Senior Project Accountant - Successful Construction Company

A highly successful and well-respected construction company with an impressive pipeline of projects, is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to join their talented and dedicated team. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced accounting professional to play a key leadership role within a thriving organization whose projects include commercial, residential and pubic works.

The Senior Project Accountant will report to the Corporate Controller and will oversee all aspects of project accounting. This role includes managing accounting staff and will partner closely with project leadership.

This position offers the opportunity to grow into a Controller role.

Senior Project Accountant Responsibilities:
- Act as a liaison between the project management and corporate accounting teams, ensuring financial integrity across all initiatives.
- Perform detailed cost analysis, monitoring variances between budgeted and actual costs, and evaluating project cost-to-complete data.
- Prepare and review billings, supporting documentation, and collection activities while overseeing subcontractor compliance requirements.
- Accurately process and record project billing, cost transactions, and related adjustments, maintaining comprehensive financial tracking and reporting.
- Manage subcontractor payment requisitions, releases, and disbursements, ensuring proper documentation and compliance.
- Oversee setup and validation of project financial data, ensuring accuracy in cost codes, labor rates, and other financial inputs.
- Review and interpret contracts to ensure alignment with accounting and reporting standards.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to project accounting staff, promoting professional growth and accountability.
- Lead project closeout process and ensure collection of retention in a timely manner.
- Contribute to financial modeling efforts, including revenue forecasts, break-even analyses, and profitability projections.
- Collaborate with estimating teams to assess project revenue streams and cost structures.
- Manage backlog reporting and forecasting to support corporate planning.
- Work closely with the GL and FP&A functions to provide a complete financial perspective of ongoing operations.
- Utilize Excel capabilities including VLOOKUP and pivot tables to analyze and present financial data effectively.
- Take on a growing strategic role within the accounting department, influencing process improvements and long-term financial planning.
- Partner with the Corporate Controller to analyze open receivables and support timely collections.
- Coordinate month-end close procedures, including over/under billing analysis and cost accruals
- Prepare monthly financial performance reports and presentations for leadership.
- Monitor project cash positions to ensure positive cash flow.

Senior Project Accountant Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience in the construction industry.
- Experience compiling accrual based financial statements.
- Strong understanding of job costing, WIP, cost to complete & percentage of completion.
- Understanding of lien releases, preliminary notices, mechanical liens and insurance.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven track record of cross-functional collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to independently identify and resolve complex financial issues.
- Solid Excel skills including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
- Experience utilizing a construction industry ERP system such as Vista.
- Staff management experience.

If this position is of interest please apply, alternatively if you would like to discuss your job search and other Accounting & Finance opportunities please email your resume to Paul Gould, Managing Partner: [email protected]

Next Level Resources, Inc. is a professional staffing firm dedicated to finding exceptional Accounting and Finance talent on a permanent and consultant/interim basis for clients throughout San Diego County.

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