountant provides support in all aspects of project accounting including month-end close, cost and revenue accruals, cost review, profitability analysis, resource utilization, and effectively communicating projects progress to the business line finance analyst.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure proper revenue and cost recognition on projects in accordance with company policies, including accruals.
• Lead month-end close activities while being a resource to project accounting team members when knowledge sharing opportunities arise.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations.
• Maintain an understanding of current corporate allocations and be a resource for operations with any inquiries relating to them.
• Maintain overall knowledge of projects for assigned area.
• Perform a high-level project analysis to highlight the main factors impacting project performance for the current period, while communicating financial risks.
• Provide research and support on inquiries from operations.
• Serve as liaison between corporate accounts payable/accounts receivable and operations as needed.
• Assist with inquiries from external auditors while maintaining adequate supporting documentation for the business units.
• Collaborate with team members to identify reporting issues/challenges from operation side. Identify potential areas of improvement as it relates to project accounting, while presenting ideas to direct management for further exploration.
• Prepare reporting on operating cost data, including contract labor accruals, per diem spend, and other items that may arise from time-to-time.
• Support process documenting while executing training of new team members where appropriate or assigned by manager.
• Support inquiries on monthly operating results.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or experience equivalent to 5 years
• 3-5 Years of Experience in Accounting/ Project Accounting
• Experience with MS Excel advanced functions (Pivot, SUMIF, lookups)
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills; customer service orientation

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled

Pike Engineering is a Non-Union Company